Do not underestimate the weight of living with PTSD. It is singly the most impactful aspect of everything that has happened to me.
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The daily reality of living with PTSD
Tag: PTSD
4 year ampuversary
Yesterday marked 4 years since my life physically changed for ever. The date will be imprinted on my brain for life. For positive and negative reasons.
Continue reading “4 year ampuversary”The stress of it all – any ideas anyone?
My mind is a swirling confusion of thoughts at the moment, as I trudge through a tricky time on many many counts. My ASD is firing on all cylinders right now and my PTSD is doing overtime.
Continue reading “The stress of it all – any ideas anyone?”Poem: What do you see?
What do you see?
Do you actually see me?
do you just see smiles
And positivity?
‘Difficult’ wait for accessible bathroom continues. [pub ODT 8/6/24] & my comments
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As you know if you follow me online, I have been waiting 3 years and 7 months for ACC (the Accident Compensation Corporation) to modify my house and make it wheelchair accessible following my left leg below knee amputation (which was a result of medical negligence and was 100% avoidable).
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