[Rayma]

Roxane.

You give good advise.

You sound like you are going to be a thriver. If you don't know what a thriver is... frist your a victum, then you think like a victum, next your a surviver, and lastly your a thriver. You seldom here of thrivers. But their our some. I'm in between being a surviver and a thiver, but I'm more of a thiver. But I do have some surviver issuses to work out, and I'm doing it.

Compleat your therapy and if your on meds and want to get off of them Don't stop cold turky. Use a professional to help you taper off. You don't have to get off your meds to be a thriver. I only mention it because there is a debate over wheather a person with ptsd should take meds or not. I take meds. The only people I've heard debating it is people with ptsd. Do what's best for you, don't let anyone tell you that you have to take meds and don't let anyone tell you that you can't take meds. It's a personal decision between you and your dc. Make sure that you have someone who REAlY knows what he/she is doing. A bad therapist can realy mess you up, weather he/she is a dc or an alternative. I've heard both bad stories about both. Most people haven't commented on the type of therapy they use (again a personal choice) or if it's good or bad. I had excelent therapist. I went to the VA, they treat ptsd all the time. My ptsd is for child hood abuse.

Keep up the good work and keep us posted.
You would realy want to be a tiviver, wouldn't you? You'll get there.

rayma