Category: NavySEALs

• Remembering 9/11, its impact on my mental health journey

  

  It seems almost fitting that the full moon last night was red. Twenty-one years ago, the United State was hit with an almost unimaginable tragedy. The events of Sept. 11, 2001 are forever etched in my mind. I remember waking up to a phone call that morning from mom, telling me to turn on the…

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  September 11, 2022

  #bloggingbranding, #Growth, #Mental Health Monday, 9/11, ;, Abandonment, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Anxiety, Balancing Mental Illness, borderline personality disorder, bpd, contemplation, Contentment, DBT Skills, Depression, END THE STIGMA, Faith, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, growth, History, Hope, Hospital Admission, keystone habits, Learn from history!, Legacy, loss, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Health Tools, Mental Illness Awareness, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Perspective, Photography, ptsd, Pushing myself, Scars, Self-care, Self-confidence, Self-Discipline, sheep dogs, Storms, Stress, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, Writing Therapy

  #Alwaysremember, #anxiety, #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #BPD, #BPD #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #Depression, #Depression #Anxiety, #history, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #PTSD, #Recovery, #Recovery #notastraightline, #September11

• Over sharpening a blade…

  My first week officially working full time is drawing to a close. Truth be told, there hasn’t been much change from previous weeks aside from the security that it is full time, and in fact my workload has decreased a bit with no longer having as many regional stories on my plate. Still, that hasn’t…

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  January 21, 2022

  #bloggingbranding, #Changes, #Depression, #Education, #Growth, #MediaWednesday, #Mental Health Monday, ;, Abandonment, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Anxiety, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, Black and white thinking, borderline personality disorder, bpd, branding, Can’t Hurt Me, contemplation, Contentment, Creativity, DBT Skills, Depression, Discipline, END THE STIGMA, Faith, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, growth, Habits, Highlight reel, journalism, keystone habits, learning new skills, loss, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Health Tools, Michael Connelly, Military Motivation, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Noise, Perspective, Photography, Prose, ptsd, Pushing myself, reporter, Self-care, Self-confidence, Self-Discipline, sheep dogs, small victories, sparks, Storms, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, University, Writing Therapy

  #anxiety, #Backtowork, #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #BPD, #BPD #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #Depression, #Downtime, #Journalism, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #PTSD, #Recovery, #Recovery #notastraightline, #Reporter

• Learning, Quickly…

  It is that time of year again where time seems to have little meaning; that twilight zone between Christmas and New Year’s where the days just seem to bleed together. While Lynn is taking some much needed time off -she closed the store from Dec. 24 until just after the new year- I have fallen…

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  December 28, 2021

  #bloggingbranding, #Changes, #Depression, #Growth, ;, Abandonment, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Anxiety, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, borderline personality disorder, bpd, branding, Colour spectrum, contemplation, Contentment, Creativity, DBT Skills, Depression, Discipline, Fatigue, Fitness, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, grief, growth, Habits, History, Hope, journalism, just for fun, keystone habits, learning new skills, Legacy, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Illness Awareness, Motivation, Mustang Life, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Perspective, Photography, Physical injury, ptsd, Pushing myself, reporter, Scars, sheep dogs, Storms, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, Writing Therapy

  #anxiety, #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #BPD, #BPD #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #Depression, #Depression #Anxiety, #Journalism, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #PTSD, #Recovery, #Recovery #notastraightline, #Reporter

• Going through the motions

  Mental illness recovery is challenging. It’s ugly. It’s hard. It’s a day-to-day grind with no real finish line. I’ve been contemplating a lot about my mental health recovery, and the journey I have been on. The fact is, I am doing well. Actually, I’m doing a hell of a lot better than I have in…

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  August 8, 2021

  #bloggingbranding, #Changes, #Depression, #Growth, #heroes, ;, Abandonment, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Anxiety, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, Black and white thinking, borderline personality disorder, bpd, branding, Colour spectrum, contemplation, Contentment, DBT Skills, Depression, Discipline, END THE STIGMA, Faith, Fatigue, Fitness, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, growth, Habits, Heroes, Highlight reel, Hope, Jocko Willink, Jocko Willink, Jocko Willink, journalism, keystone habits, learning new skills, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Health Tools, Mental Illness Awareness, Military Motivation, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Perspective, ptsd, Pushing myself, reporter, SEALMotivation, Self-care, Self-confidence, Self-Discipline, sheep dogs, sparks, Sports, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized

