PTSD Patrol--allergy zone out

PTSD Patrol

Kathie Costos

September 17, 2020

My allergies are taking over today, so no video. I am sure you don't want to hear me sniffling, coughing and sneezing!

Enjoy these clips from the old show Hee Haw because that is how I feel!

PTSD Patrol Coming Out Of The Dark

PTSD Patrol

Kathie Costos

September 16, 2020

Today's featured video is Gloria Estefan Coming Out of the Dark...which is exactly what healing #PTSD is like. You may be afraid of the changes you went through after surviving but healing does not have to something to be afraid of if you are not alone. Like the lyrics say, "Why be afraid if I'm not alone...life is never easy. The rest is unknown." #BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife from PTSD

Why be afraid if I'm not alone

Though life is never easy the rest is unknown

Up to now for me it's been hands against stone

Spent each and every moment

Searching for what to believe

Coming out of the dark, I finally see the light now

It's shining on me

Coming out of the dark I know the love that saved me

You're sharing with me

Starting again is part of the plan

And I'll be so much stronger holding your hand

Step by step I'll make it through I know I can

It may not make it easier but I have felt you

Near all the way

Coming out of the dark, I finally see the light now And it's shining on me (I see the light, I see the light)

See the light (I see the light)

Coming out of the dark I know the love that saved me

You're sharing with me

I stand on the rock of your love

(Forever and ever)

Can't nobody stop me from watching

(Forever, and ever) I stand on the rock of your love

Love is all it takes, no matter what we face

coming out of the dark

I see the light, I feel love shinning on me (shining, shining)

Shining on me

Coming out of the dark I know the love that saved me

You're sharing, you're sharing with me, sharing with me, sharing with me

Coming out of the dark

Making it into the light

Your love shining on me, shining on me, shining on me

Coming out of the dark

I see the light, I see the light (I see the light)

Shining, shining, shining on me

(Shining, shining)

Coming out of the dark

I see the light now

Yes I see the light (shining, shining)

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Gloria M. Estefan / Emilio Jr. Estefan / Jon Secada
Coming Out of the Dark lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Foreign Imported Productions & Publishing

I used this song back in 2006 when I started doing videos for veterans.

Why be afraid if you're not alone? Life is never easy, the rest is unknown. The song is by Gloria Estefan and the first time I heard it, all I could think about were the Vietnam veterans I spent so much time with including my husband. You are not alone fighting to heal PTSD just as you were not alone during combat.

PTSD Patrol You've Got The Power----to heal!

PTSD Patrol

Kathie Costos

September 15, 2020

Today the featured video is a bit different. If is from the movie Bruce Almighty when God gave him the power to do all kinds of things. When you survive whatever caused your #PTSD, you have the power to heal as a survivor already inside of you. The very fact you are watching these videos means you have the power of hope already and that is the start of living a happier life.

Just imagine that you are Bruce and God knew that you would use your power for good eventually. Want to change the world? Then start with yourself and spread the message of healing to others, so they can change the world too! #BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife

It may not be easy....but it can happen if you believe!

PTSD Patrol In your widest dream

PTSD Patrol
Kathie Costos
September 14, 2020 

If you think there is no hope of a happier life then it is more like a nightmare that doesn't stop. If you know you can heal. then it's more like making your wildest dream come true. Hope is why you survived whatever caused PTSD and hope will help you heal now 🙏 #BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD

Once upon a time

Once when you were mine

I remember skies

Reflected in your eyes

I wonder where you are

I wonder if you think about me

Once upon a time

In your wildest dreams

Once the world was new

Our bodies felt the morning dew

That greets the brand new day

We couldn't tear ourselves away

I wonder if you care

I wonder if you still remember

Once upon a time

In your wildest dreams

And when the music plays

And when the words are touched with sorrow

When the music plays

I hear the sound I had to follow

Once upon a time

Once beneath the stars

The universe was ours

Love was all we knew

And all I knew was you

I wonder if you know

I wonder if you think about it

Once upon a time

In your wildest dreams

And when the music plays

And when the words are touched with sorrow

When the music plays

And when the music plays

I hear the sound I had to follow

Once upon a time

Once upon a time

Once when you were mine

I remember skies

Mirrored in your eyes

I wonder where you are

I wonder if you think about me

Once upon a time

In your wildest dreams (ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) 

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Justin Hayward

Your Wildest Dreams lyrics © Fintage House Publishing, BMG Rights Management 

PTSD Patrol wake me up!

PTSD Patrol

Kathie Costos

September 13, 2020

The song starts off with, 

"Feeling my way through the darkness

Guided by a beating heart

I can't tell where the journey will end

But I know where to start"

but no one knows where our journey will end. The only thing we have power over, is one moment to the next and how we intend to travel through this life we have.

You can "work your way through the darkness" and get back into the light. You can have your pain and your happiness, by letting the happiness get stronger so it reduces the power of your pain.

I usually end my videos with "It's your life. Get in and drive." because that is what you need to be hearing most of all. You do have the power to change the road you're on and define how you want to live your life!

Feeling my way through the darkness

Guided by a beating heart

I can't tell where the journey will end

But I know where to start

They tell me I'm too young to understand

They say I'm caught up in a dream

Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes

Well that's fine by me

So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding myself

And I didn't know I was lost

So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding myself

And I didn't know I was lost

I tried carrying the weight of the world

But I only have two hands

I hope I get the chance to travel the world

But I don't have any plans

I wish that I could stay forever this young

Not afraid to close my eyes

Life's a game made for everyone

And love is the prize

So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding myself

And I didn't know I was lost

So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding myself

And I didn't know I was lost

I didn't know I was lost

I didn't know I was lost

I didn't know I was lost

I didn't know I was lost

So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding myself

And I didn't know I was lost

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Tim Bergling / Michael Aaron Einziger / Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins

Wake Me Up lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Songtrust Ave