PTSD Patrol walk in rays of beautiful sun

PTSD Patrol

Kathie Costos

September 30, 2020

After last night, if you watched the horrible debate, it is a good time to be reminded of the fact that things are not as horrible as was on display. We do have a lot to be thankful for and a lot to look forward to. We've been through hard times in our lives. The thing that started PTSD was hard, but as you have seen, things to get a little easier and get a lot brighter.

That is why I picked "Ooo Child" for the feature video today. We can "walk in the rays of a beautiful sun again" and our "heads can be a lot lighter." #BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD

Ooh child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh child
Things'll get brighter
Ooh child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh child
Things'll get brighter
Some day, yeah
We'll put it together and we'll get it undone
Some day
When your head is much lighter
Some day, yeah
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Some day
When the world is much brighter........

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Stan Vincent
O-o-h Child lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

PTSD Patrol no time for pain

PTSD Patrol

Kathie Costos

September 29, 2020

There was a time when all I had time for was praying to God that my pain would end. It is one thing to have physical pain, but when you have spiritual pain, that wrecks everything!

It may sound strange to you, but there are a lot of "love" songs that I find spiritually healing. 

There are a lot of love songs that mean something deeper to me. There is a spiritual connection made with many of them. The feature video today is Carlie Simon "I Haven't Got Time For The Pain."

When I was having a really hard time spiritually, this song made me feel more hopeful about the next minutes in time. If you thing about some songs that mean more to you than others, you'll know exactly what I mean. So when you are in spiritual pain, find a song that makes you feel relief and you won't have time for the pain because you are filling yourself up with hope! #BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD

All those crazy nights when I cried myself to sleep

Now melodrama never makes me weep anymore

'cause I haven't got time for the pain

I haven't got room for the pain

I haven't the need for the pain

Not since I've known you

You showed me how, how to leave myself behind

How to turn down the noise in my mind

Now I haven't got time for the pain

I haven't got room for the pain

I haven't the need for the pain

Not since I've known you

Suffering was the only thing that made me feel I was alive

Though that's just how much it cost to survive in this world

'til you showed me how, how to fill my heart with love

How to open up and drink in all that white light

Pouring down from the heaven

I haven't got time for the pain

I haven't got room for the pain

I haven't the need for the pain

Not since I've known you

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Jacob Brackman / Carly Simon

Haven't Got Time for the Pain lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group 

PTSD Patrol honoring your feelings

PTSD Patrol

Kathie Costos

September 28, 2020

Sometimes we have to honor our pain and loneliness. That is why I picked Neil Diamond I AM I SAID for the feature video today.

There was a report on military suicides being 20% higher than last year. That was like a dagger to my heart because I dedicated 38 years of my life to that cause. With all the nonsense getting the attention online, they couldn't find me anymore, so I thought as a 10 time civilian survivor, I may be of more use to regular people like me. With over 8 million Americans diagnosed with PTSD, they are getting less attention than the veterans. Right now, I am taking my own advise and honoring my feelings to go toward healing afterwards. #BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD

But I got an emptiness deep inside

And I've tried

But it won't let me go

And I'm not a man who likes to swear

But I never cared

For the sound of being alone

I AM I SAID

L.A.'s fine, the sun shines most the time

And the feeling is "lay back"

Palm trees grow and rents are low

But you know I keep thinkin' about

Making my way back

Well I'm New York City born and raised

But nowadays

I'm lost between two shores

L.A.'s fine, but it ain't home

New York's home

But it ain't mine no more

"I am"... I said

To no one there

And no one heard at all

Not even the chair

"I am"... I cried

"I am"... said I

And I am lost and I can't

Even say why

Leavin' me lonely still

Did you ever read about a frog

Who dreamed of bein' a king

And then became one

Well except for the names

And a few other changes

If you talk about me

The story is the same one

But I got an emptiness deep inside

And I've tried

But it won't let me go

And I'm not a man who likes to swear

But I never cared

For the sound of being alone

"I am"... I said

To no one there

And no one heard at all

Not even the chair

"I am"... I cried

"I am"... said I

And I am lost and I can't

Even say why

"I am"... I said

"I am"... I cried

"I am"

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Neil Diamond

I Am...I Said lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group 

PTSD Patrol videos back up tomorrow....I hope!

PTSD Patrol Update

Yesterday there was a system update for my computer...it crashed! It took all day to fix it. Sorry for no video or posts for a couple of days but working on fixing the rest.