Dr. John A. King tells people with PTSD to fake it till you make it: get out of the house, pull yourself together, put on a brave face. Staying home and sulking won't help. Progress comes from acting, not waiting to feel ready.
You may not like to hear it, but the reality is that sometimes you have to fake it till you make it. I know that might sound insincere to some people, but for all of us who are facing different things in our life concerning trauma, we have to pick ourselves up, drag ourselves out the front door, and get on with life. And often those times are difficult. Often there's things we're facing, dealing with, trying to come to terms with. But there's no point sitting at home and sulking about it. There's no point trying to protect ourselves from a world that will eventually encroach upon us. You don't have to go out the front door perfect. You just have to get off your butt and get out the front door. And if that means that you've got to pull yourself together, put on a brave face, play wounded, and get out the door and fake it till you make it, then that's just what you have to do.
