I don't know whether or not it is curable, but I would love to believe that is possible. It would be nice if people who have successfully managed it could post their experiences to give us hope. The hard work part, absolutely - nothing much in life is free, if you want it bad enough you will do what it takes.

I have to hold out hope for myself at this time that the trauma therapist I just started seeing will help me. Maybe my problem over the last two years was first not correctly identifying the problem, and then not finding a specialist trained to deal with it. I never even knew of trauma therapy until maybe a year ago when I joined PC.

I'll not mince words, I have been very down lately, thinking about death and suicide and "poor me"-ing a lot. I know that gets me nowhere fast. I have to maintain hope.

So, thank you, The Well, just for stating your belief. I want to believe it, too, because I have to think my life has more meaning than it has had to date.