PTSD Patrol...do they know you'd help them if you could?

PTSD Patrol

Kathie Costos

September 21, 2020

(Still sick)

Today I thought it would be a good day to help a family dealing with someone they love, who is hurting, but they do not know how to help them.

It is very difficult to go through it when you know they are suffering but they will not talk to you about it.

Most of the time they are afraid of how you will act or what you will think of them, so they just try to hide their pain.

Sometimes you have to #BreakTheSilence for them!

Open the door by sharing this song with them and let them know, you see what they think they are hiding and will move mountains to help them!

If I Could

Barbra Streisand

If I could

I'd protect you from the sadness in your eyes

Give you courage in a world of compromise

Yes, I would

If I could

I would teach you all the things I've never learned

And I'd help you cross the bridges that I've burned

Yes, I would

If I could

I would try to shield your innocence from time

But the part of life I gave you isn't mine

I've watched you grow

So I could let you go

If I could

I would help you make it through the hungry years

But I know that I can never cry your tears

But I would

If I could

If I live

In a time and place where you don't want to be

You don't have to walk along this road with me

My yesterday

Won't have to be your way

If I knew

I'd have tried to change the world I brought to you to

And there isn't very much that I can do

But I would

If I could

If I could

I would try to shield your innocence from time

But the part of life I gave you isn't mine

I've watched you grow

So I could let you go

If, if I could

I would help you make it through those hungry years

But I know that I can never cry your tears

But I would

If I could

Yes I would

Yes I would

If I could

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Ron Miller / Marti Sharron / Kenneth Hirsch

If I Could lyrics © Sony/atv Songs Llc

Gladys Knight performs in the nation's capitol for a Memorial Day concert. 

PTSD Patrol "But the fighter still remains"

PTSD Patrol

Kathie Costos

September 20, 2020

(Still sick so no video from me today....but you probably need a break from seeing me.)

Simon and Garfunkel THE BOXER is an iconic song of survival! "In the clearing stands a boxer, And a fighter by his trade, And he carries the reminders, Of every glove that laid him down, Or cut him 'til he cried out, In his anger and his shame, 'I am leaving, I am leaving,' But the fighter still remains"

If you have PTSD, then you are a fighter too, not by "trade" or by choice, but by will to live. To not give into something because fighting it is hard. You fight a good match but sometimes you need a tag team to take this opponent on. The thing is, no one ever won anything by themselves. No wars were ever fought by one person. No discoveries were ever made by one person with no one to help them or support them. Inspirations never came from thin air. 

Having a team to help you does not mean they have to have all the answers or even know how to find them. It means they do the best they can to help you learn what you need to, find what you are searching for, and stand by you until the fighter that still remains is strong enough to take on this match too!

#BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD

The Boxer

I am just a poor boy

Though my story's seldom told

I have squandered my resistance

For a pocket full of mumbles

Such are promises

All lies and jests

Still a man hears what he wants to hear

And disregards the rest

When I left my home and my family

I was no more than a boy

In the company of strangers

In the quiet of the railway station

Running scared

Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters

Where the ragged people go

Looking for the places

Only they would know

Lie la lie, lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie

Lie la la la lie la lie, la la la la lie

Asking only workman's wages

I come looking for a job

But I get no offers

Just a come-on from the whores

On Seventh Avenue

I do declare

There were times when I was so lonesome

I took some comfort there

La la la la la la la

Lie la lie, lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie

Lie la la la lie la lie, la la la la lie

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes

And wishing I was gone

Going home

Where the New York City winters

Aren't bleeding me

Leading me

Going home

In the clearing stands a boxer

And a fighter by his trade

And he carries the reminders

Of every glove that laid him down

Or cut him 'til he cried out

In his anger and his shame

"I am leaving, I am leaving"

But the fighter still remains

Lie la lie, lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie....... 

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Paul Simon

The Boxer lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group 

James Taylor and Alison Krauss pay tribute to Paul Simon at the 2002 Kennedy Centre Honours tribute to Paul Simon.

PTSD Patrol Want A New Drug?

PTSD Patrol

Kathie Costos

September 19, 2020

Yesterday I did not post anything because I was dealing with emergency care for a sinus infection and bronchitis. Thankfully the staff at Wentworth Douglas were spot on because I am feeling better today. The meds are helping. That is why today, the featured video is Huey Lewis and The News "I Want A New Drug."

If the meds you are getting for #PTSD are not helping, talk to your doctors so they try something else to help you. Remember, that is why they are there..... Something may work for a buddy, but that does not mean it will work for you. Keep trying!

Oh

I want a new drug, one that won't make me sick

One that won't make me crash my car

Or make me feel feet, feet, feet thick

I want a new drug, one that won't hurt my head

One that won't make my mouth too dry

Or make my eyes too red

One that won't make me nervous

Wonderin' what to do

One that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you

When I'm alone with you

I want a new drug, one that won't spill

One that don't cost too much

Or come in a pill

I want a new drug, one that won't go away

One that won't keep me up all night

One that won't make me sleep all day

One that won't make me nervous

Wonderin' what to do

One that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you

I'm alone with you

I'm alone with you, baby

I want a new drug, one that does what it should

One that won't make me feel too bad

One that won't make me feel too good

I want a new drug, one with no doubt

One that won't make me talk to much

Or make my face break out

One that won't make me nervous

Wonderin' what to do

One that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you

I'm alone with you

I'm alone with you, yeah, yeah

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Christopher John Hayes / Huey Lewis

I Want a New Drug lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc 

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.