I have a bad habit of comparing myself down rather than up or as an equal.
Still, I know my path is different because I too have had lots of trauma that started when I was really young and went into my adult years. I have been disabled with PTSD x 20 + years and am in the maintenance phase of therapy. I have been a member of this site for going on 11 years and I am doing way better than when I first arrived here, but it is a mistake for people to judge their healing based on my experience. Because my experience might give the impression that we all have life-long PTSD. This is simply not true.
I used to think that I was failing to heal and it is true that my PTSD is a bit resistant to healing, still I have come a very long way from where I used to be. So I no longer compare myself to anyone, only judging myself by how far I have come from where I once was rather than against anyone else's healing journey. It was a difficult lesson to learn but one I haven't forgotten.
Still, I know my path is different because I too have had lots of trauma that started when I was really young and went into my adult years. I have been disabled with PTSD x 20 + years and am in the maintenance phase of therapy. I have been a member of this site for going on 11 years and I am doing way better than when I first arrived here, but it is a mistake for people to judge their healing based on my experience. Because my experience might give the impression that we all have life-long PTSD. This is simply not true.
I used to think that I was failing to heal and it is true that my PTSD is a bit resistant to healing, still I have come a very long way from where I used to be. So I no longer compare myself to anyone, only judging myself by how far I have come from where I once was rather than against anyone else's healing journey. It was a difficult lesson to learn but one I haven't forgotten.