as i have posted previously, i believe that PTSD is a form of traumatic brain injury. it only makes sense that it would manifest differently in response to the variety of causes and environments, and responses by others.

i, for one, have found that early childhood traumas CAN be overcome and repatterning accomplished. however, this does not protect me from being re-traumatized in a society which devalues me and allows horrible things to happen to me, repeatedly.

additionally, even if one cannot remember many actual traumas, the accumulation of many small personal and social traumas can add up to the same kind of damage. what we tend to call our 'personality' is actually, for the most part, a set of perceptual patterns and responses, i believe; and this is something that can also be changed.

there are well-documented therapies that help the brain to actually make (and unmake) neural connections so that it may operate in a new 'schema' or whole pattern. there are many threads in this site on EBT, EMDR, and other 'repatterning' therapies. (pardon me if i got those initials wrong, perhaps someone can post on that.) my personal favorite is the combination of Binaural Beats and meditation. i find the self-control factor greatly enhances the permanency of changes.

wishing all well who are struggling with this debilitating and confusing issue.