How do you stop the unwanted thoughts of your trauma from popping up? I just got diagnosed with chronic ptsd and haven't been able to start therapy for it yet. I will soon though, I already have an appointment set up. It's irritating me that the thoughts even pop up because everything happened when I was a child and I'm now 24. I thought it would just go away, but it doesn't. I'm always on alert and grind my teeth ALL day long, or I'll catch myself tensing up even though I'm alone. The nightmare have eased up thankfully, but I still have very vivid dreams of other things. Also, I haven't been able to find any info on chronic ptsd .. is it the same as complex pstd? Everytime I try to look up anything that's what comes up. I had repeated trauma when I was a child in different forms. Seeing a lot of violence and being sexually abused by 3 different people when I was young is what has caused the ptsd. I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the diagnosis and what it means for my future. I'm worried it will never go away, like my Bipolar, and I'll have the unwanted thoughts forever. I avoid places and people that remind me of the things that happened to me, I even isolate myself to my room quite a bit because I don't like nor trust being around people. I barely can be around most of my family without feeling uncomfortable. Will this ever get any better?