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Welcome to PC Ben, and I thank you for your career as a police officer, and thank you for your time spent protecting the public.

I have PTSD from various traumas and from childhood sexual abuse, I can't say I fully understand the experinces you have been through, but I know with PTSD that flooded feeling, that overwhelmed feling we get when all the things we try to avoid thinking about remembering catch up to us, it is a feeling that all of us with PTSD can relate to.

No, it isn't going to be your whole life, I can reassure you that, it hurts right now, everything flooding back, but it won't last forever, the flood steadys and slows, and goes to a trickle. We can never forget the things we have been through that have created our PTSD but we learn to manage the impacts those memories have, we learn safe ways to express ourselves and the pain we are going through. The bite they have lessen, and the sting is less, no it won't ever go away, but we learn to build our heatlthy defenses and build our support systems.

I hope this all helps, we are all here listening and supporting you, please keep posting, PC is a safe place to heal and learn.

Feel free to PM me anytime, I check my messages daily

Peace and Serenity
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