(((crystalrose)))

you will find many people on this board who have been diagnosed with c-ptsd. i myself received the diagnosis in december, and had it confirmed again last week after my pdoc took the case to his peer review session.

it means i get many of the symptoms of ptsd (flashbacks, nightmares, triggers, etc) but also some unique ones which typically occur in long term trauma situations (e.g., changed view of the self, how we see the world and how much control we have in it etc). it's the latter part that i struggle with more.

i disagree with sky, however - i DO think it's possible to recover 100% from c-ptsd. this isn't to deny that our pasts will continue to affect us into the future (like everyone's does!) but just saying that it's posisble to get to a place where our anxiety doesn't cause us significant distress.