The World Health Organization (WHO) made World Mental Health Awareness Day....because mental health is a problem across the entire world.
The problem with awareness days is, it is like seeing a house on fire, gathering together and watching it, instead picking up a hose or calling 911 so the fire department can come and put it out.
No one is really doing much to take the problem and fix it! Saying something is happening, is not the same as doing anything about it.
World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health.
The Day provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk about their work, and what more needs to be done to make mental health care a reality for people worldwide.
That is why today the feature video is The Doors People Are Strange.
When people know how much power they do have over mental illness, things change for the better. When people know they can heal, they have hope that their lives can get better, and they seek it.
Want to change the outcome? Then change the conversation!
Today the feature video is the Hollies, He Ain't Heavy...He's my brother. The song is about taking care of someone who matters to you. That is what friends are supposed to do for one another. Sharing burdens, as much as they are share joys.
When you have PTSD, it can be hard at times to open up and ask for help, even when you are with someone you trusted to a point. Just remember that if they really are your friend, they will listen, support you, and do whatever they can to help you on your road to recovery. It doesn't have to be such a lonely road for you. By now you should know enough about PTSD to be able to explain it to someone who does not know what it is.Trust they enough to ask for help and ask them to just listen. Real friends always will.
#BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD
Today the featured video is Bruce Springsteen, Hope and Dreams, This Train. It got me thinking of how people can get a narrow line of vision where all they see is what is negative. If that is all you look for, then you do not see what is good, what is possible and discover something to hope for.
With PTSD, you tend to cling to misery because it is what you know is there, but when you open your eyes to the hope of healing, that is what you begin to search for. It is a lot better to look at your life with hope than it is to settle for what you have.
#BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD
Oh oh this train, I'm riding this train
Don't you wanna ride
(This train)
Oh get on, get on (this train)
Grab your ticket and your suitcase
Thunder's rolling down the tracks
You don't know where you're goin' now
But you know you won't be back
Darlin' if you're weary
Lay your head upon my chest
We'll take what we can carry
And we'll leave the rest
Big wheels rolling through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams
I will provide for you
And I'll stand by your side
You'll need a good companion
For this part of the ride
Leave behind your sorrows
Let this day be the last
Tomorrow there'll be sunshine
And all this darkness past
Big wheels roll through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams
This train carries saints and sinners
This train carries losers and winners
This train carries whores and gamblers
This train carries lost souls
I said, this train dreams will not be thwarted
This train faith will be rewarded
This train hear the steel wheels singin'
This train bells of freedom ringin'
This train carries saints and sinners
This train carries losers and winners
This train carries whores and gamblers
This train carries lost souls
I said, this train carries broken-hearted
This train thieves and sweet souls departed
This train carries fools and kings
This train, all aboard
I said, this train dreams will not be thwarted
This train faith will be rewarded
This train hear the steel wheels singin'
This train bells of freedom ringin'
Come on this train
People get ready
You don't need no ticket
All you got do is just get on board
On board this train
This train, people get ready
You don't need no ticket (oh I know you don't)
You don't need no ticket you just get on board (people get ready)
Today the feature video is Rescue Me by Fontella Bass (1965) because after getting up in a very bad mood, this song had me chair dancing right after it started playing on the radio.
It made me remember how my husband and I rescued each other. Our lives were not that great before we met but looking back on all of it now, we met for a reason. If you have someone in your life who rescued you, it is a wonderful feeling but if you need someone to do it, remember that there was a long time I didn't think I would ever find someone to heal my broken heart....until I did.
#BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD.
Today the feature video is the Pretenders I'll Stand By You. That is something a lot of people are looking for, especially when politics have turned people you thought were your friends into enemies. I have never been attacked so much in my life, than the last few months and by people I did a lot for.
When you have PTSD, it could be people you know turning their back on you, and you think you do not matter. The thing is, you do matter and there are a lot of people who will stand by you.
Find people in the same situation, people who will listen to you, help you and stand by you. They do exist.
#BreakTheSilence and #TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD
I do not regret doing things for those who turned against me. If I did not help them, I would have gone against myself and all I believed was the right thing to do. What they did in return is their problem, not mine. I know as a Christian, I will have to account for my actions one day, and so will they.
If you are doing things for the right reasons, keep doing them. If you are telling the truth, keep telling the truth. If you have peace within your soul when we do something good, remember that, because they will never know what that feels like!
The Pretenders
I'll Stand By You
Oh, why you look so sad, the tears are in your eyes,
Come on and come to me now, and don't be ashamed to cry,
Let me see you through, 'cause I've seen the dark side too.
When the night falls on you, you don't know what to do,
Nothing you confess could make me love you less,
I'll stand by you,
I'll stand by you, won't let nobody hurt you,
I'll stand by you
So if you're mad, get mad, don't hold it all inside,
Come on and talk to me now.
Hey there, what you got to hide?
I get angry too, well, I'm alive like you.
When you're standing at the cross roads,
And don't know which path to choose,
Let me come along, 'cause even if you're wrong
I'll stand by you,
I'll stand by you, won't let nobody hurt you,
I'll stand by you.
Baby, even to your darkest hour, and I'll never desert you,
I'll stand by you.
And when, when the night falls on you baby,
You're feeling all a lone, you're wandering on your own,
I'll stand by you.
I'll stand by you, won't let nobody hurt you,
I'll stand by you, baby even to your darkest hour,
And I'll never desert you,
I'll stand by you,
I'll stand by you.
I'll stand by you, won't let nobody hurt you,
I'll stand by you, baby even to your darkest hour,
And I'll never desert you
I'll stand by you
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Thomas Kelly / Christine Hynde / Billy Steinberg
