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The Kosovo War ('99) or The Kosovo ConflictVeteran of the Kosovo War? Let me help you gain rapid relief from PTSD, anxiety, stress, nightmares, panic attacks, depression, flashbacks, vivid dreams and other issues."ALL SOLDIERS HAVE NIGHTMARES" (A line by the character, Captain Nathan Algren, in the movie, "The Last Samurai")More and more ex-soldiers are coming home from engagements around the world and displaying symptoms of serious problems, including depression, substance abuse and PTSD. Some even display symptoms before they get home, known as rapid onset PTSD, and others don't show any signs for months or perhaps years after, called delayed onset PTSD. Around 25% will fall victim to PTSD. Most will feel depressed and desperate, some will feel suicidal. These men often see themselves, and others, pushed out of the services in disgrace when they seek the help they need. Of course, from the services point of view, keeping someone in the forces who is showing signs of a mental illness is detrimental to the moral of the rest of the force, but allowing people to leave with a recognized and diagnosed problem, leaves the services with a potentially huge mental health benefits bill, not to mention the negative impact on any future recruitment drives. I don't even know if it's as sinister as that! I can just hear somebody from the army saying; Well, they're tough. We made 'em tough. They'll get over it. But I can tell you, most don't! A young man once told me how he was stood on a stool with a noose tied around his neck. He was sober. He then started drinking heavily, in the hope that he would slip off the stool, or get drunk enough to say "Fuck it! and step off". That's how desperate people become when they don't get the help they need, when they need it. Denying a problem exists, either due to finances or ignorance, is a disgrace, but it's been that way for quite some time. Things have improved with recent conflicts and help is available through the NHS. But it's the same kind of help that has done very little to help, in the past. Fact: The fighting may stop - but the trauma continues!The end result of this is that officials are forcing soldiers with PTSD out of the services in a manner that is masking the medical problems. The bottom line is; PTSD can cost you your family, your marriage, your job, your relationships, your health, your finances and lots of other things, including your life! Fact: If you can stop your dreams - you can start to get better!The Haven Healing Centre - Trauma Therapy Service is a specialist side clinic of the practice for the treatment of PTSD, depression, substance abuse, self harm, anxiety, panic attacks, flashbacks, nightmares and stress. There is a charge for treatment and I accept referrals from the public as well as GPs, clinics and other therapists. Please contact me now, to make your appointment. Use this link to email: FAQ's: How does this work? If you're local, you may prefer to come on a weekly basis for roughly an hour at a time. Where are you based? My practice is in Blagdon, just south of Bristol City, and close to the airport. What if I live far away? Many clients travel great distances to reach here, sometimes hundreds of miles, on a round trip. Don't be put off by distance, it's results that count. That's a long way for 1 hour? People who travel long distances usually stay for several hours or a whole morning or afternoon. What do you charge? This is a private practice, and charges are £35 per hour. Whole mornings or whole afternoons receive a discount, with the cost coming down to £99 for up to 4 hours. What if I need to see you again after my long session? Because you will have been given itemised details of many coping strategies during your initial appointment, and practiced them, it is possible to receive 'top up' advice over the phone, whenever the need arises. How many sessions will I need? That depends on the speed of progress and the quality of progress you make during your sessions and how much practice you put in afterwards. Different sessions teach different strategies, unless we need to consolidate some previous ground. Why should I pay you when I can get help free from the NHS? Several reasons: 1.) The NHS will supply you with as many drugs and knock out drops as you can stomach. You can go around in a daze for a while, but at the end of it, you'll be back to square 1. Drugs help you to cope, but they are not the answer. 2.) When you get used to the medication you're on and they reduce in usefulness, you naturally look for something stronger. 3.) After having waited months and months to see a CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) practitioner, a soldier I know came away having been told to face up to his responsibilities and deal with his demons. Pretty profound! 3a.) Of course, that's what he's been trying to do! The CBT guy just as well have put a gun to his head. Something this particular soldier had actually thought of on many occasions. 4.) That leaves us with psychiatry and psychology...... When PTSD first raised its ugly head in any meaningful way, the Vietnam war was on and soldiers returning home to a less than joyful greeting, found it difficult or impossible to readjust back into civilian life. One of the criticisms of these types of therapy when I started using EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) was that these men have been hospitalized or institutionalized for years, been on medication and in therapy for years longer and ARE STILL THERE! Still in PAIN, on SUICIDE WATCH, DESPERATE, having NIGHTMARES, TRAUMATIZED, on DRUGS or ALCOHOL, DEPRESSED, and still experiencing uncontrollable, frightening AUDIO and VISUAL FLASHBACKS, 35 YEARS ON! In light of that, anyone who thinks that psychiatry has any useful role to play here, needs their head examined! So what can I do to help myself? The worst mistake any PTSD sufferer can make is to try to treat themselves, self medicate or otherwise go it alone. The cumulative nature of untreated trauma is far more likely to keep you stuck in this nightmare for the rest of your life. I'm sorry if that seems bleak, but ............ For more information on PTSD click >>> www.distanthealer.co.uk/PTSD_war_trauma.htm If you can stand the journey, if you can invest the time, if you want your life back, email
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