Life Sentence
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (979 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143782177 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He is now an advocate for others with PTSD in the emergency services and community. About the AuthorSimon Gillard was a police officer for fifteen years, before being invalided out of the force with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Libby lives in Sydney.. She has most recently written Everything to Live For with Turia Pitt, Confessions of a Qantas Flight Attendant with Owen Beddall and The Widow with Nolan Duncan. New Zealand-born Libby Harkness has lived and worked as a journalist, editor and writer in Australia for more than 40 years
maxy said Intensely interesting. PTSD is a damning disorder and more. Intensely interesting. PTSD is a damning disorder and more needs to be done yo support the men and women suffering from it!. Emily Wilson said Amazing must read. Amazing book. Identified with so much of what Simon went through and is going through. Brave man to put it all on paper but so thankful he did. Kindle Customer said Must read. Well written and painfully honest. Highlights the dire need for more help and support for survivers of PTSD and their families.
New Zealand-born Libby Harkness has lived and worked as a journalist, editor and writer in Australia for more than 40 years. Simon Gillard was a police officer for fifteen years, before being invalided out of the force with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He is now an advocate for others with PTSD in the emergency services and community. Libby lives in Sydney.. She has most recently written Everything to Live For with Turia Pitt, Confessi
Suicides, heart attacks, murders, car crashes. They swim behind my eyelids; I am drowning in their terror. Nights were the most difficult: he would shut his eyes only to be tormented by nightmares about missing young women, and schoolboys not much older than his own son, whose lives had been devastated. The images come again and again. "I’m awake again, shaking, sweating. He was later formally diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and invalided out of the force. I can’t close my eyes. As the cases mounted, Simon started to suffer panic attacks and to drink heavily. He is now working to create awareness about PTSD and has written this book to help other sufferers.. I fear the images – too many to count. But as his career began to build, so too did the number of cases he worked on, from high-profile murder investigations to pedophile rings, suicides to the investigation even of a fellow officer. My heart is racing and I stare into the dark. He sought help but was encouraged to just "go back to work" and ended up making four attempts on his own life. All the dead people I have to touch their legs, their arms, reach into their pockets, look into their unseeing eyes for clues." From the moment two police officers walked into his primary school to give a talk, Simon Gi