Originally Posted by becvan

...PTSD is not a label. It isn't one to me because I've had this for so long. I don't have a "before" PTSD. PTSD is the only thing I have known. For me, being called crazy was a label. Being told I have PTSD, the disorder was a relief. It still is. I know I'm not crazy now. I know what is wrong. I know that I can work to manage it. I also don't consider PTSD to define me. I have it, I will have it till I die. I'm okay with that. To me it's just something I have to accept and work with. However it doesn't define me. It's only one of many things that define me. I am also a mother, a woman, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a college grad, a Social Service Worker, an artist.. etc.