An early middle-aged gentleman with both addiction, chronic health issues, complex PTSD and a survivor of violence
GIVIT
Domestic & Family Violence
Christmas 2025
This gentleman is a survivor of domestic violence in his childhood and violence in his teens, with extensive sexual assault perpetrated against him. With a diagnosis of complex PTSD, this gentleman also suffers from epilepsy, chronic back pain, and fatigue that impacts on him being able to get out of bed each day. This gentleman also suffers with agoraphobia and has recently been diagnosed with Autism level 2, which has added another level of support required for him, with his sensory overload and his body always being in a flight fight mode, he is rarely able to leave his granny flat. This gentleman is on a disability pension and struggles to financially to meet his day-to-day needs, as he spends most of his pension on his health and wellbeing and alternate medicine and health options. This gentleman has to take many medications to support his epilepsy, and chronic health conditions, adding another level of cost and worry that he is struggling to cover.