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Thank you LovelaceF, it is nice to be validated. And I "have" been working very hard on the PTSD that has pretty much dragged me through hell. And I know that some people may not be ready in their healing to think about "growth" from trama and PTSD. Each person is different, and it depends on what kind of trama they experienced or if they experience a big trama that brings out some upsetting tramatic events from their past as well. That is also what happened to me as well. I had thought I overcame my past, however, apparently my brain had pockets of tramatic experiences that I never processed. People can go through their entire lives with these pockets and never re-experience them with PTSD. I never knew that could happen but it has been explained to me that this event and the poor treatment I recieved led to me getting so bad that these events also came forward.
Can people "grow" from understanding and dealing with PTSD, yes, but I have yet to meet anyone that doesn't still struggle with "anxiety" and having to work harder to maintain control over possible flairups as they are alot more sensitive once they experience PTSD in the brain. For the rest of their lives it is all about management of the PTSD. Yes, there is a higher learning and understanding that takes place with time and therapy. However, anyone will tell you that it is often extra work, often hard work to manage the PTSD.
This could be "very true" for other disorders that people are challenged with as well. Even certain learning disabilities can be an ongoing challenge as I know that is the case with my daughter who has dyslexia and the documentary special that HBO has as a result of the study done by Yale will show the "emotional" challenges people with dyslexia face that many people don't even consider. It wasn't easy for my daughter, as she had special classes in school and the other children made fun of her for that. Ugh, kids can be cruel, people can be cruel too.
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