Everyone likes to believe they understand the feeling of PTSD or the meaning but inreality they have no clue unless they suffer from it as well. I have had people tell me "i can prevent it," ''forget the past,'' ''exercise and eat healthy and focus on other things and it will disappear." But in all honesty PTSD is not something that can just be healed or prevented it is a result of trauma in your life and the smallest thing can trigger it such as a sound, objects, words, another people, etc. I will tell you its not easy suffering from PTSD because it makes you have to relive a time in your past you rather not think about again but all you can do it over come the bad by making good memories and times to make up the bad that will always be with you but those bad times have made you a even more stronger than ever. Yes, im 18 year old and i have PTSD and its not easy but i still live life because ik that no matter what its apart of my life, no its not easy having to relive it but i use it in a positive way to be able to tell my story to make others aware. A lot of people would say we are a viticim, yes we are but i wouldn't say that i would say we are survivors.

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