Aug 16, 2024 by HTV9
So this book has been in the works for about 4 years now. Spoonie lifehacks, a holiday worth celebrating for every day of the year, coping skills, I’m hauling ass on it. Each day I work on it, I get more frustrated that I can’t release it right now to provide immediate help for veterans and people in our military (United States – and hey, I’d like to help allied country military folks too) who need it, but then I remember it’s not quite there yet to make my PTSD tolerable, so how could it help them? How could it help anyone reading this? Here’s the compromise I’ve given myself. As and when I find things that work which I can blog when I’ve got the spoons & won’t hurt self with overdoing (again), I’ll do that til the book goes live. So here’s a listing of stuff that seems to work from personal experience for PTSD. Your mileage will vary.
Swearing like a sailor
Fighting bad situations in a well-considered and (I hope) ethical manner
Communication aplenty with support team, consisting of family members
Filthy romance novels, especially ones featuring veterans or military members
Quality time with a pet
A hobby that I really love which I can pour all my efforts into for a little while
Reading, but good stuff
Workouts in a pool in shallow water
Music playlists I make over time, for every mood and occasion
Getting even weirder
Window shopping, budgeting and saving up for the good stuff, taking my time in figuring out what I want most, then buying that
Adequate pain control. Really can’t emphasize this one enough, though I got off of opiates as soon as I had the chance. One too many problems for me.
Trying new things every chance possible
Picking up new skills
Learning something new every single day, no matter how small
Improving something every single day, no matter how little
Giving stuff a chance that I normally wouldn’t, when I can and when the risk is worth it: trying a new restaurant, a new hobby, a new item of clothing, etc. PTSD and closedmindedness like to do the waltz together it seems so breaking that grip a bit at a time has been doing well, something. Seems positive.
Memes, consuming them, making them, whatever, this has saved my sanity so many times. Maybe you’re classier or whatever but I like them crass and out there
There’s a lot of other stuff I’m trying and a lot of it’s experimental
New Book of Days 
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