Keep riding those ponies, Open Eyes. And for all of those who jumped on the topic of "brain injury" ... you might want to reread the first few lines of Open Eyes post - Looks like she said "an injury to your brain."

Research does show that PTSD involves a physical change in the brain/body that results in the symptoms we know as ptsd, all of those responses we see when triggered. InsightUnseen seems to capture this with the wording "the brain is changed." For sure PTSD is different from the physical damage done to the brain from a forceful blow, explosion, etc.

Thanks to all of you for exploring PTSD and ways to deal with it