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PTSD
September 14 2020

A Client’s Experience

Euan Comment, News

We share, below, the words of our client Victor Boreman, on his lived experience since his exoneration:

We fight our PTSD

Everyday, 24 hours, no break

It takes its toll

We are human

No batteries, no doll

Mental health a stigma

Totally misunderstood

We do not prey on you

Only the demons within

We scream in silence

Bleed in silence

Often nobody to encourage us

It’s exhausting, demanding,

Debilitating and depressing

Our brains are in constant chronic stress and anxiety

Far far more than our brains are designed for

These feelings rarely subside

Day or night

We’re in fight or flight

Figuring out whether we’re in

The Past or the here and now.

It’s sooooooo exhausting, mental and full body fatigue

We fear the world as a permanent threat

We crave solutions

The power and energy

To fulfil them

It’s exhausting as we dig deep within ourselves to fight our way out

But we must

And never stop trying

We can never change

What has happened to us

But we sure as hell have a major say

In where we are going

Proud

Tough

Strong

Determined

That’s PTSD

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