PTSD Patrol Maine mental health day

PTSD Patrol

Kathie Costos

September 5, 2020

I played hooky today in Maine....I needed a mental health day for myself and will post again tomorrow.

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 

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.

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

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