Former hostage in Lebanon speaks of difficulties processing memories of captivity once initial euphoria passes.
“I mean, you can see them initially but you do need time to process the whole experience.” “The first thing she wanted was for me to make her a cup of tea, so we will do. “Not everybody suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and they say: ‘Well, I’m perfectly fine, I don’t need any help at all,’” he said. “Nazanin emailed me to say that she was weary and longing to be with her husband and daughter after spending six years detained in Iran,” he said. “If you’ve had very difficult experiences and you push them down into the subconscious, at some point or other, at a later stage, they will emerge – either in dreams or in flashbacks, and cause you disturbance,” he said. You’ll always remember, always have the events in mind, but they will not be troublesome: you’ll be able to control them and deal with that.”
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Perhaps one of the most important things, he says, is to not give way to negative emotions. “I’ve often used the analogy of taking it just as though you’re coming up off the seabed,” Mr Waite says. If you’re not careful, you could lose control over them,” he says of the frustration at being able to see but not actually hold or hug loved ones. On Mr Waite’s landing at RAF Lyneham after his release in 1991, the teenage son he had not seen for nearly five years was almost unrecognisable as a young man. He was a captive for 1,763 days, much of which was spent blindfolded and chained to a radiator in solitary confinement, with regular interrogations, beatings and mock executions. “All I could think about,” Ms Siddiq said, “was that her mum’s not here to witness this.
Lara Symons, 53, chief executive of Hostage International, spoke to the PA news agency about some of the struggles ex-hostages can expect to face.
“‘If you come up gently, one step at a time, then you will be fine. He said: “I said, ‘Nazanin, when you come out, take it as if you are coming up from the seabed. “He is a man of immense compassion and he’s brought that to the organisation…
Now 82-year-old, who was held in captivity in Lebanon for almost five years, says British-Iranian mother should take her time adjusting to normal life.
“If you come up gently, one step at a time, then you will be fine. He revealed he assured the aid worker her “ordeal will come to an end” just days before her release after she told him she was “weary” and desperate to be back home in north London with her husband and their seven-year-old daughter. Terry Waite, who was taken hostage in Lebanon in 1987, was able to offer words of encouragement and hope to the British-Iranian mother in emails over the final year of her detention.
Despite the relief that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family will be feeling at her return, "it can be hard to keep your balance", Terry Waite said.
Their daughter needs to readjust to having mum at home all the time." The physical could range from struggling to sleep, headaches and feeling overwhelmed easily. He had been working with the Archbishop of Canterbury's envoy in a bid to negotiate the release of detained Britons, but was captured and held himself. And I simply said at that time, Nazanin, really believe that this ordeal is going to finish. It is a very felt experience," she added. "She was feeling rather low.
The freed mother-of-one took a selfie with her husband Richard and daughter Gabrielle after return to UK; Her MP Tulip Siddiq, who has campaigned for her ...
The families of two British-Iranians who returned to the UK after years imprisoned in Tehran on Thursday spoke of their overwhelming relief and gratitude at ...
But we live in the future and not the past, so we'll take it one day at a time. She was accused of plotting to overthrow the regime and jailed for five years. "It feels a little bit like... Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori landed back in the UK early on Thursday, after years of detention in Iran London (AFP) – The families of two British-Iranians who returned to the UK after years imprisoned in Tehran on Thursday spoke of their overwhelming relief and gratitude at finally being reunited. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori landed back in the UK early on Thursday, after years of detention in Iran