Can't Unsee It - PTSD

How Did We Get Here?

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Health & Fitness, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Gary served in the military and the British Transport Police. He was a frontline worker in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings and is haunted by some of the tragic things he has seen as part of his job. As mentioned in the podcast, here is the link for the charity that Gary runs. https://www.ptsd999.org.uk/ If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode, please see below for information about further support and advice. To find help via talking therapies you can either go to your GP or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) bacp.co.uk or bps.org.uk - they should be HCPC registered. Other helpful organisations: NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines SAMARITANS - www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan or call 116 123 MIND - www.mind.co.uk NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe WELLDOING - www.welldoing.org NICE - www.nice.org.uk/guidance Anxiety UK - www.anxietyuk.org.uk PTSD UK - www.ptsduk.org PTSD Resolution - www.ptsdresolution.org Combat Stress - www.combatstress.org.uk Find the transcript for episode 1 here: somethin-else.github.io/transcripts/hdwgh/episode3_1.txt How Did We Get Here? is a Somethin' Else Production. If you're interested in taking part in future episodes of "How Did We Get Here?", please email describing your issue to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What you're about to hear are the key parts of a one-off session with a real person.
0:10.4	Names have been changed for confidentiality.
0:13.4	Please note this episode contains some distressing content, including discussion around suicide
0:18.5	and death, which may not be suitable for all listeners.
0:21.6	I have not been to the H.H.E. or the Honourable Artillery Company since then, and I've just
0:27.3	walked past it small in the stood outside, but I'll just find myself just crying outside it.
0:33.0	This is How Did We Get Here With Me, Claudia Winkman, my excellent friend clinical psychologist,
0:38.9	Professor Tonya Byron.
0:40.9	We look at some of the issues that people are facing in their daily lives.
0:44.3	In each show, Tony talks to our guest in a one-to-one session, and I listen in, asking questions
0:50.1	in the breaks.
0:51.8	Please note this episode was recorded before lockdown in a studio.
0:55.6	This time, we meet Gary, who served in the military and for the British Transport Police.
1:01.2	He is troubled by some of the horrifying and tragic things he dealt with as part of his job.
1:07.1	Gary was married with three children, felt his life spiral out of control as a result of
1:12.2	what he now realises is PTSD.
1:15.7	He says he wasn't given the tools to deal with what he saw.
1:19.3	Let's go meet Gary.
1:26.3	Why are you here?
1:29.3	Well, basically, just to try and hopefully raise some awareness around men's mental health,
1:33.4	and really encourage guys to talk about their mental health, to be open about it.
1:37.4	You came to this conclusion because something happened to you.
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