I do believe it can get better. I don't know that I'd say "cured," but I think I can learn to live with it with much less distress. For example, when I first went to T, I could not sleep an entire night. Even after I got medication, I felt terror every night until the meds took hold. Now, I take my meds and go to sleep. No terror, even when I hear a noise--I feel surprised, and momentarily scared, but it passes.

T and I work at dismantling the reactions that make my life hard--feeling my own anger, having flashbacks, disagreeing with him. Slowly my reactions fade. I have them, but they don't dominate me. It's like noticing you have a runny nose but not having to stay in bed for a week.