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PTSD Healing and Transformation, can it be done?

This is a story of mental illness to mental wellness, thank you to Craig Miller for sharing his story.

Craig, was a laid back family guy, happily, living his dreams until a series of unfortunate and traumatic incidents occurred in his life one after the other, affecting his marriage, his business and ultimately his peace of mind, including the sudden loss of two close family members. Any one of these things would have been a major challenge on their own. Craig had to deal with them all within a short space of time.

As you would imagine he struggled to cope and was eventually diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). He was angry with his health care providers for not diagnosing it sooner or listening to him; when he did express what was going on inside of him (many toxic emotions), he often felt invalidated and this only added to his frustration and lack of trust in the system.  

He never gave up though, he was constantly seeking possible solutions and tried trauma counselling, EMDR (Eye movement therapy for relief of PTSD symptoms) and other therapies. He said that while those therapies did offer some relief they only shut down pieces of a much bigger problem. It must have been very difficult for him knowing how he wanted to be and not being able to get there, how do you put a life back together again?

I met Craig by chance on an inspiring course run by a good friend of mine and Craig mentioned his PTSD challenge and I spoke to him afterwards and told him that "I think I might be able to help". I felt guided to speak up that day, on reflection it was rather bold, but I couldn’t let it pass as I may never have seen him again. What if I had the answer and hadn't told him? Anyway, whatever I said sparked his interest and he arranged a session a short time later.  

I emailed him some questions about his challenges and although I could clearly identify that he felt like a failure on many levels at that time, as I read through and acknowledged his pain and thought of solutions, I also noticed his strengths, here was a real survivor, intelligent, brave, empathic, loyal, caring, a good father, an entrepreneur able to take risks, a person who could make things happen in a big way if he could just be unencumbered by all this emotional baggage. He deserved another chance at life, don't we all? 

I look at difficult problems with "big labels" differently from most, I look at them as if they are very simple, I take a step back, a fresh look at the whole thing. Even so, in the back of my mind I knew this was a tall order, I realised I may only have one shot at helping him so I spent much of the previous day planning the many ways I could help, much of which we utilised on the day and some of it I realised just wasn’t right for him once he was actually there.

We had an amazing session, he loved it when he said "that technique isn’t quite resonating with me" and rather than press ahead I smiled and said "Yep, you know yourself best, let’s try another way that may be a better fit for you" and we did. I used a combination of coaching, hypnotherapy, NLP, Theta Healing ® and various methods of my own.

It was really fun getting to see the real Craig coming through over those 2 hours. He went away looking much happier and fully acknowledged, something he’d craved for so very, very long. I know he's going to be successful.

The next day I got this amazing email, which he’s kindly allowed me to share, it’s a been a few weeks now and he still has this great vibe so it’s safe to say he’s in a much better place now and it’s onwards and upwards for him and his family who are now more positively reconnected.  

“Hi Lester,  

Many, many thanks for yesterday, I feel a new fresh energy emerging and to just say my spirit has been lifted does not do justice to the amazing feelings and sensations that I am again sensing, I truly feel alive again. 

I'm going to give myself the next few weeks to just enjoy having my sensitivity back and allow myself to reconnect with  the grass and the trees, LOL and most of all people, but from a balanced, loving and empowered position. I'm already getting intuitive vibes regarding my purpose and what the next step is, and dare I say I already have a small goal to achieve. 

I have found a connection in you that I have been searching for, for the last 7 years and for that I am truly grateful. I have no doubt that as I rebuild my life I will reach out for the guidance and support that I need. I very much value your openness and your unique way of healing, you're a very genuine guy and your purpose and passion only added to the depth of the session.  

You'll defo be seeing more of me in the future, thanks again Lester for giving me back my life, for the last 7 years I felt like a bird that wanted to fly, but who had their wings broken, today I'm fluttering about, flapping my wings and looking at what direction I'm gonna go! 

Over the last 7 years I've crossed paths with so many injured souls who have lost hope of ever being ''normal'' again because normal counselling and therapies have invalidated their plight. I will continue to spread the word about the Transformation Station and the unique way in which you work to as many of these crushed souls as I can.” 

Craig (Miller)

I was delighted by this email and realised how well he'd explained to me what it is I do for people with my work. I wish I could explain it that well. When I asked if he would be open to sharing some of his words he sent me this. 

"Hi Lester

If sharing my story and battle with mental illness to wellness helps others seek the right help sooner rather than later, then the pain and loss I’ve experienced won't have been for nothing. I hope my words will resonate with and inspire others to reach out for the help they need. You are very welcome to use anything I've said, I speak from the heart, I stand by my words, and I wave my anonymity, LOL. 

I've always been a bit bold with others, especially when I felt a nudge was for their greater good, the mental health system unfortunately is outdated and people are becoming statistics and nothing more. I can't believe how simple the solution is to rectify and heal, you have an amazing antidote. 

I know I can't fix the world, but I can start by raising the awareness to free other people from the nightmare that is PTSD, for me you heal the world one person at a time. If I can bring change to even ten people's world then they can change others, eventually the tide will turn and hopefully one day there will be world peace, now wouldn't that be the a beautiful gift for mother earth? 

It’s funny how "thank you" sometimes just doesn't fully hit the mark, but it’s all I've got for now, you'll have my gratitude till the day I die, not just because you brought deep healing to my life, but because you restored my belief in humanity by listening. 

This is only the start for me, I'm up and jogging, I know the direction I'm going in now, I now have a new support network in place so I know exactly where to come when I need a bit of help, brain storming, coaching or mentoring, so I will be in touch as and when. 

Thanks for everything” 

Craig Miller, Edinburgh 

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