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Saturday, February 28, 2015

PTSD? Don't Settle For Comfortably Numb, Heal Instead

Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb


Lyrics
Hello,
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?

Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again

Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again

I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb

I have become comfortably numb

O.K.
Just a little pin prick
There'll be no more aaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick

Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on, it's time to go.

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone

I have become comfortably numb.
The meaning behind the lyrics of Comfortably Numb

Stop being comfortably numb and start healing! You can get better. You are not trapped as you are today and yes, tomorrow can be better than today. PTSD is caused by something that happened to you, not something wrong with you. You just feel things more deeply and got hit harder.

While there is no cure for PTSD, that doesn't mean you are stuck suffering the way you are right now. You can change again and live a better quality of life.

I've seen the worst of what PTSD can do but on the flip side, I've seen the best veterans can do and usually it has been about doing something for others. Amazing how that works!

2 comments:

  1. Hi all, My name is Kevin Mervin. A veteran of Op Telic. A British TA squaddie called-out for Iraq March 2003. Casevac'd back to Blighty, my simple injury soon recovered. My mind, however, caused by what happened upon my return home and exacerbated by the war, wasn't so easy to deal with. 13 yrs on I have wrote about my journey, where upon I donate to the charity Combat Stress, helping fellow soldiers that find life a little difficult coping. I wish my story to help others also, by giving hope that there is light at the end of a dark, terrifying tunnel. It's titled PTSD: Living comfortably numb.

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    1. I think doing something like that is marvelous! Not only helps others, but helps you heal as well.

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