Comments on: Meandering Michele’s Mind: My PTSD Confession

By: Michele

Michele — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:17:53 +0000

@ilovechocolate – Many choices, indeed! One of the hardest things about PTSD, I think, is the feeling that we have NO choices.

And then learning to choose, well, that was really tough for me.

But in the end it’s the choices we make that help us heal.

So, go choose something good and let us know how it goes!

By: ilovechocolate

ilovechocolate — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:33:55 +0000

What I love about this site, is the positive outlook that you encourage us over and over again to choose. Thank You for reminding us of our choices! It is not just a single choice. It is many choices, made over and over again, until we get it right.

By: Michele

Michele — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:14:17 +0000

@Mia — You’re right, you’re right: healing IS hard! Actually, I think healing was worse than just coping with PTSD.

But we’re *survivors* — nothing could be harder than that, could it?

We’ve already discovered in ourselves the capacity to be heroes…

Now, all we have to do is turn that ability toward healing. We have a choice. I think that’s what we all so often forget.

By: mia

mia — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:37:39 +0000

Oh but girl… it’s SO freakin’ hard. Just sayin. I can’t hardly even begin to wrap my mind around it. I was in it for 23 years. I don’t know that help is possible at this stage. It feels more like “forever damaged”.