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Help more veterans recover: Chris's Story rg

Help more veterans recover

You may have heard our sad announcement in the news over last weekend. 

Since then, we've had an incredible outpouring of support to help us care for veterans and many people have asked how they can help ensure veterans get life-saving mental health treatment. 

One simple way is by making a kind donation to Combat Stress. Your donation, no matter how small, can help servicemen and women get the support they need and deserve. 

Find out more about the people your donation could help and read Chris's story.

It takes a lot of guts to call for help, but you can't lose when you call Combat Stress.

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Chris' Story

"Things got so bad, I tried to take my own life."

Chris joined the Army aged just 17 and after deployment in Iraq, trauma from his time there triggered PTSD and sent his life into a downward spiral.

“I threw myself into my work as a distraction, but my life just spiralled. I was always on edge and the smallest things would set off my anger, which affected my then-wife and my three kids.”

It wasn’t long before Chris’ marriage collapsed. He became homeless and was forced to sleep in his car.

But after visiting his GP to talk about what he’d been going through, Chris joined our intensive treatment programme for PTSD. With our support, Chris was able to turn his whole life around and even managed to get his own flat.

“I look back at everything that’s happened and now I feel good about what I’ve achieved. I’ve got a girlfriend, we have a house together and my kids come to stay every weekend. It’s such a difference to how my life was.”

 

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