  #anxiety, #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #BPD, #Depression, #Fatigue, #Fitness, #JockoWillink, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #Procrastination, #PTSD, #pushingthrough, #Recovery

• All in

  One of my favourite shows on television of late is SEAL Team. The show follows the lives of Bravo Team, one of the teams in the elite SEAL Development Group (DEVGRU). Led by Bravo-1, a SEAL by the name of Jason Hayes, the team takes on missions around the globe, fighting terror and despot alike.…

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  July 7, 2021

  #Changes, #Depression, #Growth, #MediaWednesday, ;, Abandonment, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Anxiety, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, borderline personality disorder, bpd, contemplation, Contentment, Creativity, Depression, Discipline, END THE STIGMA, Faith, Family, Fitness, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, grief, growth, Habits, Hope, journalism, just for fun, keystone habits, learning new skills, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Health Tools, Mental Illness Awareness, Military Motivation, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Perspective, Photography, ptsd, Pushing myself, reporter, SEALMotivation, Self-care, Self-confidence, Self-Discipline, sheep dogs, small victories, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, Writing Therapy

  #AllIn, #anxiety, #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #BPD, #Depression, #Journalism, #notastraightline, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #PTSD, #Recovery, #Reporting, #SEALPhilosophy, #SEALS

• No complaints

  Well, the last few days have been busy. I’ve been heavy into study mode, with my final exam taking place a week from Friday. In addition to the studying, work has been keeping me busy as well. I covered the store for Lynn today so she could get some work finished up at the church,…

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  February 9, 2021

  #bloggingbranding, #Changes, #Depression, #Growth, #heroes, ;, Abandonment, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Anxiety, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, borderline personality disorder, bpd, branding, Colour spectrum, contemplation, Contentment, Creativity, DBT Skills, Depression, Discipline, END THE STIGMA, Faith, Fatigue, Fitness, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, grief, growth, Habits, Highlight reel, Hope, journalism, keystone habits, learning new skills, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Illness Awareness, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Perspective, ptsd, Pushing myself, reporter, Self-care, Self-confidence, Self-Discipline, Storms, Stress, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, Writing Therapy

  #anxiety, #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #PostTraumaticStress, #BPD, #Depression, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #PTSD, #Recovery

• Comfort and growth…

  I’ve said before that the only constant in life is change. Dr. M and I connected for my six week post-discharge appointment. It was a good, positive, discussion and he agreed to follow up with me again in the middle of January, post holidays. The one thing that he did say, which has my brain…

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  November 24, 2020

  #Changes, #Depression, #Growth, #heroes, ;, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Anxiety, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, Black and white thinking, borderline personality disorder, bpd, Can’t Hurt Me, Colour spectrum, contemplation, Contentment, David Goggins, David Goggins Motivation, DBT Skills, Depression, END THE STIGMA, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, growth, Habits, Heroes, Hope, Hospital Admission, journalism, keystone habits, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Illness Awareness, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Perspective, ptsd, Pushing myself, reporter, SEALMotivation, Self-care, Self-confidence, Self-Discipline, sheep dogs, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, Writing Therapy

  #anxiety, #BPD #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #Depression #Anxiety, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #Recovery

• Procrastinating with procrastinating…

  This morning I’m feeling tired. Between work articles and my history paper that I’m working on, the last few days have been busy. My week actually pretty much exploded on Monday, and doesn’t look as if it’s going to slow down before Saturday, making it the busiest week I think I’ve had in quite some…

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  October 28, 2020

  #bloggingbranding, #Changes, #Depression, #Growth, #heroes, Abandonment, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Anxiety, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, borderline personality disorder, bpd, contemplation, Contentment, DBT Skills, Depression, Discipline, END THE STIGMA, Faith, Fatigue, Fitness, Fuck Mental Illness, Gaming, Goal Setting, Goals, growth, Habits, Heroes, Highlight reel, Hope, Jocko Willink, Jocko Willink, Jocko Willink, journalism, keystone habits, learning new skills, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Illness Awareness, Military Motivation, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Perspective, Photography, Politics, PS4, ptsd, Pushing myself, Red Dead Redemption 2, reporter, Scars, SEALMotivation, Self-care, Self-confidence, Self-Discipline, sheep dogs, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, Writing Therapy

