I have discussed this with my T many times. It depends on how you define recover. My T says that even with DID and being in one of his top 10 for the extent of trauma, I can get to a point where I can live a normal, happy life as anyone else. Does that mean I will magically forget the trauma ever happened? No. It does mean that I can remember it without the PTSD triggers and bad feelings. I can remember it and talk about it like I would talk about any other bad experience that happens to people in their past. Doing this however takes a long time and a lot of work on my part. Mainly doing EMDR and learning grounding and relaxations skills including mindfulness. While my trauma issues have only started to improve a bit, my distress tolerance has greatly improved through regular mindfulness practice. This includes much more than meditation. I also spent over 2 years in DBT classes which also helped me.