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"Supported for my PTSD"

About: HMP Stocken / Substance Misuse Service

(as a service user),

Inclusion Substance misuse service at Stocken is the best service I have had across the prisons I have resided in since 2020. Previous trauma from sexual abuse when I was younger led me to choose cocaine to help me numb my nightmares in sleep and in the day. 

Illicit substance use has 2 endings, prison or death. Luckily I came to prison where I was educated by doing cell packs, 1 to 1 face to face conversations to explain my history. I am diagnosed with anxiety, PTSD and Depression.

Kundai my key worker referred me to PTSD counselling sessions as there is no medication for PTSD, just therapy. My depression is managed by prescribed medication.

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