Ukrainian volunteer and public activist Serhiy Prytula openly spoke about a difficult period in his life when he abused alcohol.
This was reported by URA-Inform with reference to Unian.
He shared that a difficult period began in 2022, when the war brought the death of his friends and acquaintances. The loss of loved ones and the severity of events in the country pushed Prytula to seek solace in alcohol, but this only worsened his condition.
“I had a history of such moral exhaustion somewhere around April-May 2022. It's just that in February, March, April, so many people died, people with whom I communicated regularly, people whom I visited when I could stay overnight in the unit. These people suddenly suddenly don't have each other. Then I had a very hard time going through a business trip to Nikolaev, that destroyed barracks where so many marines died is still in front of my eyes. I felt a bit shaky, and I thought that maybe if I bleat (drink – ed.), it will get easier, but you're old enough to understand that this is complete bullshit,” Sergei recalled.
Realizing that this path does not help to cope with the pain, Sergey decided to seek support from a psychologist. For more than two years, he has been regularly working with a specialist, which helped him overcome his internal crisis. Pritula urged not to be afraid to turn to professionals, emphasizing that the help of experts can be an important step towards recovery.
«Alcohol is a catalyst for mood. It will never help you when you are predatory. Therefore, in my case, it was right to change it to communication with a psychologist. I use this practice to this day, because there are some periods in my life when I cannot pull myself together. I am never ashamed to talk about this, because I believe that the presence of some problem should be solved by a person who knows how to resolve this problem», — he summed up.
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