At present there is no "cure" for PTSD. However, it seems that they are constantly learning about how the brain works...and indeed everything I'm reading reinforces the mind-body connection as being inseparable.

One of the reasons they debrief military and trauma workers is they've found the sooner one receives help in "handling" it the better the outcome. PTSD seems to be, in my words, when a trauma causes the brain to dump all your memory files onto the floor and forgets how to file them.

Good therapy helps retrain the brain--through positive thinking about those memories--and lets it file them back where they belong so they aren't in our conscious "all the time".

The sooner the therapy, the fewer bad habits we resort to to try and manage all that chaos! Much of PTSD therapy, imo, is learning how to block the negative thinking which adds to the chaos, and build positive memory trees in our brain. The brain has no opinion of it's own, I've learned, but takes everything we say and do as "truth"... when we say a negative thing (can't, won't, never, etc) the brain believes us and that's how it responds and makes our bodies respond. We have 30 seconds to change a negative thought or comment into a positive one (that's not true, I AM a nice person...) before the brain files the bad thought.

Okay a lot of info...sorry... but in my 30 year journey with PTSD I try to stay on top of the research and better myself and my life for it.

ONE of the key things my T taught me is not to go too fast. Many Ts don't really realize this about PTSD (and therapy in general?) is the slower you go the faster you get "there". When you feel overwhelmed for days after a session, odds are you are covering too much in session and need the T to slow it down. That's an agreement you need to have with T...as you may become so triggered you don't realize it.

There is life ahead.