★ A short film by PTSDIY
One Mile Marker at a Time
A combat veteran runs 100 miles and finds the same lesson that 20 years of PTS(D) taught him.
The story
Past mile 60
In September I ran 100 miles at East Fork. Somewhere past mile 60, I realized the race was teaching me the same thing 20 years of PTSD had: you can’t carry the whole distance in your head. You get to the next mile marker. Then the next one.
That idea became the PTSDIY Field Manual: everything I wish someone had handed me on day one, in plain language, built to use. This film is where it started.
You don’t get through it all at once. You get through it one mile marker at a time. Joe Maiocco, founder
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