Originally Posted by islandofapples
I like to think the universe or God or whatever gave me all this adversity for some reason. I just don't know why...

...I sometimes have a hard time accepting that my happiness could actually be a pretty permanent thing. It sounds very PTSD-like, actually.

You need some trauma to grow, but it sounds like you got a little too much trauma.

Trauma either leads to post-traumatic stress disorder or it leads to post-traumatic growth.

However, if you are generally happy now, I'm afraid that there is some risk that you may remain permanently happy.

Last edited by JonLaw; 08/14/11 03:56 PM.