  #anxiety, #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #BPD, #Depresseion, #Fitness, #Goals, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #Procrastination, #PTSD, #Recovery

• Waging a campaign of health…

  The last few days have continued to remain somewhat busy. Yesterday was spent in the office, working on stories for the paper. I had three to do from earlier in the week, and I’ll still have more to do early in the week. I’m enjoying it though, for the time being at least. This morning…

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  October 24, 2020

  #bloggingbranding, #Depression, #Growth, #heroes, ;, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Anxiety, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, Black and white thinking, borderline personality disorder, bpd, contemplation, Contentment, Creativity, Depression, Discipline, END THE STIGMA, Entertainment, Fitness, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, growth, Habits, Heroes, Hope, Jocko Willink, Jocko Willink, Jocko Willink, journalism, keystone habits, learning new skills, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Illness Awareness, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Perspective, Photography, ptsd, Pushing myself, reporter, SEALMotivation, Self-care, Self-confidence, Self-Discipline, sheep dogs, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, Writing Therapy

  #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #PostTraumaticStress, #BPD, #Fitness, #Health, #PTSD, #Recovery, #Recoveryispossible

• Pushing through the discomfort to find growth

  The last few days have been pretty busy. I’ve been sustaining my workout regime, as well as digging back into my textbooks to prepare for the final exam I have coming up in a week and a half. My workouts over the last few days have been challenging. I pushed myself to do just over…

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  August 15, 2020

  #bloggingbranding, #Changes, #Depression, #Growth, #heroes, ;, Abandonment, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Anxiety, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, borderline personality disorder, bpd, Can’t Hurt Me, Colour spectrum, Contentment, Creativity, David Goggins, David Goggins Motivation, DBT Skills, Depression, Discipline, Dogs, END THE STIGMA, Faith, Family, Fatigue, Fitness, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, growth, Habits, Heroes, Hope, Jocko Willink, Jocko Willink, Jocko Willink, journalism, just for fun, keystone habits, learning new skills, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Health Tools, Mental Illness Awareness, Military Motivation, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Perspective, ptsd, Pushing myself, reporter, SEALMotivation, Self-care, Self-confidence, Self-Discipline, sheep dogs, sparks, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, Writing Therapy

  #BPD #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #Fitness, #heroes, #JockoWillink, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #PTSD, #Recovery

• Pushing through your limits…

  Today has been… productive. After filming the Pastor’s devotional this morning, I headed home, did the editing and then uploaded it to Facebook. After that I dug into my school work, and completed a passable first draft of my next assignment for university. All told, the essay comes in at just over 1000 words of…

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  August 7, 2020

  #bloggingbranding, #Growth, #heroes, ;, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, borderline personality disorder, bpd, David Goggins Motivation, DBT Skills, Depression, Discipline, END THE STIGMA, Fatigue, Fitness, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, Habits, Hope, journalism, keystone habits, learning new skills, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Health Tools, Mental Illness Awareness, Military Motivation, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Perspective, ptsd, Pushing myself, reporter, SEALMotivation, Self-care, Self-confidence, Self-Discipline, sheep dogs, small victories, Storms, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, Writing Therapy

  #anxiety, #BPD #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #Depression, #Fitness, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #Recovery, #Recoveryispossible

• Working on time management…

  With five shows down, we have passed the half way point of this year’s theatre run. The show has been going good and I have been enjoying my role doing the AV for the production, but I think I’m looking forward to the show wrapping too. Things are getting busier, and it’s just one more…

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  March 2, 2020

  #Changes, #Growth, #heroes, ;, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Anxiety, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, borderline personality disorder, bpd, contemplation, Contentment, Depression, Discipline, END THE STIGMA, Faith, Family, Fatigue, Fitness, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, growth, Habits, Highlight reel, History, Hope, journalism, keystone habits, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Health Tools, Mental Illness Awareness, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Noise, Perspective, Photography, ptsd, Pushing myself, reporter, Self-care, Self-confidence, Self-Discipline, sheep dogs, Sports, Storms, Stress, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, Writing Therapy

  #BPD #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #Recovery #notastraightline

