((lightcatcher)),

Try not to wonder if PTSD goes away or is curable. I think it depends on the person and their environment. Some people have talked about how it can go into remission for long periods. I think it all depends on the person too.

I think that having a good therapist really helps in gaining, a therapist needs to be calm and a good listener, but an attentive listener.

I think JD is right about the subconscious, however I think what happens is that either a trauma can happen that puts us in danger or leads to experiencing a big loss of some kind, and that opens up the subconscious mind to anything in our past where we felt threatened in some way. It can take time to work through childhood traumas, however, as you do work through them you can finally mourn whatever took place and finally process it so those memories don't bring forward such uncomfortable reactions.

You are welcome to talk about anything here if you just need to talk something out and have extra validation aside from your therapist. The one thing that really helps with PTSD is being heard and validated. Often that was missing during childhood traumas.