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The hardest battle and the book

The hardest battle and the book

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Two things Ben would never have thought he was capable of: walking into a mental health care unit for three weeks and writing about his deepest emotions. But he did both. In Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Ben’s descriptions of his panic attacks, treatment and how it made him much worse before he became better is compulsory reading for anyone interested in the effects of PTSD. As his former partner Lisa says, here was a man who could face anything and for whom nothing was impossible being reminded that he had to have a shower. There were times she says when he didn’t believe he should be here. Much of this came from the guilt around the death of Katrina Dawson, for which he has never forgiven himself.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.