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Understanding PTSD: is it just someone moaning or feeling sad?

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 14/10/202214/10/2022
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I am not one to whine, or deliberately see the bad or sad side of life. In fact I think sometimes people who follow me forget there is even another side. Such is the nature […]

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Poem: the demon inside my head

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 23/09/2022
  • Opinion

Terror within is quiet todayDormant, for how long, who knowsBrewing beneath the surface to sayDon’t forget me, what I say – goes.

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The things I don’t talk about

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 01/09/202201/09/2022
  • amputation

I do my best to give public snippets of reality, but lets face it, online is very different to knowing me in person. So I thought I would address a few of the things I […]

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Poem: Finding me amongst the mayhem

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 22/07/2022
  • Opinion

Self identity, what does it mean?Taken for granted, pre-assumedUntil your major beliefs are destroyedLeaving you in a barren battlefield. Like being airdropped into a strange town.Take time to look around.Find the familiar, find the new,Make […]

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Trauma talks: Amanda Wilson 10/7/22 Invercargill

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 13/07/2022
  • amputation

This talk was something I saw on a friend’s Facebook page, reposted from someone she knew through horsey circles. Obviously I do not rotate in those circles so Amanda was completely unknown to me. I […]

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