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Dave Charles (Author)
I was born in Oxford, England, and moved to Manchester at the age of six. Then moved to the West Yorkshire/Lancashire border at thirteen and joined the British Army in 1982 at sixteen. I spent two years at an army training college; then, I started adult service and was posted to the former West Germany. I served for sixteen years in various locations around the World, starting in Germany in 1984, during what was still the Cold War era; I later served in the First Gulf War in 1991, then with the United Nations in Cyprus and then Bosnia, and also served in many other countries, including twice in Canada. I served briefly in Northern Ireland in 1996. I then left the army in 1998 on a medical discharge. I served alongside U.S. Navy SEALs twice during my career.In 1999, I was diagnosed with PTSD and various other medical issues, including chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War syndrome-related illnesses, anxiety, paranoia, memory loss, photophobia, and partial deafness in my ears. All of this was due to my service, and I had developed severe mental health problems as a result.I lived quite an isolated life for many years and struggled to cope until I eventually got help in 2019 and received medication that actually helped. Then, In 2021/22, I received counseling and psychological therapy, which, along with writing poetry and short stories, all helped with my recovery process. Although I will always have PTSD, it is now under control and, therefore, manageable.I no longer suffer from mental health issues. Physically, I still ache all over and have pains in my joints, but I have learned to live with it; even though it's not great, I get by. I started writing as a form of therapy; writing things down helped to get things out of my system, then I decided that other people may benefit from the knowledge that I have of various subjects that interest me, so I have produced quite a few books in a short space of time on Amazon. However, I have written these over a number of years. I hope you enjoy my books, and I aim to write many more. I currently have 16 books on Amazon, of which 7 are poetry, so please check out the other subjects if you haven't already. All the very best. Dave Charles.Read more about this authorRead less about this author
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