nickc Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 after spending 14 months without pass while doing ops into angola between 1983 and 1985 then 3 years of 3 month camps in the townships...my ex said i should go see a shrink because my head was bit messed up...i spent 6 months with the shrink (what a waste of money) I can recommend mine, spend a great deal of time with her and she helps everytime - Dr Cannondale.
jcza Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 yesterday breakfast - oats and yogurt ...a hand full. brunch - 1 apple lunch - small chicken salad...1 apple after lunch. afternoon - 2 slices of bread with the balance of the chicken with a thin spread of mayo and 1 small apple. Diner - veg stir fry according to fat secret i am well within my rations for the day. today... breakfast: oats and yogurt for breakfast ...a hand full brunch - 1 apple...2 slices of bread with chicken and a thin spread of mayo. lunch - small tuna salad with lettuce carrots and cucumber. With all due respect.......it reads like another car crash waiting to happen. You are going to maintain this for a couple of days (if that) then eat everything is sight because you'll be hungry. You need to eat more, don't go hungry but improve the quality of your diet. Loads of salads and vegetables. No need to elaborate you know which are the healthy ones. Buy a scale, weigh yourself, set targets, exercise (even if its walking). You're not the only one that is >50, busy, stressed etc. Some of us also like sugar, chocolate, meat, beer and more. Good luck, nothing will change until you decide its time for change.
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 after spending 14 months without pass while doing ops into angola between 1983 and 1985 then 3 years of 3 month camps in the townships...my ex said i should go see a shrink because my head was bit messed up...i spent 6 months with the shrink (what a waste of money) just because one psych was crap, don't discount the entire pursuit. Oftentimes it's about finding the right psych for you. They can help TREMENDOUSLY, if you find the right one.
jcza Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 after spending 14 months without pass while doing ops into angola between 1983 and 1985 then 3 years of 3 month camps in the townships...my ex said i should go see a shrink because my head was bit messed up...i spent 6 months with the shrink (what a waste of money) +1 Askari? Cuvelai, Ongiva, Sangongo sound familiar? I was there.
nickc Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 +1 Askari? Cuvelai, Ongiva, Sangongo sound familiar? I was there. Ruacana, Protea, Rundu, Calueque - suddenly all the names coming back. Agree with isetech - took a while to adjust to civvy street again. Seems like a lifetime ago now.
Fat Boab Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 after spending 14 months without pass while doing ops into angola between 1983 and 1985 then 3 years of 3 month camps in the townships...my ex said i should go see a shrink because my head was bit messed up...i spent 6 months with the shrink (what a waste of money) You might be throwing the baby out with the bath water here. PTSD counselling, however effective, or not, and getting to the bottom of why you eat in the manner you do, are 2 differing objectives. Factor in the probably significant passage of time, and it's highly likely you'd respond to the right counsellor in a different way from the past. Anyway, you'd have to want to seek this help....
Fat Boab Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 With all due respect.......it reads like another car crash waiting to happen. You are going to maintain this for a couple of days (if that) then eat everything is sight because you'll be hungry. You need to eat more, don't go hungry but improve the quality of your diet. Loads of salads and vegetables. No need to elaborate you know which are the healthy ones. Buy a scale, weigh yourself, set targets, exercise (even if its walking). You're not the only one that is >50, busy, stressed etc. Some of us also like sugar, chocolate, meat, beer and more. Good luck, nothing will change until you decide its time for change. It really is as 'simple' as this, for 9999 out of 10000 of us. It's worth re-reading and re-reading this....and then re-reading it again and again.
eccc whippet Posted September 19, 2017 Author Posted September 19, 2017 +1 Askari? Cuvelai, Ongiva, Sangongo sound familiar? I was there. yip askari ...November 1983 based in ongiva running 20 tons of ammo for the G5s to cuvelai - Feb 1984 we pulled out of angola went back to Ondangwa for 2 weeks then back in again for the JMC with 32 battalion once that was finished then off to opuwa then back to Ondangwa at the end of 1984 spent my 18 and 19 th birthday on the border.
eccc whippet Posted September 19, 2017 Author Posted September 19, 2017 just because one psych was crap, don't discount the entire pursuit. Oftentimes it's about finding the right psych for you. They can help TREMENDOUSLY, if you find the right one. yip and they dont come cheap.
jcza Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 yip askari ...November 1983 based in ongiva running 20 tons of ammo for the G5s to cuvelai - Feb 1984 we pulled out of angola went back to Ondangwa for 2 weeks then back in again for the JMC with 32 battalion once that was finished then off to opuwa then back to Ondangwa at the end of 1984 spent my 18 and 19 th birthday on the border. Similar story here. Clocked into 1 SAI Jan 1983 as a 17yr old. Loaded onto a train bound for Lohatla in Nov not having any idea where we were going. Dec we landed in Grootfontein. From there it was onto that long tar road up to Oshivelo/61 Meg and finally across the border into Angola. Think we got back to SA in March 1984.
nickc Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 2 years 7 SAI for me, 16 months border duty, 1st page of my pass book is not even full, I basically disappeared for 2 years. Spent most of my time with 51Bn operating out of Ruacana into Angolsh !!
nickc Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 yip askari ...November 1983 based in ongiva running 20 tons of ammo for the G5s to cuvelai - Feb 1984 we pulled out of angola went back to Ondangwa for 2 weeks then back in again for the JMC with 32 battalion once that was finished then off to opuwa then back to Ondangwa at the end of 1984 spent my 18 and 19 th birthday on the border. As a matter of interest what weight were you then - how tall are you?
J Wakefield Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 just because one psych was crap, don't discount the entire pursuit. Oftentimes it's about finding the right psych for you. They can help TREMENDOUSLY, if you find the right one. everything you have said here is 100% correct.
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 everything you have said here is 100% correct.I've witnessed a very good mate of mine go through the process of finding the right doc for him. Took 3 horrible years, several different approaches to treatment and a multitude of different drugs and treatment protocols to determine the right fit and approach to his care. "Just suck it up" is not a valid response to emotional and psychological trauma.
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 And he's still alive. The other friend was a serial drug abuser, but when she went to multiple different docs for stomach pain she was written off as a hypochondriac. Until a new doc booked her for a scan and diagnosed her with stomach cancer.
eccc whippet Posted September 19, 2017 Author Posted September 19, 2017 As a matter of interest what weight were you then - how tall are you?1.8...dont know my weight but a size 32 was a loose fit.
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