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  1. Gwaihir

    Camino with PTSD

    Music definitely helps, I used to carry some headphones but I lost them on the Way, and then I thought "ah well, I will just manage the situation as it comes". It's a big risk and an invitation for anxiety, but I managed to sleep quite a few nights even though there were plenty of people around...
  2. Gwaihir

    Camino with PTSD

    @APilgrim3393 thank you for your thoughtful response! My Camino has officially drawn to a close, so I can't use your suggestions right at this moment. But who knows if I ever do another trail (not sure about Camino) they might come in handy. I ended up switching from the Francés and...
  3. Gwaihir

    Camino with PTSD

    I've been thinking about this long and hard, and I think I'm going "back" to San Sebastián (I haven't been there yet but it's opposite to this trail!) and continuing on the Camino del Norte. Yes, I had planned Del Norte to begin with, but I got scared because many people told me it would be so...
  4. Gwaihir

    Camino with PTSD

    Thanks :) I'm under the weather still (fever) so that doesn't add anything good to my sentiment. I think I will just see the rest of my camino as a leisurely stroll through Spain and not so much as this established thing. But first, some more sleep, food and water!
  5. Gwaihir

    Camino with PTSD

    Thank you all so much. I haven't found anybody yet that I see as a close friend or in whom I would confide. I met two great pelgrims 1.5 month ago, but I went my own way and so did they, and for me a re-encounter means I have to learn to trust them again. I did end up sleeping okay when...
  6. Gwaihir

    Camino with PTSD

    Peregrinos, Gracias / thank you so much for the input and some of your own personal stories. I've found sitting in a church just as freeing as sitting on the highest point of my camino at 1700m. I've had deeply religious moments and moments I just don't have a worry in the world. Me and my...
  7. Gwaihir

    Camino with PTSD

    Heya guys and girls, peregrin@s. I've been on the road for a while (threw months, 20 days), and a few of you have been following me, which I think is awesome and thank you very much for the support. I had many reasons to do the Camino, one of them related to my medical background. I showed...
  8. Gwaihir

    HELP... water poisoning... need somewhere to stay near Liege

    haha, I'll be honest - I did call a hospital in Maastricht but they said to go see a doctor nearby (sound advice) I took the bus to Liege where I'm now enjoying views of lightning over the bridge. I'm not on the bridge :P Also @poisoning, here is the lesson, if anything like that happens to...
  9. Gwaihir

    HELP... water poisoning... need somewhere to stay near Liege

    Ok, freak-out over.... Feeling better. Got a big scare though, I haven't been that sick in a good while and this is my first day in french-speaking Belgium - good start! I managed to find a refugio. Cheers, a now calmer pelgrim
  10. Gwaihir

    HELP... water poisoning... need somewhere to stay near Liege

    Fellow pilgrims, I'm sorry to bring this in all of a sudden. Yesterday I got water poisoning from drinking contaminated water. I'm an idiot and I figured the water was filtered but it wasn't. Entirely my own stupid mistake. As a consequence I spent the night (I pitched my tent) in the...

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