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In the finale of this remarkable two part series we revisit John and Naomi Enchong and listen to John share his battle and struggles with PTSD post military, how alcoholism, smoking and prescription substance abuse was another form of self-harm. How Naomi made the decision to change her support methods to be proactive and not participative, steering a course to their present day roles, filled with purpose and the joy of helping others.Sleep can be very scarce when you suffer from PTSD and through the late nights this is where John discovered how to "Scroll" through social media...finding a niche and group of people, who also couldn't sleep, were experiencing similiar things and could talk his military language.He turned this negative into a positive becoming a big contributor to serveral OVERWATCH groups on Facebook and other platforms and joining the local sub-branch at Nambour RSL and later becoming a Husband & Wife welfare team.If at first you don't connect, try try again...with someone else. Sometimes it takes a few goes to connect and feel safe enough to reveal vulnerability and on the flipside it can be very frustrating when goodwill and kindness is taken advantage of....just like the boy who cried "wolf". In this part of the story John and Naomi talk about steps to take when all the strategies you've tried just arent being responded to and the careful measures to refer to someone else more suitable to the personality and/or qualified to deal with the task...Volunteering is just that....volunteering and no-one should be subjected to abuse for kindess. Finally Naomi shares her outlet for dealing with stress...could you guess what it is? Contact - John and Naomi EnchongFB Messenger - https://www.facebook.com/john.enchong)FB Messenger - https://www.facebook.com/naomi.enchong)ESO - Nambour RSL Sub-branch)Overwatch - RAR Overwatch)"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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