1. How long have you been in therapy?

About two years.

2. What are your main symptoms, the reasons you went into therapy?

I initially went because of a long depression following the death of a parent. I was later diagnosed with PTSD, which was probably the root problem all along.

3. What do you think are the origins of your symptoms?

Trauma--physical abuse as a child.

4. How successful has your therapy been?

Very. I no longer feel like I am "crazy" or "a freak." I have a ways to go, yet, to feeling like I am okay and to feeling secure in myself and the world. Sometimes I doubt I can get there. But more often I feel hopeful.