Tips for Living with PTSD in Glasgow

Tips for Living with PTSD in Glasgow.

I think the bigger question is for people in Glasgow, is: What is normal and normal for whom? Here are some tips for living with PTSD for people in Glasgow

Is it normal to stay up late night watching Netflix, or is it normal getting up at 4am to head to the gym, so you feel good about yourself? Is it normal to have 4 or 5 drinks 3 days a week with friends, or is it normal to only have 1 drink on a Friday night because to have any more lets Jekyll loose and you would rather be Dr. Hyde. Why? Because Jekyll is a total prick at times.

Is it normal to want to go out to crowded places with hundreds of people you don’t know, or is it normal to want to spend quality with people you love and trust, even if it is only half a dozen or so? It all depends on who you are, what you need, and what you like.

Get #dealwithit

For those of us with PTSD in Glasgow, our brains have morphed because of an event, a tragedy, a trauma that changed the way we view and walk through the world forever. Accept it. That is how we define our new normal.

The day I came to accept that John 1.0 as gone forever and started to accept and embrace John 2.0, was the day I began to get a handle on who I had become and what I needed to start living well with PTSD. In my book #dealwithit: Duct Tape for the Soul, Melissa and I talk about the journey I took and the things I had to learn and accept in my journey to recovery.

#ptsd #cptsd #drjohnaking, #dealwithit, #dealwithitbook, #ptsd, #cptsd, #posttraumaticstress, #trauma,#ptsdrecovery, #veteran, #survivor, #stress2strength, #givethemavoice, #mentalhealth, #police, #lawenforcement, #firstresponder, #firefighters, #ptsdspouse, #ptsdwife, #ptsdawarness

Get #dealwithit

This is for personal reflection, not medical or crisis advice.