Elmore state park balancing rock trail

Hike from the beach parking, through the park to the trail, then complete the half mile nature trail, then the fire tower trail to the fire tower. Leaving the fire tower to take the ridge trail pass the balancing rock in back to the start. Short talk at end of doing this while fighting off anxiety from ptsd and anxiety. We all have different forms of trauma, I need to learn to grow from them instead of letting them hold me back. Part of mine includes fear of getting too far from emergency services after seeing patients that could’ve had a better chance of survival if we had a better response time. This, along with any irregular heart pattern that can include symptomatic PVCs (it’s worse with increasing anxiety) drove my anxiety worse. I hope that someone may watch this that can relate and see they aren’t alone and can overcome there anxiety to live their best life!

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