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Originally Posted by (JD)
I wouldn't put it that way...
the longer one takes to enter therapy for PTSD then the more time to develop bad habits of coping that have to be replaced which takes more therapy...
PTSD being an anxiety disorder causes us to quit thinking rationally. If it develops at an early age then rationality hasn't been developed yet and a distorted view of the whole world begins. Bad habits of thinking, being unworthy, not trusting, hypervigilance all impact your way of life. Unraveling all the bad habits and replacing them with rational, positive ones takes time.
There is no cure for PTSD but therapy makes life livable with it.  |
I usually see bad habits as things the person initially had control over but just didn't bother with. like for instance as a child I had a bad habit of picking my nose its not like I 'had' to I chose to but it was a habit....A person with PTSD does not choose to take on an irrational view, feeling unworthy, not trust and be hypervigilance so not sure I agree with it coming down to bad habits.
Therefore I do not think correcting bad habits really addresses the complexity of PTSD and thus would not be an effective treatment.