Thanks Ruthy. I’ll glad you like the back drops. I’m trying to find a new one each time.

Thanks mate.

The sites were very variable particularly in relation to fishing.

Thanks Nick. That was a comfy chair.

Thanks Sean. Much appreciated.

It shows the intensity during the trigger. But it lasts a lot longer than shown. You can't focus on what you were doing and while in a heightened state other things can trigger you that wouldn't normally. Then your exhausted and can have disorientated feelings and struggle to focus making simple tasks difficult. As well as the frustration of not achieving what you could have if you hadn't been triggered. Catch up isn't always posible depending on the frequency and length of episodes. So then home starts to become messy with incomplete projects. Social networks fade and disappear as you retreat from things that trigger you. Desperate for some relief from the intensity of it all. Also your surroundings can becomc scocally unacceptable. I feel a lot of mental health drugs suppress the symptoms but not the triggers or the body's atempt at chemical responses causing even more trauma at an unconscious level. Time and space safe from triggers can help bring the bodys anxiety levels down. Then reintroduce positive experiences around triggers. A very personal thing and support isn't always available at the opertun time for individuals to take advantage of this withdrawal and engage cycle. He articulates it well during a trigger let's hope people do learn from it what it's like for all PTSD suffers not just soldiers

@@juliewilliams489 thank you for the further insight. I have a mate with serious PTSD and he'd almost definitely be dead without medication, but I hope that he can eventually not rely on it. He disappears every now and then for a few weeks for treatment, which as far as I know is on top of medication, eg CBT etc. I look forward to having him back one day in the best shape that he can be.

@@seanalexander9531 he may never be what he was but he is still in there. It is good to have someone who remembers and respects who he was and still is rather than how the condition and medication can outwardly make him appear. Medication has its place and can save lives and take the edge off. It's not a bad thing when respected and not expected to do more than it can, it helps some more than others. If it helps the mind focus enough to able to reason and make the most of the CBT theripy then that's great. Sadly to often people are given the drugs but don't get the therapy they need. Some have terrible withdrawals even though they say they don't. And need careful monitoring for safty of other bodily functions. I've heard of ex solders sleeping in there cars scared if they sleep with there partners they may wake up thinking there back on the battlefield and hurt them. It's very sad. I wasnt a solder but the thing that helped me the most was understanding that like a lit fire cracker in the hand it will do a lot more damage if the hand is closed around it than if the hand is open when it goes off. I found the emotions the same. The more I tried to contain and control the emotions the worse they would get and the longer they would last. It was better to use that energy productively some how and let it burn its self out. Not the anger but the adrenalin. For me when younger I'd dig a new garden or foundations or something. I'd plan and peg it out when I could focus. Then during an atack I'd just dig, angry at first throwing all the energy into the swings of the madock. But with time mindfulness would step in and I'd realise I'd calmed down, in the moment only focused on where the next swing would go. The physical exercise would tire me physically and I'd sleep better and I'd have somthing of value for my pain. Everyone is different. It would depend on his physical Injuries if he has any. I belive it just needs to be something useful that alows the flight/fight/freeze response body chemistry to be used. What ever task requres the use of motor memory rather than higher reasoning. Computer games can be helpful too like candy crush familiar enough to just swip colours but make you focus enough that other triggers/spaces fade away in the moment. Usefully in drs waiting rooms or at night when you can't sleep but have to be quiet for others. What might be useful to him would depend on his gifts and interests. But trying to do something that requires focus, control and thought is not suitable while the rush of the atack is washing over me. All the best in supporting hem. He's lucky to have you.

Thanks!!!

Yes. When ever I was in camp which was most of the time.

Yes, it sounds like so much was left out in the edit.

I would could have swum to the shore OK. It would have been chilly but doable. I tested swimming in my boots when I swum for the second eel.

Thanks for the reply. I really enjoying catching up on all your alone before and after videos and will soon start on your earlier adventures. Enjoyed the one of the people stuck in the Simpson Desert. Do you know if/how they got their truck out?

I can answer that another time.

Yeah. I was super frustrated too. I talk about it in my next recap.

😂 funny theory. There’s just not enough time in the episodes to show everything that happens. Yeah, kayaks can be tricky buggers.

Tell your mate that in TV land, producers will curate and televise edited footage grabs for the purpose of cultivating interest, drama and suspense. These promotional grabs are not intended for continuity and certainly never provide insight into the finale. Hope this explanation can put your mates mind to rest.

@@melatomic Oh I already put his mind at rest.

@@RobsBushcraftandAdventures 🤣🤣🤣 Thank goodnes Rob.

@@melatomic It's not the first and I guess it won't be the last conspiracy I hear from him about so many things. It's always amusing to see what he'll come out with next.

Not sure, other than just a small amount of nutrition. Aboriginal people probably knew a bunch of medicinal uses but I don’t know them.

I think Alone Season 10 airs on 10 June.

@@OutbackMike thanks for the feedback Mike. I'm curious to know what was the first thing you ate when you got home?

The psych is pretty easy cos I just focus on my tasks. I got plenty of starving practice on my last adventure🤣

Perhaps they made it deliberately different to the USA version? And deliberately harder? This is just speculating of course. There's also a much smaller pool of people who would a) want to do it and b) pass all the testing - we have about 1/15 of the USA's population.

AUSSIELAND USED TO BE KNOW FOR ITS TUFF PEOPLE, BUT THAT WENT A FEW DECADES AGO, AND WAS REPLACED WITH OVER SENSITIVE FOUL MOUTH SNOWFLAKES, THAT VOTED FOR SAME GENDER MARRIAGE AND ARE LINING UP FOR BOOSTA NO 6! WHAT AN EMBARRASSING SHOW THIS IS FOR AUSSIELAND.

Hunting isnt as common in aus. We have lots of protected species, as alot of them were devasted by introduced ferals

@@vk1vxgmb340 Hunting is huge in Aussieland, although mostly for ferals/pest, in my state and in my area they estimate at least 1 million deer are in the bush, they are even here in my small country town. Plenty of foxes, rabbits, there are pigs and goats as well, so plenty of bush tucker to hunt for. Regarding the hunting as per Alone Australia, Tassie has plenty of bush tucker as well, but most only come out at night.

I’ve got PTSD over the eel🙁. I’ll talk about it in the next recap.

Thanks!

​@@OutbackMike 😢 no way! You had him man! Damn that must of been hard.