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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Damon Cronshaw

'It's a fabulous tonic': exercise for PTSD and addiction

Paul Hokin, a PTSD sufferer, says exercise 'keeps me more focused and is great for my mood swings', Picture supplied

Cessnock's Paul Hokin has spent more than nine months a year in a psychiatric hospital for five years.

Mr Hokin, 69, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), due to being brutally assaulted in an Australian Army initiation ritual at age 18.

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