I Fell Down a Dark Hole And Shovelled My Way Out Again
Im Gerry a 54 year old Irish guy with type2 Diabetes and my main illness is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) It debilatates me no end ranging from Flashbacks to when I was shot on the way home from work in 1993 when I was at the prime of my working life. I survived this and a few other traumatic episodes in quick succession and from the age of 30 my life spiraled out of control as the PTSD took hold of me and from an outgoing guy who was a welfare rights officer and Disc Jockey with the world at his feet I became someone who was literally afraid of everything and everyone . Panic Attacks became an hour by hour occurrence and the medication didnt seem to work so I turned to the drink and that led to my life becoming unmanageable. My marriage fell apart I became homeless and lived in hostels,on the streets etc you know the way it goes but for many years I simply lurched from shithole to shithole and crisis to crisis. I was lost in life and as a person. Now though in the ;...
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