February | 2015 | Solo Survivor

It’s a new day…

Author: fordisky February 26, 2015 1 Comment

I am up early after another restless night. I go through the motions of showering, dressing and driving to work. It is still dark out as I set off for my walk. As I circle the pond. I begin to…
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PTSD

A Spark

Author: fordisky February 24, 2015 1 Comment

It’s dark and comfortless this place I’m in – a place without reason or hope or even a pinprick of light. I am drowning! The utter silence from reasonable thinking and sound advice is deafening. I know I need to…
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PTSD

Finished

Author: fordisky February 21, 2015 5 Comments

I awaken this morning and notice a shift. It seems like I have spent the last fifty odd years fighting for my very survival in one form or another. But today, all the fight has left me. I have no…
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PTSD

Post Traumatic Stress

Author: fordisky February 19, 2015 2 Comments

What does it mean to have PTSD? I am writing this post in the hopes it will give those who have a PTSD sufferer in their lives a better understanding of the struggles a sufferer can go through so they…
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PTSD

Sunrise

Author: fordisky February 16, 2015 2 Comments

I tried to go for my usual walk this morning but just had to stop and take in the sunrise. I sat on a bench, took some deep breathes and just let the beauty of the morning seep in….
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Day Trip

Author: fordisky February 14, 2015 2 Comments

I decided to go on a little day trip. Prompted by my friend challenging me with ‘time to stretch and try something new, and fun ? ‘ I used to be adventurous and fun – I decided to make list –…
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All Clear

Author: fordisky February 12, 2015 1 Comment

I had to go into hospital for a day procedure. The preparation was worse than the actual procedure but I won’t gross you out by going into detail about that. Did not sleep well the night before – not unusual….
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Stuck

Author: fordisky February 9, 2015 1 Comment

Some days I feel like a rodent on the hamster wheel – moving as fast as I can but stuck in one place, going nowhere. Simply going through the motions of life. It’s like I’m on auto-pilot – get up,…
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Death

Author: fordisky February 7, 2015 5 Comments

There seems to be a lot of death around me at the moment. A friend’s mum, a good family friend, another friend’s sister. It got me thinking about death and how it affects us and those we love. The first…
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Rememberance

Mornings

Author: fordisky February 5, 2015 1 Comment

Some mornings I wish I could share the beauty of this little corner of the world as it wakes with you. No photograph can capture it’s beauty and tranquillity; the sound of the birds beginning their morning melodies – I hear…
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Gratitude

Monthly Archive: February 2015