Pardon Our Progress

You’re not too far gone. You’re just under construction.

Tag: mental-health

  • The Deafening Silence

    There wasn’t a single sound that could be considered loud, offensive, or out of place… and it was literally driving me crazy. What You Can Get Used To I wouldn’t ever go so far as to say a hospital room is peaceful. Especially not in a CICU. When you’re laying in that bed you hear…

  • Bandwidth Of The Brain

    Entertainment is the world’s substitute for joy. An Age Of Distractions Gone are the days of houses having a “study”. Rare is the house with a dedicated “library” in it. If a home has books in it, they’re probably centralized in one room where they sit more as decorations rather than a reference section. But…

  • Suicide & A Vision (Part 2)

    The decision to live or die seems like an easy one to most. But on that day… If you haven’t read part one about my struggle with suicide, you can read it by clicking here. The Ongoing Struggle While the decision had been made for that fateful night, the idea of taking my own life…

  • My Struggle With Suicide – And Why I Chose Life

    I didn’t consider suicide because I hated myself so much… but because I loved my family more. Discovering Depression To be completely honest, prior to my stay in the hospital, I didn’t even believe in depression. I believed in sadness. I believed in anger and frustration. And depression was just a trendy little word to…

  • Living Without A Safety Net

    The celebration ended abruptly when we realized that there was no longer a medical team around for the “what ifs”… The Path To Home I’ll never forget when we decided we’d had enough rehab and chose to go home. Like I describe in my book, it was such a liberating feeling. The lab sent their…

  • The Most Surprising Thing That Nearly Broke Me in the ICU

    Oddly enough, the extreme boredom drove me crazier than the immense and constant pain. It May Sound Nice… But… For me, the coma was the easy part. I simply went to sleep one day and, 24 days later, woke up. Granted I suffered nightmarish hallucinations that still plague my mind even 7 years later. You…

  • My First Time Standing – And The Horrifying Discovery

    For the first time I realized just how absolutely dead and useless my legs truly were. Legs Like Wooden Blocks Not everyone will know this, but it is common practice to move a patient in the hospital every couple of hours. This: However, in my incredibly critical state, most of my nurses didn’t consider “moving…

  • Why 75 Hard?

    (And Why It Might Be the Hardest — and Best — Thing You Ever Do) Most people who hear about 75 Hard have the same reaction: “No way I could do that.” That’s what I thought too—until I tried it.At first glance, it looks like a nightmare of unattainable goals. But when you break it…

  • Review: “Can’t Hurt Me” By: David Goggins

    Why Choose This Book Can’t hurt me first came to my attention when a friend of mine, a runner, posted online that he was reading it for the 3rd time. He let me borrow it and I was so impressed that I read it again with my wife. It is, without a doubt, a great…

  • Review: The Book on Mental Toughness By: Andy Frisella

    Why I Chose This Book Honestly? My recovery didn’t completely go the way I wanted. Depression had gotten a hold of me and, while I recovered a lot of physical strength and toughness, my mind was suffering. I first stumbled across the program while looking for a workout and diet. I had reached 317 lbs…