Continuing with Tina Joy at Gympie Veterans Retreat, Claire and Tina enjoy the rural outlook from their hill vantage point over trees, horses, donkeys and chickens on International Women’s Day. They discuss the sight before them and being in “the now.” Taking time to embrace the beauty and finding the moments, the environments or circumstances to make you forget the pain. Connecting with something that makes you feel happy and how important that is to rewire your brain away from painful memories or pain itself. Moving north for Tina wasn’t a total pain solution but a way to see how her pain levels are affected in Gympie’s warmer climate. The bonus is to enjoy the area and the people. A veterans wellness retreat is planned for the Gympie Veterans site and Tina would like to be a facilitator for that. PTSD is different for those who are going through it as no two personalities have exactly the same experience. Then there is the matter of secondary PTSD. A phenomenon that happens sometimes from a constant emotional load regarding a partners PTSD triggers. The partners in the relationship and children suffer too. Once aware of it Tina began to respond positively to the signals by helping herself cope with a toolbox of self calming techniques. Something as simple as a raised voice in a PTSD environment for instance may call for coping strategies to manage your own levels of anxiety, creating calm for the family. As a general comment beaches, oceans, lakes, rivers all kinds of water, they both agreed had a special affect when looking for personal balance and peace. In the final comments Claire summarised with "For all the amazing partners out there you are not alone"Connect with Tina on her Facebook page called simply “those who stand beside them” for tips, tools, practical talk as well as connections to creative uplifting group pursuits.
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