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we post and talk about 'the person I was before I was ill'

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It's good you brought this up, Myzen. When I read that phrase, it makes me want to stand up and argue because the way I see it, we're all in training to become better people. I'm certainly a better person than I was before. I've gained a whole lot of knowledge and self-discipline that I didn't have before and it has made me much more understanding and accepting of people's idiosyncrasies.

My road with PTSD, anxiety and depression hasn't been easy. There have been so many times that I've damned the person that passed this on to me. I've shouted to God in anger and asked Him where He was when I needed Him. The answer has come slowly, now that I know what I know.

I've been in training to become stronger just like a marathon runner, athlete, ballet dancer, etc, would do. Without the training I'd be a flacid bystander of life. Which one of us, who has chosen to become fit has been eager to jump into the exercise routine? I doubt that many of us have, but it's the price we have to pay to reach our goal... if indeed we want to reach that goal. If we do, then in the end, all our hard work, sweat and tears will be worth it.

Ok... so much for being the person we used to be. I'll get off my soap box now.