I'm a 41 year old, successful woman. Generally I'm optimistic, hard-working (actually a workaholic but that's another thread) and I have zero anxiety.
However, I caught COVID 3 weeks ago and it has somehow triggered my mental health issues. I've now spent two weeks with such overwhelming anxiety that I haven't left my bedroom/en suite. I just had to go downstairs and my whole body was shaking just from feeling anxious and stressed about leaving my 'safe place'.
I've been very privileged to have had a lot of therapy (lots of different kinds), I'm on a high dose of antidepressants.
I've just gone six months without an 'episode' which is the longest ever. I was feeling optimistic that this might 'be it'. The time when I finally stop having 'episodes'.
I find it hard to imagine having to deal with this for the rest of my life. It makes things very challenging in terms of employment and I end up having to change jobs a lot.
Has anyone ever genuinely and in a long-term way recovered from childhood trauma / complex PTSD (I also have ADHD) enough to be able to get on with their lives without this kind of major disruption?