What I am just starting to realise is that I am not out of the woods yet! I have noticed in the past couple of weeks that things that used to bring me a lot of pleasure like working for a living and going out with friends, are now exhausting, and sometimes make me intensely irritable.

To be honest, I think this means that I need to dig deeper into my reserves of self care and rehabilitation. More art therapy, more mindfulness, more time in nature. It sounds okay. How do you actually treat PTSD? Are there things I can do to ensure that it does not move from acute PTSD to chronic PTSD?

Maybe all those psychologists, doctors, psychiatrists were right. Perhaps I pushed myself too hard. Perhaps I thought I was recovered when I still need to rest and recover.

All those nourishing pastimes seem so tempting right now, exhausted as I am.