Brad Schipke explains that severe PTSD qualifies as a legal disability and can unlock benefits when symptoms prevent work. But the label doesn't have to stick: PTSD can heal, and recovery tools exist to help you move beyond it.
Is PTSD a disability? Technically, it is, yes, considered a disability. When people have extreme PTSD, it does prevent them from going to work, and then they can qualify for disability benefits. But the most important thing, even if you have PTSD that is so severe that it is a disability, is to understand and know that it does not have to be a disability forever. It can be healed, it can be better, and it doesn't have to ruin your life for the rest of your life. And sometimes when people get that diagnosis or that label of PTSD is a disability for you and you can't work. They build that as part of their identity and then they stay stuck for the rest of their life. So if you have PTSD that is so intense that you are currently on disability and you can't work, that is fine, that is normal. I'm not blaming you for that, but know that you do not have to live there in that pain forever. It does not have to be a disability on your life for the rest of your life. You can fully heal. If you want to learn the tools on how to do that that I cannot explain in a short video short, then make sure to subscribe. But I hope this was helpful.
