Working to expand my interests

[Andre]

I figure writing here is worth a try. Lots of things have happened since I joined just over a year ago now. Started out and everything went very well. Then the lack of well, life, in my life at the time caused lots of problems. I tried taking a long trip to break that and it worked, but at the end I was injured and that made me regress some. Tired of that kind of existence though. I am resolved to change even if it must be entirely through force of will. I have been too focused for a long time and need to expand my interests. I need to fill the present to stop thinking about the past. I need to engage things. So far my ideas are either very limited or too general. I have been too guarded to let anyone really close and that has kept a lot of things from happening. I need to work on relaxing more and finding things to enrich my life. Interests, hobbies. Things I can think about and also things I can actually talk about. I am not sure how I was able to join the cartoon social group but I would like to look into some other groups here as well to give some kind of start to this.

 

[anthony]

Welcome to blogging andre....

 

[Andre]

Thanks. Not sure what to really use this for yet but some ideas. A way to get feedback on a few things.

 

[Lisa]

Hi Andre... just thought I would say welcome to blogging... Im finding it has a definite worthwhile place upon this forum. A place to expand your own sense of self, which is what you are talking about. I think sometimes dealing with PTSD becomes such a dominant thing that I know I have felt that somewhere in all this battle I have lost myself and my personality. So I use my blog to think about and write about, and post about other things... things that interest me or show my personality.

This is a good place to start. And it's in written form, so it can't be forgotton again. So start building up your blog... think about you as a person. What kind of person are you? Personality wise? Interest wise? What do you think about and take interest in when you are not engulfed in the war PTSD has waged on us? It's hard to start... I certainly spent a couple of months getting stuck.

Good luck.

 

[Andre]

Had not thought of it as being about a sense of self before. Makes sense though. I'll need a lot of luck to make this work. Thanks.

 

[Cindy]

Have you thought of taking up a musical instrument? Guitar lessons? I tried but couldn't focus or practice between lessons. I say guitar because you can lug it on vacation - a piano is hard to take to the beach or woods.

Volunteering is also fun; Habitat for Humanity, Soup Kitchens, Library reading childrens books, Sr. Citizen Centers running Bingo?