My experience with PTSD has been a real struggle, but it is also what keeps me going through life. I remember that I survived those horrendous acts and broke through to become the woman I am today. The goals that I've made is to help others that struggle with PTSD like me or to help them with their anxiety, depression, and/or many other mental health problems. I strive to listen to others because there is not a fix to their problem. All anyone needs or wants is someone they can go to and rely on to listen to their struggles. The mindset of persevering through my troubled past and not letting it hold me back has helped tremendously with the relationships I have with the important people in my life. Although I do struggle expressing myself they do understand that I have my own way of expressing my emotions through gifts due to me finally communicating and breaking out of my comfort zone to do so. At first I was mad at the world and everyone else that had surrounded me because of what happened, but soon realized how that was holding me back from the things that make the world and people beautiful. It made me see that not everyone or everything is evil. I've developed the understand that the world has much to offer and a life still ahead of me to break through. So, my ultimate goal is not to fix someone cause that can't be done. But it is to listen, support, and teach them how to break through life. I want to be that person that impacted their life just enough that they don't take just like my mother and counselor was for me.