By MK, Service in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia.
"Firstly I'd like to thank PTSD Resolution for all their help especially Sarah who has made a very difficult time in my life bearable.
"I'd like to start with how I was and was feeling before I received the help I needed. I had never been so low in all my life with leaving the army the only true home I'd known for 16 years of my life that topped with the lack of sleep and nightmares when I did sleep had lead me to be hyper aggressive and I'm ashamed to say violent this culminated in the person who has supported me through this my girlfriend Victoria saying if I didn't seek help she would have to leave me.
"This had me at my lowest ebb to the point I couldn't see a future for me and my thoughts had on occasion to the contemplation of taking my own life. It was Victoria that found me the help through PTSD Resolution and the help was offered swiftly.
"I was put in touch with Sarah and began counselling sessions. at first I found them hard and embarrassing no squaddie likes to ask for help but I swallowed my pride and set to the task ahead I'd like to say Sarah was amazing helping me deal with the issues I had as a result of trauma sustained through years of service and even explained that this reaction wasn't abnormal which is the hardest thing to deal with (the why me? why am I so weak).
"As a result I now feel like a new man I rarely lose my temper and if I do I can control myself. I have very few nightmares and manage to sleep at least 6-8 hours were as before I'd be lucky to get 3-4 hours. My relationship with Victoria is on the mend and I truly feel I am back to being the man she loved and not the violent, aggressive man I had become and for the first time in as long as I can remember I am happy.
"I thank everyone for their help without it I would have lost everything; my job, my girlfriend and not long after my liberty or my life so with this said thank you and I hope more people like me can receive this kind of help."