PTSD

The best way to get over trauma is to go see someone who is a specialist in the field of helping to overcome trauma. Whether it is a councilor, doctor, or therapist for mental disabilities, or you could see someone who went through the same thing as you, and how they overcame it. Although you may never will overcome it, it is worth of a try. Therapy is still better than relying on drugs or alcohol. You may take medicine and replace those bad memories with new happy ones and could get over the trauma. GET HELP! Often if you don't ask for help, it gets worse, and you then might rely on drugs and alcohol to get your mind off of your past experiences. It helps a lot to go over what you are going through and tell your mind to another person. Joy is a good thing to have to help become restored back to how you were before the trauma. Also, being comfortable is another big thing that helps. Since Marcelo didn't get help in the beginning, his mental and physical situation got a lot worse. He didn't want help and thought he could do everything on his own. But he couldn't and finally realized this as his alcoholism got worse. As he started going to therapy, his flashbacks started to get better and he didn't have to rely on alcohol to get himself away from past experiences. He started to take control of his life with help and he realizes that he can get better and live a somewhat normal life, although he will never get back to his old self, but his life can get better. He stopped drinking himself into sleep and cut down his alcoholism by a lot. Also, with therapy, he was able to start talking about past experiences and with Courtney's help, he was able to start getting his story out more so that people can realize what actually is going on.