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DON’T FUEL IT, COOL IT

MANAGING POST TRAUMATIC STRESS

Jamie Coulston is a family man, a former boxer and a jeweler by trade. After his older sister Tracy died
from cancer, his world turned upside down. The person who had always helped him through life was no
longer there, just when he needed her most. He found himself spiraling down to a dark and scary place. But
because of his fighting background, he knew he couldn't stay down for too long. This is when he started to
put together his top 10 tips. He has now made friends with anxiety and depression and see them as great
indicators as to when he's not thinking healthy. On Facebook, go to his group Don’t Fuel It, Cool It.

DON'T FUEL IT, COOL IT. overwhelmed by the fires burning in my own life. Which unfor-
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??? tunately still burn quite furiously at times!

When we get angry, we get angry about being angry. Experiencing what good it has done for me, and seeing how it
When we get anxious, we get anxious about being has helped others. Watching how some of you have found each
anxious. When we are sad, we get sad about being other and offered your own help and support has been uplifting
sad and so on. and inspiring, reassuring me that it was worth setting up and
sharing. Confirming that balancing my passion with what I now
Becoming more aware of what part we play in the unravel- believe is my purpose is what I'm meant to be doing. Together
ling of our lives, and taking responsibility for how we fuel our we can tackle any oncoming Infernos!
emotions, our thoughts feelings and actions, and working on
our emotional responses and actions, can only help improve We create the world around us with our minds, we build
our journey. relationships by sharing our emotions and we fulfil our lives by
giving our support, understanding, compassion, kindness and
If we stop fuelling and adding to the fires, then, if and when love.
the time comes or if it's happening now, we can better manage
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lives.

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