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May 08, 2009, 01:21 AM
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Member Since: Mar 2009
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,342
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Yes Crystalrose,
You can heal from PTSD and C-PTSD. Like P7 said, everyone heals at different rates. For some people, their symptoms will get better, and may even resolve, and then something can happen and the symptoms will be re-triggered.
BUT...you are not damned, by any means. The most important things are to learn about the disorder. Let it sink in and move toward acknowledgment and acceptance. Do your therapy work so you can process your traumas and learn some healthy and positive coping skills. this way, if the symptoms get worse again or come back once they have resolved, you will be armed and ready and be in a better position to deal with it.
I know it is difficult to think of having this disorder, or any psychological disorder. I try and think of it this way...You wouldn't expect someone who is living with Diabetes or Heart Disease to be ashamed of their diseases. Sometimes their symptoms will bother them, sometimes they won't, but when they do, if they educate themselves they will be ready for them.
YES...we can recover, but everybody recovers at their own pace. 
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