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Hobie Kayak gearing up for the Mississippi River
This Hobie will be our home for most of the summer, 2552 miles down the mississippi River. Testing and training in San Diego. Follow us on Face book to get regular updates on Tom, Scrubs and the rest of our … Continue reading
Understanding PTSD My Pilgrimage Living in the Moment
Posted in PTSD Awareness Adventure 2012
Tagged Army Veteran PTSD, Bicycling Route 66, Effects of PTSD, La Mesa California, Performance Bike, Planet Bike, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD Awareness Adventure 2012, PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD Service Dog, Scrubs PTSD Service Dog, The Big Dummy, Thomas Skinner, Veteran Bicycling
My Priority is Awareness Adventure 2012
I am spending the last day of my month long visit with my daughter taking pictures and having a tea party with chocolate milk and a PB&J. What a perfect Christmas gift. Tomorrow she goes back to see her mother … Continue reading
I Had a Bad Sunday.
I feel I need to let you in on a few things that have been going on with me lately. This is always hard to do. PTSD is hard enough to live with, but this is the blog where … Continue reading
Posted in My Life with PTSD
Tagged Effects of PTSD, PTSD, PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Symptoms of PTSD, Thomas Skinner
My Veterans Day 2011
Memorial Day, 2011 I am battling with PTSD with no relief or hope of any kind in sight. The symptoms of PTSD definitely have the upper hand, putting myself and everyone around me in a living hell. Nothing will ever … Continue reading
You can run but you can’t hide
In my last blog, “Recovery ‘Aha!’ Moment,” I talk about the healing I am experiencing and the progress I am making with PTSD. I read it again and I can remember the hope and the sense of accomplishment in how … Continue reading
Who has a bad Friday?
I love Fridays. Just the word makes me happy. Mondays? Not usually my favorite day. Last week kind of turned that around. Monday was great and Friday was absolutely horrible. In my last blog post, I wrote that I was … Continue reading
Thanks, Lord, I needed that
Monday October 10th “Thank you, Lord. I needed that” Giving my presentation, “What Comes After Welcome Home,” last Saturday night at church stirred up many different emotions that I had put on the back burner and stuffed away and was … Continue reading
Hellos with No Goodbye
I have talked about the early warning signs of PTSD over the years. I have talked about my symptoms, and the more I talk the more I learn. One warning sign I just recognized on my way home from General Synod … Continue reading