Take care.
DG…
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Hi @Leggit , Thank you for sharing this significant moment for you with us. I do hope my posting has not given you any trouble in any way. I think it is great here on the forum that we can find shared connection and understanding through Naim HiFi and music in particular.
All the best
E of E
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Hi Edmund,
This thread and my reply above cause me no discomfort whatsoever. I find that talking about such experiences seems to be one of the best ways to deal with them. With the benefit of hindsight, I realise that I should have dealt with it earlier.
I am disinclined to talk about it in public, but this thread was a good opportunity nevertheless.
When I see how some members deal with health or bereavement issues by discussing them openly, I feel quite humble and applaud them.
PTSD is insidious and often has a negative impact on friends, families and other relationships. Many people will not realise how their experiences can change them, including those who went to Iraq, Afghanistan, etc., or who have suffered from the threat of or actual abuse or violence.
While music is excellent therapy for me, I would encourage anyone who is struggling with dark thought to seek help from others. Simply talking about problems is a first step to dealing with them. It certainly helped me and I am in a much better place for it.
Cheers,
David
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The thing I remember most about 1982 was my father passing away and the family being suddenly uprooted from the Cotswolds to this house he’d bought before his death which we’d never seen in Batton Rouge Louisiana. It was humid as hell. Lots of bugs.
While the movies around this time might have been very formative, it was mainly a time of great upheaval and would be another couple moves and the same number of years before we were back in the UK.
My mind was too young to comprehend the massive juxtaposition between those two realities.
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