"It's like a different way of living now"

PTSD Patrol
Kathie Costos
May 17, 2021

"Can't you feel a brand new day?" That is how it feels to heal. A brand new day! Today the featured video is from the WIZ, A Brand New Day with Diana Ross.  When you survived whatever caused PTSD to hit you, you had a brand new day, but maybe it wasn't a happy one. I know it wasn't for me because I had a lot of things I had to deal with afterwards. Mostly, I was questioning why I survived. The thing is, I did heal and rejoiced when that better brand new day came. So can you.

In the end of this video, the factory workers are taking off their masks. It is time for you to do it too. If you feel as if you have had to hide what is going on inside of you, there is no need to cover it up anymore. It is time to find the help you need to heal because happiness is there for you to find.

You won't find it waiting for Dorothy or the Fairy Godmother to show up. You can't click your heals and end up there. You have to go looking for it and then you can have a whole new brand new day when you are happier!

 

Remember, it is your life...get in and drive it!

#BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD 

A Brand New Day

Diana Ross

From The Wiz 

Everybody look around

'Cause there's a reason to rejoice you see

Everybody come out

And let's commence to singing joyfully

Everybody look up

And feel the hope that we've been waiting for

Everybody's glad

Because our silent fear and dread is gone

Freedom, you see, has got our hearts singing so joyfully

Just look about

You owe it to yourself to check it out

Can't you feel a brand new day?

Can't you feel a brand new day?

Can't you feel a brand new day?

Can't you feel a brand new day?

Everybody be glad

Because the sun is shining just for us

Everybody wake up

Into the morning into happiness

Hello world

It's like a different way of living now

And thank you world

We always knew that we'd be free somehow

In harmony

And show the world that we've got liberty

It's such a change

For us to live so independently

Freedom, you see, has got our hearts singing so joyfully

Just look about

You owe it to yourself to check it out

Can't you feel a brand new day?

Can't you feel a brand new day?

Everybody be glad

Because the sun is shining just for us

Everybody wake up

Into the morning into happiness

Hello world

It's like a different way of living now

And thank you world

We always knew that we'd be free somehow

In harmony

And show the world that we've got liberty

It's such a change

For us to live so independently

Freedom, you see, has got our hearts singing so joyfully

Just look about

You owe it to yourself to check it out

Can't you feel a brand new day?

Can't you feel a brand new day?

Can't you feel a brand new day?

Can't you feel a brand new day?

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Luther R. Vandross

A Brand New Day lyrics © Wb Music Corp. 

Vaccinated Get Freedom!

PTSD Patrol
Kathie Costos
May 14, 2021

The video for today is not a chair dancing type of song. It is the kind you need to get up and dance to. This morning I woke up feeling really happy. The news from the CDC about not having to wear masks anymore was wonderful! I'm fully vacinated, and so is my husband, our daughter, family and friends. It means we can go back to the lives we were accustomed to. I won't use the word "normal" because that never really existed. What was normal to someone wasn't normal to someone else.

The word freedom was stuck in my head. The next thing I knew, I was thinking about the Blues Brothers and Aretha Franklin singing Think. Watching the video I cracked up laughing, bounced off my chair and started dancing. It is time to rejoice! We've all been through hell but because so many people are choosing to use their freedom to get vaccinated, we can start to enjoy ourselves again. I will probably wear a mask when I am inside with strangers because this pandemic taught us too many people don't care about anyone else. 

If I end up with COVID the experts say I can have it but have no symptoms. If I do get sick, it won't be like it was with ending up in the hospital or dying. The thing is, I don't want to be a threat to anyone else.

If you have PTSD or not, rejoice! You earned it!

Remember, it is your life...get in and drive it!

#BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD

Think

The Blues Brothers

(Aretha Franklin) 

Think (think)

Think (think)

Think (think)

Think (think)

You think (think)

Think (think)

Think about it (think)

You better think (think)

Think about what you're trying to do to me

Yeah think (think, think)

Let your mind go, let yourself be free

Let's go back, let's go back

Let's go way on back when

I didn't even know you

You couldn't have been too much more than ten

I ain't no psychiatrist

I ain't no doctor with a degree

It don't take too much IQ

To see what you're doing to me

You better think (think)

Think about what you're trying to do to me

Yeah think (think, think)

Let your mind go, let yourself be free

Oh freedom (freedom)

Freedom (freedom)

Freedom

Yeah freedom

Freedom (freedom)

Freedom (freedom)

Freedom

Oh freedom

Hey, think about it!

You, think about it!

There ain't nothing you could ask

I could answer you but I won't (i won't)

I was gonna change but I'm not

To keep doing things I don't (don't)

Hey (think), think about what you're trying to do to me (what you trynna do)

Baby, think, let your mind go, let yourself be free

People walking around everyday

Playing games that they can score

Trying to make other people lose their minds

Well be careful you don't lose yours

Yeah think (think)

Think about what you're trying to do to me

Yeah, yeah-yeah yeah (think, think)

Let your mind go, let yourself be free

You need me (need me)

And I need you (don't you know)

Without each other

There ain't nothing people can do

Yeah yeah, think about me (what you're trying to do to me)

'Till the fall of the night

Think about it right now

Oh freedom (freedom)

Freedom (freedom)

Freedom

Yeah freedom

Freedom (freedom)

Freedom (freedom)

Freedom

Freedom!

Hey! You, think about it!

There ain't nothing you could ask

I could answer you but I won't (i won't)

I was gonna change but I'm not

If you keep doing things I don't

Yeah think (think)

Think about what you're trying to do to me (what you're trying to do)

Baby, think, let your mind go, let yourself be free

You need me (need me)

And I need you (don't you know)

Without each other

There ain't nothing people can do

Yeah yeah, think about me (what you're trying to do to me)

'Till the fall of the night

Think about it baby

Yeah ah-ah-ah (think about) (forgive me)

Forgive me (think about)(forgive me)

Yeah ah (think about) (forgive me) (think about)

Baby (think about) (forgive me)

Right now! (Think about) (forgive me)

Think about yeah, yeah, yeah

(Think about) yeah (forgive me) (think about) (forgive me)

(Think about) (forgive me)

Think about (think about)

Think about (think about) (forgive me)

This evening (think about) (forgive me)

This evening (think about) (forgive me)

Dont (?) The Blues brothers hey!

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Aretha Franklin / Ted White

Think lyrics © Springtime Music Inc