I ‘m going to f****n get rid of this c**t!

That was my first thought whenever a civie manager clicked his fingers at me personally and pointed at me personally to “come here!” (He backed off in swiftness when he found the look in my eyes.)

If we were on live ops I would have put 2 rounds center mass and 1 in his mind! Out here in the world, if he was within arm ‘s reach I’d have previously punched him in the neck!

My reactions are automated because my unconscious bodyguards are experienced.

However, after about THE GOOD THING About PTSD among my best mates was wiped out in Iraq, reacting to a recognized threat with violence was a common occurrence which I needed to get under contol especially when my child snuck up behind me to give Daddy a fright

She saw the appearance in my eyes and I saw worries in hers and the journey that resulted in this book began.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE, YOU AREN’T CRAZY AND YOU CAN BEAT THIS. How do I know? I’ve been there.

Through the Army, Police and Iraq, combined with the normal life challenges most of us face, I would display signs or symptoms that could match the clinical terms for PTSD but I disagreed these behaviours were a problem at all.

Don ‘t misunderstand me, the trauma you experienced is real, you might be hurting nightmares, flashbacks, insomnia or you certainly are a werewolf like I had been, but these are perfectly normal responses from what you have already been through.

I found that PTSD signs and symptoms are a consequence of how EFFECTIVELY you have trained your unconscious bodyguards to keep you alive. This is actually the Very good news. When you realize what I’ve uncovered in this reserve, you will be able to re-train, re-brief and re-deploy ‘Your Subconscious Bodyguards. ‘

“The book will not merely share his own story, but more than that, Dion applies CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) techniques as well as soldier imagery and Jungian warrior archetypes to gain access to more technical and richer emotional material when it comes to PTSD.”

Ingo Lambrecht PhD M.A. (Comp. Lit.) M.A. (Clin. Psych.) Wits SA