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AWESOME topic for a thread Gus! Thanks for. starting it.
I've come soooo far. Before I started therapy in the mid-90s I was a mess... suicidally depressed, symptoms of PTSD, had DID and kept shifting...
Since then I entered and finished therapy. My depression is under control through therapy and meds. I integrated. I no longer lose time or dissociate. No more flashbacks. When I go for med checks my pdoc and I talk about the progress I've made.
Do I still have problems in life? Oh heck yes! but isn't that the nature of life? I've learned ways of coping. I've learned how to manage the symptoms. My pdoc and I have decided that I will most likely be on meds for the depression the rest of my life. That's OK. I function quite nicely on the meds.
a little tale....
My mom died a year ago. The last year of her life was pre h*ll for her. At her memorial I quoted a song I love "I could have done withouth the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." I could have done without the pain that's happened in my life, but I like the person I am today. I like the life I have today. All that's come before added up to create the person I am today. If those things hadn't happened I wouldn't be who I am today. I'm glad I didn't "miss the dance."
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