If you have recoverd from PTSD, do you worry it might come back ?(trigger)

I suffered from this this year and have recoverd from it with EMDR and therapy, but I am still worried it will come back. My T assures me that he thinks I would handle the triggers differently, but I am still worried.
A couple of weeks ago, I had a kitchen burn accident, and it brought back memories of child abuse. Well then I started to have nightmares about it, and it kinda freaked me out. I think I am okay now, but I wonder if I am really okay. What do you think?

I have PTSD and DID. As long as I actively use my coping tools for each of my triggers I have not major problems. For example being on a bus used to upset me because of the crowdedness and closeness. Now when I ride the bus I take with me my walkman and a casette with relaxation music and other songs that calm me. The minute I see the bus I put it, then get on the bus, put in my fare, take my day pass from the driver and take my seat. I sit up front whereI can see out the front window and I listen to my music. and as long as I continue to do this I have no problems with the crowdedness and closeness. Im relaxed and comfortable. I have been able to ride buses now without panic attacks and so on now for three years. The only way the problems around riding the bus come back is when I don't use my coping tools of relaxation music and seating where I can see out the front window.

maybe PTSD is like some illnesses that go into remission?

once i told a new doctor that i no longer have asthma. he corrected me and said you still have it . . . most people have a relapse later in life when triggered.

i try not to worry about PTSD triggers. i don't know if this is good or not, but avoidance works for me!

i bet when a person diagnosed with PTSD no longer needs to avoid triggers to cope and is able to function without psych meds or counseling . . . then that person is cured of PTSD.

As of current time, there is no "cure" for PTSD. You can learn to manage situations that previously triggered you, and various other techniques... retraining of the brain to file new material accurately. There is no data that shows it ever goes away completely nor permanently, however.

The good news is, the sooner someone obtains expert help with PTSD, the less it intrudes into their life later. Also, you do not have to go through all memories to file them. The brain will automatically take many of the similar missfiled memories and put them in their places... once it relearns how to do that.

It's common to have times of "remission" where you can manage quite well, and then.. maybe something new comes along and triggers you. Memories that you have worked on can arise back up, to be worked on more... (which is also part of filing them) With time, while they are still "memories" they will no longer have their terrible feelings associated with them, you will be able to look at them and put them back away (our of current active memory.) All this with therapy, of course.

be well.

You doctor was right, asthma is a chronic diease, once you learn y ou have it, you probably had it all your life, it just wasn't triggerd. Unless you were involved in an accident, and got a lot of polution or smoke or something. I have asthma, and I didn't know I had it until I was in my 30's .
So I guess PTSD could be like this. I just got it a year ago, but felt much better in about 4 months of therapy and EMDR.

Our bodies store memories too, as you found out with the burn incident. Stuff comes up when it gets triggered. (Which is a great time to get help.) I agree with PTSD being a lifetime thing that can be treated and dealt with and diminished, but not eliminated. Best to you.

PTSD has many triggers, some that we may not even be totally aware of. Some go unnoticed. I think that there is always a chance of the PTSD coming back but you can always counteract it with positive coping skills. The better we get at these skills, the less likely that we are to have the severe forms of PTSD. Just my opinion.

Even though I've mostly recovered from my PTSD, I still have nightmares, flashbacks, etc. from time to time.

While my injury in a thunderstorm was 19 years ago... I have always had trouble with storms. It waxes and wanes. Due to the recent heavy hits of hurricanes (this year) I now am triggered just by grey clouds building up in the sky. I have to keep telling myself, they are just clouds, they aren't a hurricane, they aren't going to hurt me... etc.