ptsd medication Mental Health Awareness Week: Former police officer turned to barbering to cope with PTSD | ITV News

A former police officer who left the force with PTSD has revealed how barbering helped "save" his mental health.

"I constantly have a smell of death around be it from a fire, be it from doing CPR in the back of an ambulance from somebody who's kind of charred," he told ITV News.

Describing how PTSD has affected his family life, he added: "I wake up in the middle of the night shouting, small children at home, often they'll then wake up and with that comes mega sweats...and you have to change sheets and duvets, I sweat so much because of the terrors."

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ptsd medication Mental Health Awareness Week: Former police officer turned to barbering to cope with PTSD | ITV News
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