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I'm more social again.
My relationships with my kids are much better.
I still have nightmares, I still don't sleep well.
I still get mad in the car when I'm driving.
But I don't have the flashbacks as much.
My startle reflex, I don't want to punch someone
every time a smoke alarm goes off.
I still get angry, I still won't like it,
but it's controlled, it's manageable.
I hold a full-time job, I work 45 hours a week.
I have a boyfriend that I am patient with and only
have the normal arguments, we're not constantly fighting.
My life works.
And I still wish I didn't have PTSD, I still don't like it.
I still want my old me back,
but I've gotten enough of her back
that I can recognize her in the mirror again,
and that is everything, that makes it possible to keep going.
And there was a while there when I didn't think
I would be able to, so it worked.