hi Annie, thanks for posting your first comment, we know that's never easy to, beccause you fear that people will come down hard onto you or criticise you, but here on this site that doesn't happen, it's anonymous and no one knows who you are or where you live, so you're safe.
Whatever happened must have been something terrible for you to have these conditions,but can I say that they may come back to you from time to time, because once we have this illness it never really leaves us, it's how we can cope or handle it that could give us the relief we want.
Well done for being able to return to 'normal', if we could ever define that word, however if you are still struggling with anxiety and panic disorders then your PTSD may bring these back to haunt you, so please be aware of this.
These conditions are part of depression and the reason I say this is because you say that 'you're not been overly happy', although this may not indicate depression, it's just how you have been for awhile.
Can I say that because you have kept part of your diagnosis only to yourself it's now causing you to get depression and will continue to do so until you are able to begin talking and opening up to a counsellor/psychologist, and if you still want to keep it a secret, then unfortunatly this depression will continue.
If you feel as though you can trust us then perhaps you could say a little bit to us, as I'm sure someone would have been through the same or similar or whether you want to start talking to your doctor.
PTSD will stay with you until you are able to talk about it, which also means involving depression and the longer you leave it then the depression will only get worse. Geoff. x
