1) Well, it's definitely made me that much more protective over the people I love and morals I carry.

2) Made me more empathetic.

3) I continue to become better and better at reading both body language and between the lines of what someone is saying.

4) Due to living so long without any form of treatment or even being conscious of having PTSD, I became very self-aware (maybe too much so). Many of the tools and tricks I've been offered from therapy, I already learned on my own beforehand and even came up with new techniques.

5) I honestly believe it made me a much better writer. I rarely can speak directly about my traumas and most of the time I can't verbalize anything. So I became invested in literature. I develop characters, imagery and story arc based off of little pieces of what I've been through and how it feels. It's the closest I can get to opening up currently and has been since I was young.