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    A Dream Dashed
    A Dream Dashed
    A Dream Dashed
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    A Dream Dashed

    By Travis Breeding

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    Travis' dream to be a professional trombone player comes crashing down as he finds out he has paranoid schizophrenia and autism. Life has become very difficult for Travis since his diagnosis. Travis trombone started talking to him when he was playing it so he got rid of it. Now years later Travis wants to get back into music and playing trombone now that he is on better medication for his illness. You will see how the combination of autism and schizophrenia changed Travis' life forever. Now he works hard to reclaim the life he once had as a musician playing the trombone. He will begin pursuing his dream of becoming a professional trombone player again now that he is healthy. With support from friends and family Travis begins to pursue the possibility of returning to music and playing the trombone. He goes from college to college to try and fit in socially all throughout the process. He has a hard time understanding why he couldn't connect with people but he knows the one thing that he always connected with before the voices started was his trombone. Now Travis plans to find comfort from purchasing a new trombone and starting his life over on the right medications.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBreeding Publishing
    Release dateJul 27, 2017
    ISBN9781370439249
    A Dream Dashed
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    Travis Breeding

    Travis is an author from Huntington Indiana how enjoys entertaining and educating through words. He enjoys telling a story and taking it from his mind to paper. He has authored several books on autism, mental illness, schizophrenia, and disability issues. He continues to write about those issues but also explores some fiction writing as well. Travis has a loving family and enjoys spending time with friends and family. He loves to play bingo and meet new people. One day Travis hopes to start a family of his own and give them so much love. Travis would like to thank his readers for supporting him on his journey of becoming an author. He could not have done it without you. If you would like to get in touch with Travis please email him at tbreedauthoratgmaildotcom,

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      A Dream Dashed - Travis Breeding

      A Dream Dashed

      Travis Breeding

      Published by Travis Breeding at Smashwords

      Copyright 2017 Travis Breeding

      All Rights Reserved

      Contents

      A Dream Dashed

      About the Author

      A Dream Dashed

      After getting all situated in my new apartment down in Bloomington just off of the campus of Indiana University and coming home to spend the last weekend in which I thought I’d be in Huntington for an extremely long time. It was time for me to head back down to Bloomington on Sunday, August 22nd, 2004. Classes were slated to begin on Monday, August 23rd, 2004. I remember being extremely excited but very anxious and nervous. Indiana University was a huge place and certainly I had have many outstanding opportunities to develop friendships with not only guys but girls as well.

      I couldn’t wait to get down there and start playing my trombone with all of these amazing other talented musicians. This was my dream. This was my dream being fulfilled and coming true. I couldn’t have asked for anything better than this musically. Socially I was still looking for improvements in relationships with peers and I thought that IU was the place in which this was going to happen for me.

      I would get into Bloomington at around 7:00 pm on that Sunday evening. I didn’t have much to do that Sunday evening after getting there except for relax and get used to my new place. I had a really great apartment thanks to my grandparents and I had imagined staying there all summer long and taking some summer classes.

      As I came into town and began to see the beautiful scenery and realize that this situation was actually real and I was not dreaming it up, I began to think about the next few years of my life. I imagined myself making many amazing friends and meeting a woman of my dreams. Graduating with a bachelor’s in trombone performance, landing a professional gig, getting married, and having children. I had my life all planned out as to what I wanted to happen. I went to bed that evening feeling the best I’d felt about myself in a really long time.

      For the first time in a long time I was thinking positive and was motivated to get up in the morning and begin my day. I thought that this was going to be perfect and I was going to be okay. I went to bed that evening and had a difficult time falling to sleep due to the fact that I was so anxious, excited, nervous, and a little scared all at once. I was in a new place, with new surroundings, and new people but I knew that this opportunity had to be better than being in Huntington, Indiana where peers were always mean to me and no one wanted to be my friend.

      The First Day of Classes

      After spending the night in my brand new apartment it was time for me to get up. I had a music theory class at 8:00 AM and I would have about a half hour to

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