Friday, September 4, 2020

PTSD Patrol Now and Forever

PTSD Patrol
Kathie Costos
September 4, 2020 

Today's featured video is Carole King Now and Forever. If you lost someone, it can feel like this for you now...

Now and forever
you are a part of me
And the memory cuts like a knife

But a day will come when you think about them with warm memories instead of grieving. 



At least 187,000 Americans have lost their lives to COVID-19 since March. That is a lot of people to lose and many more are fighting for their lives in hospitals around the country.

Losing someone is traumatic, so this is for those who have suffered losing someone they cared about...you did not lose them if you keep them with you, in your heart.

Everything changes when they are gone and you miss them. I still miss hearing my Mom say at the end of our daily phone calls, "top priority" to remind me to just pick my battles and not try to take on the world. I miss my Dad sneezing saying "whisky" usually followed by a loud burb of "yep" which made everyone laugh. I miss my brothers and teasing on another. I miss my aunts and uncles, cousins and family get togethers. I miss a lot of friends who are no longer alive....but they are all still with me.

I miss seeing people and hugging them...social distancing is a terrible thing for a hugger to go through...so I try to do it online to let them know I'm still here for them.

If you lost someone, this is for you!




Lyrics
Now and forever
you are a part of me
And the memory cuts like a knife
Didn't we find the ecstasy
Didn't we share the daylight
When you walked into my life
Now and forever
I'll remember all the promises still unbroken
And think about all the words between us
That never needed to be spoken
We had a moment
Just one moment
That will last beyond a dream,
Beyond a lifetime
We are the lucky ones
Some people never get to do
All we got to do
Now and forever
I will always think of you
Didn't we come together
Didn't we live together
Didn't we cry together
Didn't we play together
Didn't we love together
And together we lit up the world
I miss the tears
I miss the laughter
I miss the day we met
and all that followed after
Sometimes I wish I
could always be with you
The way we used to do
Now and forever
I will always think of you
Now and forever
I will always be with you
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Carole King / Carole Bayer Sager / Kenny Babyface Edmonds
Now and Forever lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group 

Thursday, September 3, 2020

PTSD Patrol where everyone knows your name

PTSD Patrol
Kathie Costos
September 3, 2020

The theme song from Cheers is a special one to me because it addresses how important it is to have friends and support in life.


Sometimes you wanna go
Where everybody knows your name
And they're always glad you came
You wanna be where you can see (ah-ah)
Our troubles are all the same (ah-ah)

When you are trying to heal PTSD, having a support group, especially when you are alone, is a miracle maker. 

The best support group to find is one in your area, and one that is focused on the same cause of PTSD that caused yours. While support from any group is good, when you are all survivors of the same type of event, it is better.

You can witness some who have become stronger at the same time you find hope within their stories, you can also see others who need more help than you may need and then, try to inspire them.
#BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD





Making your way in the world today
Takes everything you've got
Taking a break from all your worries
Sure would help a lot
Wouldn't you like to get away?
All those nights when you've got no lights
The check is in the mail
And your little angel
Hung the cat up by it's tail
And your third fiance didn't show
Sometimes you wanna go
Where everybody knows your name
And they're always glad you came
You wanna be where you can see (ah-ah)
Our troubles are all the same (ah-ah)
You wanna be where everybody knows your name
Roll out of bed, Mr. Coffee's dead
The morning's looking bright (the morning's looking bright)
And your shrink ran off to Europe
And didn't even write
And your husband wants to be a girl
Be glad there's one place in the world
Where everybody knows your name
And they're always glad you came
You wanna go where people know
People are all the same
You wanna go where everybody knows your name
Where everybody knows your name (where everybody knows your name)
And they're always glad you came
Where everybody knows your name (where everybody knows your name)
And they're always glad you came
Where everybody knows your name (where everybody knows your name)
And they're always glad you came
Where everybody knows your name (where everybody knows your name)
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Portnoy Gary / Angelo Judy Hart
Cheers Theme (Original Demo) lyrics © Addax Music Co. Inc.

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

PTSD Patrol everybody needs somebody

PTSD Patrol
Kathie Costos
September 2, 2020

Hopefully after being on this site for a while, you are healing and living a happier life. That feels wonderful! You can feel even more happier when you reach back to help someone else who is experiencing the same misery you left behind.
The Blues Brothers song is perfect for today because you needed someone love you enough to try to make your life easier. You're in a perfect place to be able to help someone else out of the darkness of PTSD. #BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD



The Blues Brothers - Everybody needs somebody


Tuesday, September 1, 2020

PTSD Patrol lean on me

PTSD Patrol
Kathie Costos
September 1, 2020

The feature video is Lean On Me because it is about asking for help when you need it and being there when someone else needs help too. The featured video on ptsdpatrol.com is when "Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, John Legend perform "Lean On Me" at the 2015 Induction Ceremony" The lyrics explain what can happen when you
#BreakTheSilence ask for help to #TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD

Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, John Legend perform "Lean On Me" at the 2015 Induction Ceremony
Sometimes in our lives we all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill those of your needs
That you won't let show
You just call on me brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
You just call on me brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
If there is a load you have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me (call me)
If you need a friend (call me) call me uh huh (call me) if you need a friend (call me)
If you ever need a friend (call me)
Call me (call me) call me (call me) call me
(Call me) call me (call me) if you need a friend
(Call me) call me (call me) call me (call me) call me (call me) call me (call me)
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Bill Withers
Lean on Me lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group 

Monday, August 31, 2020

PTSD Patrol Touch By The Sun

PTSD Patrol
Kathie Costos
August 31, 2020

When you start to heal it feels like when the rain stops coming down, the sun starts to shine and drizzle sparkles. You find so much to be happy about your life will sparkle too!
"If you want to be brave
And reach for the top of the sky
And the farthest point on the horizon
Do you know who you'll meet there
Great soldiers and seafarers,
Artists and dreamers
Who need to be close, close to the light"
That is the beginning of the featured video today by Carly Simon.





To be touched by the sun is to feel the warmth and power wash over you, filling your soul and lifting you up.

Touched By The Sun
If you want to be brave
And reach for the top of the sky
And the farthest point on the horizon
Do you know who you'll meet there
Great soldiers and seafarers,
Artists and dreamers
Who need to be close, close to the light
They need to be in danger of burning by fire
And I, I want to get there
 I, I want to be one
One who is touched by the sun,
One who is touched by the sun
Often I want to walk
The safe side of the street
And lull myself to sleep
And dull my pain
But deep down inside I know
I've got to learn from the greats,
Earn my right to be living,
Let my wings of desire
Soar over the night
I need to let them say
I, I want to be one
One who is touched by the sun,
One who is touched by the sun
I've got to learn from the greats,
Earn my right to be living,
With every breath that I take,
Every heartbeat
And I, I want to get there
I, I want to be one, One who is touched by the sun,
One who is touched by the sun.
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Carly Simon
Touched by the Sun lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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