Today we're chatting with Pete PK Kennedy - Young Veterans Sunshine Coast. In this episode PK shares his story as a kid growing up in Lismore, NSW and being inspired to join cadets and the Royal Australian Air Force by his uncle. In a 30 year career with the RAAF PK deployed 10 times on operations from East Timor to the Bali Bombings, Iraq, Afghanistan and humanitarian aid missions he witnessed people at their most vulnerable and endured many traumatic events.PK shares his view on the toll of back to back operations on his immediate support network, how appealing a guernsey and addictive adrenalin fix of the next job was at the cost of his own mental health, hitting rock bottom and his experience obtaining professional care with the help of his superiors.Taking the first steps to recovery are always the hardest and PK outlines whats important to him with his self-care toward recovery and his efforts contributing as a volunteer for Young Veterans Sunshine Coast and collaborator with several Ex-Services organisations.Contact - Pete PK KennedyFB Messenger - https://www.facebook.com/bohobabies2016)ESO - Young Veterans Sunshine Coast)Provider - "Cooinda" Buderim Private Hospital)"RESPECT, NO POLITICS, WE'RE VOLUNTEERS"Disclaimer: The accounts and stories are "Real lived experiences" of our guests some of the content may trigger Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) symptoms in some of our audience. Feedback regarding other organisations, courses and initiatives remains largely unsensored. Whether its good or bad they remain the OPINION of our guests and their experiences it is important in building an accurate statistic on what really happens. During the course of our conversations sometimes sensitive information may be accidentally mentioned, as such, Invisible Injuries respects the law and sensors any information that may breach Operational Security OPSEC
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