RAF Flight Lieutenant Paramedic Michelle Sanderson was the first female to work on the Afghan frontline, during that time she was routinely flown by helicopter into the heart of the fighting to care for military and civilian casualties. After 3 brutal tours of duty, she found it almost impossible to step outside her front door most days. As a result she was forced to be medically discharged from the RAF. Michelle wears oversized headphones when she visits the supermarket to shut out the noise, but it doesn’t always work. She has considered suicide, and has been diagnosed with CPTSD; a condition which has increased by 800% in the last 5 years. She wets the bed and has recurring nightmares, in which she regularly finds herself back in Afghanistan surrounded by the horrors she has witnessed.