tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742487410373715914.post5730725247419453611..comments2024-03-13T09:42:49.719-04:00Comments on Wounded Times: Offering Hope, PTSD Suicide Survivor Opens Up on HealingKathie Costoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930848909252282916noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742487410373715914.post-4089213481700618912016-12-24T08:32:10.656-05:002016-12-24T08:32:10.656-05:00In my case, I didn't have PTSD and I did not t...In my case, I didn't have PTSD and I did not try to commit suicide. I prayed God would do it for me. I gave up on miracles happening. Gave up on hope. It was no longer about I survived so many times for a reason. It as about not wanting to survive in the hospital after an infection spread throughout my body. A nurse told my family I was fighting for my life, but I was actually praying to die. And when I thought about my daughter, only 8 months at the time, I did not want to leave her. That's when I fought to live.<br />It took years of hard work and struggling to change the way I thought about my life. I think that living with PTSD in my husband gave me a greater understanding of what humans go through and life gave me better view of what we do to ourselves. PTSD strikes with traumatic events and as survivors, all of us, need to remember we are not victims but defeated the event.<br />After over 3 decades, I can assure you that while trauma changes everyone, we have the power to change again as long as we do not give up.Kathie Costoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05930848909252282916noreply@blogger.com