BC has left the room, but for the benefit of others with PTSD (which is almost certainly what BC has, ) there are definitely cures, free ones.
In the late 80's a shrink was sitting by his pool with his daughter on his lap. She was deathly afraid of the water. He sat there, petting her and talking to her about her fears of the water. After a while, she said, "Daddy, I want to go swimming." He did not let that clue go by.
A man named Gary Craig, an engineer, got involved and today they have developed a process called EFT. Sounds like spiritualism but is based on pure science. There are no needles involved. One taps the body lightly. There are plenty of free videos on Youtube.
All the information you need is free on-line, but look only at his Gold Standard. He has a new system which is very spiritualistic. I do not at all recommend it.
Dr. Still who developed D.O.'s over a century ago, said he believed human organs communicate with each other. A year ago, they proved it is true. When you have a strong emotion, your brain communicates with your heart which communicates with your organs, at a RF around 35 hz. And, the organs send it back. That is the crux of PTSD. That message, sad or horrible, goes back and forth forever, In the late 90's Craig and a crew went into a vet's hospital where there were PTSD patients still from the VN war. They sent the first ones home within a week.
Those bad memories, of any type, get into your system and go back and forth, back and forth. EFT which is based on the principles of accupuncture, break up the infinite loops. You still remember the bad memory but it does not hurt any more.
The information is free on-line, though there are pay options available, though not essential.
I have used it several times. When we had the big earthquake in 2017, we went running out of the house. I looked back and my wife was in shock, couldn't breathe and couldn't walk any more. I did a sequence and in less than a minute she was totally calm.
I also showed the Baptist pastor's wife how to do it. She had insomnia and only slept maybe three hours a night. Her husband told me the next morning, he had to wake her up at 10 am, and no more insomnia. She did not tell me what her problem was, except bad memories from her child hood.
It works for around 2/3 who try it. It is free unless you wish to buy CD's or something not essential.
BC's case sounds like a text book case of PTSD.
Let me add that I have no financial interest in this in anyway.