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[Deleted member 1860]

I can see the similarities. Almost losing your dad, and now almost losing your uncle? (Or at the very least he's been significantly injured). The current situation can cause old feelings to surface.

Oftentimes we can go into remission but it's important to keep in mind that at any time symptoms can flare. I know some May thing this is pessimistic but I see it as being more realistic in that I can be quicker to acknowledge what's going on and can more easily take steps to reduce my symptoms.

Unfortunately we have this disorder for life so symptoms can flare up from time to time. Remission is possible but unfortunately we will always get stressed a bit more easily than others.

 

[GingerAli]

I have to disagree that PTSD is forever. Chronic PTSD is, but not all cases are permanent. There are different degrees of PTSD and depending on how quickly someone seeks treatment they really can make a full recovery. I hope you do seek a therapist. I think you would benefit from seeing one.

 

[Kas_Can_Fly]

I have to disagree that PTSD is forever. Chronic PTSD

I thought PTSD was forever but Acute Stress Disorder was for the cases that heal. :confused:

 

[Lucycat]

I have to disagree that PTSD is forever. Chronic PTSD is, but not all cases are permanent. There are different degrees of PTSD and depending on how quickly someone seeks treatment they really can make a full recovery. I hope you do seek a therapist. I think you would benefit from seeing one.

I too thought PTSD was curable - but now I understand that my T was being careful not to leave me without hope. I don't now believe it can be cured, but sure it can be managed at different levels. I can feel 'cured' for months at a time and then suddenly it comes back to bite me on the bum! 4 years and counting ( since diagnosis) - the symptoms are decreasing, and the crises become less frequent - but cured? Hmmmm?...

 

[GingerAli]

I guess "cured" is a very relative term. there are people that walk away after treatment, and do not have flashbacks and triggers anymore. Does that mean the memories don't bother them? Not necessarily. But there are people that walk away all the time from traumatic events, and although what happened to them is scary and they certainly do remember it, they do not develop PTSD. It becomes PTSD when you begin to have that grouping of symptoms. Which some believe, most or many of those symptoms can be eradicated for some cases. If you no longer meet the criteria, technically, you wouldn't have PTSD anymore. I guess I choose to try to look at it from that perspective. I don't want to set myself or anyone else up with the thought that one can never come to a place of healing and normalcy.

 

[Deleted member 1860]

@ GingerAli,
You completely miss my point. PTSD isn't curable. You can go into remission but will always have a lower stress tolerance than everyone else. This is why there are issues of symptom flares even after years of being symptom free. If someone truly believes that PTSD is cured, a relapse can set them back more than someone who is proactive and can acknowledge a flare up because they are simply aware that symptoms can resurface at any time.

The "cure" issue has been discussed many times as nauseam. I am trying to let the poster know that symptoms can resurface even after a period of normalcy, and yes, this is normal!

You can be symptom free and not meet diagnostic criteria, but the bottom line is that those with PTSD will always be more prone to a flare of anxiety symptoms than those who have never had PTSD.

 

[PTSDsucks1227]

So I've begun looking into seeing a therapist because even though I get a sense of what's happening it's still overwhelming and scary hopefully I can sit down and just let it all out

 

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[DLMURL]https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/recovery.36831/[/DLMURL] About recovery. Sometimes it is about semantics I think.

I hope you get a trauma therapist. Things can flare up again as others have explained here. I hope you fully look at the other things that have happened to you. That is the way to ensure you stay stable in the future.

 

[PTSDsucks1227]

I've realized that there a lot of unresolved issues here the fact that I feel guilt and hurt for what ever the situation is with my brother all these years later .. And I realize I feel this way only when I'm feeling sad however I am planning on seeing a therapist soon .. I am feeling better though !