No, I am not crazy anymore. My medication is working, and I am not in any kind of medical distress. No worries there thank goodness. I have developed some pretty good coping strategies for stuff to deal with my mental demons.
So, back to the internal arguments I have with myself. They are often about my imagined inadequacies now that I have physical and mental handicaps. I question what people think of me. Or why I am not good enough to do things anymore that I once used to be able to do.
The biggest thing, besides my medication, that has helped me to win these arguments is to use positive affirmations to counter those negative arguments with my demons. As an example, when I hear myself say I am not good enough to do hiking anymore, I tell myself I am still good enough to fish, and I love to do that.
A few of the ways I have learned to deal with these internal arguments is through blogging here on the Hive blockchain and sharing my new journey and coin collecting hobby. One of my biggest challenges coming out of isolation is reconnecting with old friends and family, I want to also start sharing some of that here as well, along with some of the outdoor adventures I plan to start experiencing again.
Although my physical body prevents me from doing a great deal of what I used to, I know it will boost my mood just to get outside more. I love nature and spending time in it has always been a big stress reliever for me. I have committed to my youngest son to do more fishing with him over the summer, so that shouldn’t take a lot of physical activity, but should make for some good stress relief and great memories, as well as some good blog posts.
I also want to commit to getting to more group settings, and meetings with my veteran groups. I have started attending the local Marine Corps League Detachment meetings and they are a great group of people and have welcomed me with open arms. We have a meeting once a month and then meet once a month for an informal dinner somewhere. I would also like to become more active in the local Disabled American Veterans, but there really isn’t one that close to me. I have started thinking of starting one myself.
I wouldn't mind starting to meet some of the people offline that I meet online here on Hive as well. I think that would be so cool. So if you happen to be in the SE Indiana area near Louisville Kentucky sometime, let me know!
In the end, I am still taking it step by step, one day at a time. Got to go for now. The fish and my son are calling. He is my chauffeur, so I must get going because he won’t wait, neither will the fish!
P.S. Pictures to be posted from the fishing trip later tomorrow or the next day.
Note: Image source from Canva.com
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