This blog post resonates with me. I suffer with chronic pain and PTSD from domestic violence and sexual assault. People are always telling you to get over it but they don’t realize that it lies under the surface waiting to strike whenever a trigger appears. You do not have control over your subconscious mind. Just when I think I’m doing okay like the Hydra a trigger attacks and I’m beaten down once again. Here is another article from Medium that discusses the issue.
“When people tell you to ‘get over it’” @Jonwestenberg https://medium.com/hi-my-name-is-jon/maybe-we-never-really-get-over-things-but-thats-okay-too-c4341f9aa31c