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Colin Gibson on Military Contracting, PTSD & The Power of Being Yourself
Manage episode 382322562 series 1527238
Colin Gibson is an ex-soldier, military contractor, scuba-diver, and owner of Talon: a security training company based in Northern Ireland. He’s served in Iraq and Afghanistan, lived in Belize for 6+ years and has been on a rollercoaster journey of dealing with combat-induced PTSD and childhood trauma.
In part one of this epic four-part special we talk about:
- The effects of growing up with an abusive father
- How violence dominated his early years
- Getting in trouble with the police
- The moment his life changed and all the anger disappeared
- Walking through fields barefoot in the rain
- The one positive male influence on his life
- Moving to Belize
- Scuba diving stories: manta-rays, blackness and pica-pica jellyfish
- Finding happiness for the first time
- And a few teasers to what you’ll hear in part two.
In this part two we talk about:
- Getting his feet washed by an Iraqi driver
- Being challenged to a fist-fight by his girlfriend’s dad
- Getting thrown into a Belize prison cell with 20+ other people
- What led him away from Belize
- Why he ended up joining the military
- And a few stories from his deployment…
In part three we talk about:
- The specific combat-event that “sent him down the rabbit-hole”
- Dealing with survivors guilt
- And battling with suicide.
In part four we talk about:
- How his experiences affect his life today
- Why he’s thrown himself into serving others through his new teaching business
- (Talon Security Training)
- What he’s focused on
- Why he started opening up about his experiences
- And advice he’d give to an 18-year-old version of himself
Check it out.
https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/colin-gibson-talon-security
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Manage episode 382322562 series 1527238
Colin Gibson is an ex-soldier, military contractor, scuba-diver, and owner of Talon: a security training company based in Northern Ireland. He’s served in Iraq and Afghanistan, lived in Belize for 6+ years and has been on a rollercoaster journey of dealing with combat-induced PTSD and childhood trauma.
In part one of this epic four-part special we talk about:
- The effects of growing up with an abusive father
- How violence dominated his early years
- Getting in trouble with the police
- The moment his life changed and all the anger disappeared
- Walking through fields barefoot in the rain
- The one positive male influence on his life
- Moving to Belize
- Scuba diving stories: manta-rays, blackness and pica-pica jellyfish
- Finding happiness for the first time
- And a few teasers to what you’ll hear in part two.
In this part two we talk about:
- Getting his feet washed by an Iraqi driver
- Being challenged to a fist-fight by his girlfriend’s dad
- Getting thrown into a Belize prison cell with 20+ other people
- What led him away from Belize
- Why he ended up joining the military
- And a few stories from his deployment…
In part three we talk about:
- The specific combat-event that “sent him down the rabbit-hole”
- Dealing with survivors guilt
- And battling with suicide.
In part four we talk about:
- How his experiences affect his life today
- Why he’s thrown himself into serving others through his new teaching business
- (Talon Security Training)
- What he’s focused on
- Why he started opening up about his experiences
- And advice he’d give to an 18-year-old version of himself
Check it out.
https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/colin-gibson-talon-security
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