Talking2Minds

As a retired US Army senior NCO. As I lost my mind and finally hit rock bottom. I made the choice to try and get help. I went to my GP and the NHS. That was three years ago. All I recieved was 6 counseling session with a man that had no knowledege of PTSD [...]

This is a note to say hello, and tell you how very grateful I am to talking 2 minds. I’ve purposely waited to email you as I was waiting for the inexplicable ‘it’ factor that I felt on day 4 of the programme to fade or somehow not work anymore once I returned to the [...]

My name is Craig I served in the British Army for 10 years; I have toured Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. I left the army a lance sergeant in May 2011 after being diagnosed with PTSD 10 months prior. I was involved in a few traumatic incidents in Iraq 2004 & 2006 were [...]

Since being involved in a road traffic accident, six years ago, I have suffered numerous symptoms of PTSD. However the accident was just a catalyst for the suffering that I had experienced on and off since childhood. I had experienced episodes of melancholy to episodes of depression, unfortunately the accident brought about a sever long [...]

For many years,  I have worked on the old service theory of work hard, play hard! In other words, I was drinking myself to death and destroying my marriage/family life.  Things did not improve when I was diagnosed as having PTSD from my service in HM Forces. About two years ago, I saw programme on [...]