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Jimmy, thanks for explaining the EMDR thing more clearly than Wikipedia did lol It makes more sense now. I'm up for trying it even if it is a bit hard to face the facts. I'm not alone with all this at work, another lad in my Company is also seeing DCMH for similar issues and he is a bit further back than me in his treatment so everything I'm learning is sorta getting passed on to him as well. I can recognise things in a few lads at work, but a lot of them are single blokes who just deal with it by smashing the booze, which we have all been doing for years anyway so I reckon there will be a lot more cases in the future. My mate from training Aaron took his own life just before Christmas and I had been talking with him on Facebook when I was on my last tour. He had been discharged last year and was really struggling to cope with his feelings, couldn't get a job or a place to live in civvy street and was really hitting the drink quite bad, I assumed his family knew about it all but it turns out from reading the paper that they had no idea the extent of his problems. I do wish I had made the effort to go upto Fife and see him like.At the end of the day he was too proud to ask for the help he needed, Combat Stress had him on a waiting list, but he was waiting too long. It makes me quite angry actually but anyway, if anything his actions have made me a lot more open with lads at work about the situation and 3 of the lads in my platoon have told me about anger management issues and I've told them to see the MO, but being Jocks they just booze it out, but I reckon it could more than just anger issues,we'll see.
Got BJJ tonight, I really don't want to go as I'm shattered but I know that if I force myself, it will cheer me up for a few hours and I'll get a half decent sleep.
Take it easy guys! And thanks again for all the advice and just for bein on here as well!
Got BJJ tonight, I really don't want to go as I'm shattered but I know that if I force myself, it will cheer me up for a few hours and I'll get a half decent sleep.
Take it easy guys! And thanks again for all the advice and just for bein on here as well!