With PTSD can come difficulty making decisions. This can make preparing food a challenge. If I had more money, I would eat out more. But I have to make it stretch until I have more income. The more steps in cooking, the more challenging. Following instructions such as a recipe can easily result in error. … Continue readingEasy Food
Today is a pasta and jar sauce day. That means my mind is so foggy and depressed, boiling pasta and heating up sauce is as much as I can handle in the food department. Even this came with difficulty as I nearly poured the sauce into the pot of boiling water. Twenty-two veterans commit suicide … Continue readingPasta Day
Some people experience depression with lethargy and sadness. Anti-depressants may be helpful for these people by assisting how serotonin works in the brain. But not me. I don’t necessarily feel sadness and often still have energy for certain activities like motorcycle riding and hanging out with a bunch of finance guys. (I’m not really sure … Continue readingDepression
For over a year, I withdrew from the public, refraining from writing relationship tips as Wing Girl Kim and slowly withdrawing from people I already knew. Visiting my alma mater for my class’s 20th-year reunion seemed daunting at first. Because of this, I didn’t register. But the welcome back to New York by strangers, neighbors, … Continue readingReunion Weekend and Promising Discoveries
Since I didn’t want to ride Jessie with a broken thumb, I decided to winterize her and go to New York for a while. Besides, my 20-year college reunion was happening. Maybe I’d show up. Winterizing a motorcycle involves emptying its carburetors of leftover fuel, setting the bike on its center stand and off its … Continue readingFlying East
PTSD Reactions There are three ways a person with PTSD tends to react to life’s challenges: fighting them running away from them, or freezing in shock It’s pretty animalistic. We are animals after all. PTSD develops when after experiencing a traumatic event a person continues to have these emotional reactions, which normally would go away … Continue readingPTSD and Relationships
Some things that are mentally beneficial are things a person straddles. I’m talking about motorbikes and horses. (Not being dirty!) Metallic horses… New York City’s distractions can prevent a person from healing mental and emotional ills. San Francisco also has city distractions but they’re not as intense as New York. Its population is not as … Continue readingHorses Everywhere: The James S. Brady Therapeutic Riding Program
Unless you have ADHD or PTSD, it can be easy to take our ability to concentrate for granted. My ability to concentrate reached an all-time low this year. It got to a point where the only time I was able to keep focused was while riding my motorcycle. As if the fogginess in one’s head … Continue readingConcentration