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Hi all,
If you have already prejudged me or have preconceived ideas about police that are negative then go away.
I am an excop. 20 yrs in Oz where I put my heart and soul into a job I was totally committed to. Diligent, hard working and was more interested in putting away bad criminals than the promotion ladder.
To my eventual demise I had exposed myself to too much trauma over too many years and swamped in work.
Strange things started to happen to me like panic attacks, nightmares and night sweats, extreme depression and being suicidal.
I was medically retired but that was just the beginning of a traumatic 7 year long battle with the police and insurance companies to rightfully seek compensation for a string of negligence acts by the hierarchy. I was put under surveillance and this exacerbated my PTSD symptoms more and along with everything else put me in hospital several times. Insurers push you so that you either give up or kill yourself. That's what they want and declined cases means bonuses for case officers. Pure evil. Types of scum I would want to put in gaol. They are criminals IMO.
Eventually after being told the pitfalls of going to court due to potentially encountering one of several cop hating judges or having a judge disinterested in, or ignorant about compensation cases, I was talked into a settlement offer. My compensation lawyer I felt sold me way short. No balls.
So suffering with chronic PTSD I had to fumble with financial decisions to try and eke out a living off the lumpsum payments.
Not very successful and have already made mistakes losing me money.
Realising my money would not be enough to survive off in Australia I decided to move to South East Asia.
My lumpsum meant I exceeded the assets test threshold to qualify for a disability support pension. But the income stream I am deriving off the lumpsum is barely above the pension and is going backwards each year thanks to the settlement falling way short of what I could have been legally entitled to in a sucessful court hearing. I would have been better off staying on workers comp and not suing. Thanks.
Now off worker's compensation, I have no paid access to my psychiatrist and psychologist, meds are too expensive so gone off anto depressants and anxiety meds so have been a total mess.
Being in Sth East Asia you realise it is a dumping ground for a lot of guys who have gone through a lot of issues, whether that's PTSD, a bad divorce etc. But there's a disturbingly high suicide rate here and alcoholism is rife. But at least there are no reminders of my working environment here.
But thanks to the police force and government I served who don't care and never did, I am now all alone and suffering daily. No support here. Alcohol is the only relief. Cannot see myself having a long life.
If you have already prejudged me or have preconceived ideas about police that are negative then go away.
I am an excop. 20 yrs in Oz where I put my heart and soul into a job I was totally committed to. Diligent, hard working and was more interested in putting away bad criminals than the promotion ladder.
To my eventual demise I had exposed myself to too much trauma over too many years and swamped in work.
Strange things started to happen to me like panic attacks, nightmares and night sweats, extreme depression and being suicidal.
I was medically retired but that was just the beginning of a traumatic 7 year long battle with the police and insurance companies to rightfully seek compensation for a string of negligence acts by the hierarchy. I was put under surveillance and this exacerbated my PTSD symptoms more and along with everything else put me in hospital several times. Insurers push you so that you either give up or kill yourself. That's what they want and declined cases means bonuses for case officers. Pure evil. Types of scum I would want to put in gaol. They are criminals IMO.
Eventually after being told the pitfalls of going to court due to potentially encountering one of several cop hating judges or having a judge disinterested in, or ignorant about compensation cases, I was talked into a settlement offer. My compensation lawyer I felt sold me way short. No balls.
So suffering with chronic PTSD I had to fumble with financial decisions to try and eke out a living off the lumpsum payments.
Not very successful and have already made mistakes losing me money.
Realising my money would not be enough to survive off in Australia I decided to move to South East Asia.
My lumpsum meant I exceeded the assets test threshold to qualify for a disability support pension. But the income stream I am deriving off the lumpsum is barely above the pension and is going backwards each year thanks to the settlement falling way short of what I could have been legally entitled to in a sucessful court hearing. I would have been better off staying on workers comp and not suing. Thanks.
Now off worker's compensation, I have no paid access to my psychiatrist and psychologist, meds are too expensive so gone off anto depressants and anxiety meds so have been a total mess.
Being in Sth East Asia you realise it is a dumping ground for a lot of guys who have gone through a lot of issues, whether that's PTSD, a bad divorce etc. But there's a disturbingly high suicide rate here and alcoholism is rife. But at least there are no reminders of my working environment here.
But thanks to the police force and government I served who don't care and never did, I am now all alone and suffering daily. No support here. Alcohol is the only relief. Cannot see myself having a long life.
