Husband, Father, Athlete, Runner, Marathoner, Mental Health Warrior

Hello True Believers,      Here is my latest video blog about my 4th EMDR session that was on Thursday. This was filmed last night (Friday). I hope you enjoy it, and feel free to leave comments if you like. Everyone have a blessed day. Tomorrow is my 1st Anniversary of my Stress-Induced Heart Attack, so I will be in a LOT of retrospective thinking. Stay Good Y'all, Corey

Hello True Believers!       Here is my latest video blog post talking about last weeks EMDR session and this weeks EMDR session and I also talk about some repressed memories that have surfaced again. Much Love, Corey the Warrior

Hello True Believers,      Having that Post-EMDR Feeling (which I explain in the video blog), I decided to video blog, instead of writing, because I could articulate better about the session and everything else. Please enjoy, and feel free to comment! Much Love Y'all, -Corey

Hello True Believers,     Due to the slight disorientation I'm still feeling from yesterday's EMDR session, I video blogged instead of writing. Please enjoy. One Step At A Time, Corey

Hello True Believers,       Well it has been a pretty good couple of weeks. The meds I am on are helping me. One, I'm ACTUALLY dreaming for the first time since I was a kid. The Seroquel truly helps me stay sleep and stops my mind from racing at night, which is part of dealing with my Bipolar and PTSD. The Lamictal helps to even out my days, with the Bipolar. Before, if I was having a good day and something bad happened, I let it ruin my entire day, and I would shut down and think the worst outcome. I have encountered some bad news in the middle of my day, and the medicine as well as the coping techniques I have learned, helped me get past it and still enjoy my day.       During my psychiatry appointment yesterday, my psychiatrist REALLY help me to feel better about who I am. She used some positive reinforcement for me to NOT think of myself in the words that most of my family has told me since I was born. She told me that I should see myself as a wonde...

Hello True Believers,      So I was waiting a week or so write, because so much has gone on and I wanted time to process all of what is happening. So last week, I met with the Medical Doctor at the office where my Psychiatrist is. She wanted to evaluate me for medication that I would need, based on my first appointment with my Psychiatrist. I will say. I left that appointment with the MD literally shaking, because I had to go back and talk about some of my traumatic childhood, and since I suffer from PTSD, that means I was mentally stuck reliving every bit of pain as thought I were going through it right there. It was hard, VERY HARD....and I say that being a 3 time Marathoner...I know difficult, and this was HARD.     After talking to me, she prescribed Lamictal and Sorequel . The Sorequel is a sleeping aid. It is to help me stay asleep and to stop being woken up, or the insomnia I get when I can't stop that inner voice from shutting down. Which is a HUGE ...

Hello True Believers,        Well yesterday was my first psychiatrist appointment....and it was AWESOME! She was someone who actually seem to care about helping me and not like any psychologist I have seen before, where they get so caught up in what has happened to me instead of the person I am now, dealing with it.         Well after we talked, she even told me about herself and her credentials and how she really likes helping people. She also stopped me from calling myself broken and/or  damaged .        So I go back to see her in 2 weeks, and she asked me to research EMDR and if I would be open to starting that. I have to admit, I am very open to trying it. To be able to recall painful memories WITHOUT having to relive the pain first and foremost, like it is happening to me right now, would be a WONDERFUL change. I also go back next week to meet with the MD to discuss medicine as well.       O...