Remember your reaction is normal and PTSD is not rare

I'd like to give a mindset to perhaps help by saying first of all that trauma is a very normal reaction to an abnormal circumstance. Trauma occurs when our bodies are simply not able to deal with the environmental circumstance which has taken place and is now doing it's best to rebalance itself.

If the trauma has now manifested itself in PTSD I'd like to say that PTSD is not so uncommon and numerous people experience it at some stage of their life. I have witnessed it numerous times as a therapist from people who have come out of destructive relationships.

Recognise that your reactions are all normal and seek a safe therapeutic space where you can be with what is going on for you and the space to go back and forth between the past and now. The safe space (along with strategies) will allow the trauma to ultimately subside and for a healthy moving on to occur.

All the best.