For me it was simply slowing down and recognizing that I couldn't fix everything. I learned how to use the tools I had to get the results I needed. I suffered for years with PTSD, but I started putting my thoughts and feelings down on paper, and if they were very, very ugly, I would then turn that ugly into something pretty by painting over it. That simple thing allowed me to heal myself. Things will still set me off, but not as quickly as they did in the past, and the dates that caused the trauma to begin with no longer have any power over me.