The Dark Side Of The Military | Ben Close #384
The Dark Side Of The Military, features Ben Close who suffered with PTSD after serving with the Coldstream Guards in Iraq & Afghanistan.
The Dark Side Of The Military
The Dark Side Of The Military features Ben Close who served with the Coldstream Guards. He discusses the dark side of military life, PTSD and the lack of support for many when back on civvie street.
Transcript from ‘The Dark Side Of The Military’ podcast
Ben – What hurt the most was while he’s physically abusing my brother, sister and my mother, he was so shit scared of my dad. He never used to do it to me, so it used to mentally affect me as well. Sometimes I just used to wish that he’d lay a finger on me because I could have strung him up. Luton police all got involved and the guy even tried to get me arrested for assault at the age of fifteen. Protecting my mom I hit him and he tried to get me arrested. I remember like it was yesterday, you know what I mean? The trauma was terrible and my father rang me on the house phone. I was in Luton and he basically just said to me, where does this guy live?
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