• Heroes

  I’m feeling the love today. My Facebook page has blown up with birthday well-wishes, and I am grateful. I know I haven’t been in a great headspace lately. I know I’ve been struggling and feeling overwhelmed. The support means the world to me. I’m feeling a bit better today, at least compared to last night.…

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  February 17, 2020

  #Changes, #Growth, #heroes, ;, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Anxiety, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, borderline personality disorder, bpd, Can’t Hurt Me, contemplation, Contentment, Creativity, David Goggins Motivation, DBT Skills, Depression, Emergency medical services, ems, END THE STIGMA, Entertainment, Faith, Fiction, Fitness, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, growth, Habits, Hope, Hospital Admission, journalism, keystone habits, learning new skills, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Health Tools, Mental Illness Awareness, Military Motivation, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Novel writing., Perspective, Photography, ptsd, Pushing myself, reporter, Scars, Self-care, Self-confidence, Self-Discipline, Self-harm, sheep dogs, small victories, Storms, Stress, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, Writing Therapy

  #BPD #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #Goals, #Gooddaysbaddays, #Growth, #heroes, #Photography, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #Recovery

• Time Management and Excuses

  I try to write something every day. It doesn’t matter whether it’s in this blog, in my journal, or writing articles for the paper, I try to do something everyday to further the mastery of my craft. It doesn’t have to be a lot, but I try to do something. There is multiple reasons for…

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  February 9, 2020

  #Changes, #Growth, ;, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, borderline personality disorder, bpd, contemplation, Contentment, DBT Skills, Depression, Discipline, END THE STIGMA, Fatigue, Fitness, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, growth, Habits, Hope, Injured List, journalism, keystone habits, learning new skills, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Health Tools, Mental Illness Awareness, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Perspective, Photography, ptsd, Pushing myself, reporter, SEALMotivation, Self-care, Self-confidence, Self-Discipline, sheep dogs, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, Writing Therapy

  #Balance, #BPD #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #FindingBalance, #Fitness, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #Recovery

• Time, effort, and consistency acclimatizing into my new routine.

  This week has definitely been much slower paced than the few weeks previous. This isn’t a bad thing. Since I’ve been home from Saskatchewan I’ve been acclimating myself to my new routine at home. It has not been without it’s challenges. I’m finding that getting up and moving earlier in the morning is helping a…

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  February 5, 2020

  #Changes, #Growth, ;, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Anxiety, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, borderline personality disorder, bpd, contemplation, Contentment, DBT Skills, Depression, Discipline, END THE STIGMA, Faith, Fitness, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, growth, Habits, Hope, journalism, keystone habits, learning new skills, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Health Tools, Mental Illness Awareness, Military Motivation, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Perspective, Photography, ptsd, Pushing myself, reporter, SEALMotivation, Self-care, Self-confidence, Self-Discipline, sheep dogs, small victories, Sports, Storms, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, Writing Therapy

  #BPD #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #mentalillnes, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #pushingmyself, #Recovery, #SelfDiscipline

• 3 ft. World…

  Inspiration can be found in any number of places. Today I was introduced to the concept of the 3 ft. world, courtesy of all places, the television show SEAL Team. Two of the team members were talking, and staying in your 3 ft. world was mentioned in passing, so I decided to do a deep…

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  January 11, 2020

  #Changes, #Growth, Acceptance, Accountability, adaptability, Balancing Mental Illness, Belly of the beast, borderline personality disorder, bpd, contemplation, Contentment, Creativity, DBT Skills, Depression, END THE STIGMA, Faith, Fitness, Fuck Mental Illness, Goal Setting, Goals, Habits, Hope, journalism, keystone habits, learning new skills, Making time for what’s important, Mental health, Mental Health awareness, Mental Health recovery, Mental Health Tools, Mental Illness Awareness, Military Motivation, Motivation, my story isn’t over yet., NavySEALs, Perspective, Photography, ptsd, Pushing myself, reporter, SEALMotivation, Self-care, Self-confidence, sheep dogs, small victories, suicide survivor, TheOnlyEasyDayWasyesterday, Uncategorized, Writing Therapy

  #BPD #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #mentalillnes, #OnlyEasyDayIsYesterday, #PostTraumaticStressDisorder, #Recovery, #SEALS