Struggles & Identity > Struggles

Only logged in members can reply and interact with the post.
Join SimilarWorlds for FREE »

Do you ever truly overcome your trauma?

or do you just learn how to live with it effectively and productively?

Top | Newest First | Oldest First

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP Best Comment

DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout i love this

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP

@CountScrofula lolz

Sapio · 51-55, M

Trauma gets stored in a part of the brain known as the amygdala. It is the area of the brain also responsible for emotion.

I believe to protect us, the brain changes our memories of traumatic incidents, masking them. But I'm not sure that it helps us learn to live better with trauma.

As someone with PTSD, I think the battle to cope is ongoing.

SeaGlass · F

Probably the latter, most likely. It's the brain's job to not forget things that hurt us, so it must remain on some level. It's also probably important to have some sort of therapy to be able to live with it and still have a good life.

DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

@SeaGlass sorry if i wasn't very specific but would your answer change hypothetically if the person did have therapy?

SeaGlass · F

@DeluxedEdition No, I think therapy would only increase the chances of mitigating the residual trauma. Depending on the severity of the trauma, the damage done, the person's individual disposition and the quality of the therapy, it could could be more or less effective. But I think therapy is the best measure to regaining a good level of mental health and the ability to enjoy life again. And it's always possible therapy may need to be revisited from time to time, in order to maintain that status.

mooncrest02 · 31-35, F

Idk.. Ive never tried to get professional help but i feel like im managing ok enough without any help at all. It still affects me even in ways ill never know too but really what can you do.

OlderSometimesWiser · F

Living with trauma effectively and productively is in a sense overcoming it. Nothing will erase trauma, it’s a wound that remains but can be managed.

CheezeburgerBrown · 36-40, M

We are not responsible for the world that created us.. but now that we are aware of what it created .. we are now responsible for fixing it ..

Fatalice · 41-45, F

No I never did part of me is still a scared kid, it totally changed me

Fatalice · 41-45, F

Mind caused food addiction and I have given up fighting it@Fatalice

ChiefWalksWith40oz · 26-30

Probably just learn to live with it. Shit will never be okay we just gotta get by anyway

jehova · 31-35, M

Eventually but its a pattern of behavior. I started an automatic behavioral response to certain stimuli because of trauma i experienced. Bc thats how i coped and it worked; for me. That pattern of behavior is now default. For the most part it isnt unhealthy. But would i be able to recognize even if it were unhealthy? Its my default.

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

For me it takes years.

littlepuppywantanewlife · 31-35, M

To be honest new problems pushes me down and down again so it's never easy to forget trauma or hard incidents in life.

Cassieeeee · 31-35, F

Personally I think you just learn to cope better.. but that might be because I’m still struggling..

parasiteandhost · 31-35, F

No I really don't think so. I cant even afford counseling let alone what I really need which is psychotherapy. You get better handling it I guess. But as far as forgetting about or even not letting it sometimes overcome you, I don't think it's possible.

Rolexeo · 26-30, M

I think so. I was clinically depressed in my late teens, early 20s was much the same. I couldn't imagine it getting better. Couldn't imagine being happy but now I don't think about that.

zonavar68 · 51-55, M

It never goes away - you have to 'process' it and learn to live with it as it always lingers as a danger sign for any future traumas that might eventuate.