I was out with the flu last week but thanks for coming again for step number two in our recovery from PTSD. In the first step we confessed you have a problem now let's talk about the label. No one really wants to be labeled anything that might cause others to look at them funny or at least we think they are. If you went to a doctor, he/she gives you a Rx for medication told you to take it, come back in two weeks and walked out of the room. You would be left to wonder what is wrong with you. You want them to tell you what is going on, give it a label, and then you will be able to know the best treatment possible. So what is it that makes us run from the label PTSD? What will people think? We go to someone to help us understand what is going on with us. Then what do we want to do? Sometimes we want to run a whole different direction because that is not what you wanted to hear. The label might make you feel like there is no hope. The individual that gave
you the label is not trying to do harm. They are trying to help you understand what is going on inside your mind. It helps the trained person to know where to go now. They are saying you are not crazy as you might feel like you are sometimes. They are saying you are fixable, this is what is going on, now let's work on it. It is like the medical doctor giving you a name for your physical condition. PTSD is not shouting to people you are a bad person. It is not saying you are weak. It is saying you have great trauma in your life. Are you ready to stop running and work on stopping those nightmares? Are you ready to take control of your life? Then don't be afraid to except the label and let someone help you. Let them walk you through it and put it all to rest. You don't have to shout "I have PTSD" from the roof top but you also don't have to run from it any longer either. Stop and look at it for what it is.
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