Hi everyone! I joined this website 4 years ago...I haven't logged on in quite a while.

I am writing to let you all know that it is possible to have a normal life after having suffered from PTSD.

After being a crime victim in 2004, I left grad school and moved home. Three years ago, I was having panic attacks, couldn't drive, and I thought I would never work or finish school.

I now have my master's and I am a practicing therapist. I just got hired as a staff clinician at a major hospital. I've been working with people with mental illnesses and addictions for almost two years now.

I just sat for my state license, and I'm getting married in ten months.

I guess what I am saying is, don't give up! I'm ok and I never thought I would be.