Holy cow, everybody! I was wrong. My head was about to explode from the stress of the second interview and waiting so long to hear back after offering my PTSD plan.

I just got an email from the college Vice President saying I got tenure!!!!

I got it being out of the closet about PTSD, with all the stigma and everything.

Thank you all so much from the deepest bottom of my whole heart. I could NOT have gotten through any stage of it being so open without your support. I am so glad I put my membership in DS PTSD on the record in my tenure report after all so I could have this chance to earn tenure on the truest terms about my whole self.

I am not just grateful about earning tenure, but about taking your support to muster the courage to challenge the system to accept PTSD and tenure me with it. It scared the daylights out of me to do that, but I felt I had to do it some time instead of the usual fight or flight from PTSD I've done my whole life.

I am so grateful to you here at DS PTSD, truly happy and thankful.