Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview
  • My Dark Companion

  • The Long Road Back from PTSD, Depression & the Brink of Suicide
  • By: Shaun O'Gorman
  • Narrated by: Shaun O'Gorman
  • Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

£0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

My Dark Companion

By: Shaun O'Gorman
Narrated by: Shaun O'Gorman
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £14.99

Buy Now for £14.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

Shaun O’Gorman knows what it’s like to suffer from PTSD, depression, and to battle with suicide. He served a 13-year career as a police officer including nine years as a Police K9 handler. The violence, death, and depravity he saw people perpetrate against each other had a lasting effect on him. It culminated with him lying in bed, with a Glock pistol in hand, trying to find a reason not to end his life. This ended the police career he had dreamed of since he was a child.

For a man coming from a police family where his father served for 42 years this was devastating. The loss of identity was one of the hardest parts to deal with. Shaun couldn’t find anyone who could help him out of the hole he was in, so he spent the next 20 years educating himself on how to beat PTSD and depression. He now takes the lessons learned to help other police, military and first responders deal with the trauma their duties expose them to. He strongly believes that it is possible to prepare yourself for what you will experience in your career to prevent you experiencing what he did. His purpose in life is to help people and make a difference.

Through his business The Strong Life Project, Shaun teaches men how to prepare for the difficulties they will experience in their life. His passion is teaching men to be the best version of themselves possible. Shaun has a strong belief that as men we have lost our way and need to learn how to be the loving, strong and connected leaders our families and society needs us to be. It is time for men to stand up and be counted.

©2017 Shaun O'Gorman (P)2022 Shaun O'Gorman
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

Divorce: A Modern Man's Guide cover art
Shake It Off! cover art
The Gospel of Fire cover art
Two Lifetimes: From Fear to Love cover art
One Sunny Afternoon cover art
Dream, Believe, Succeed cover art
Perspective cover art
Happy Bitch cover art
Cease the fear cover art
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck cover art
Mental Fitness cover art
Zero Negativity cover art
Don't Let Your Kids Kill You cover art
Straight Up cover art
Radical Love cover art
The Massive Advantages of Dealing with A--holes cover art

What listeners say about My Dark Companion

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

helpful and honest

Couldn't turn it off and will listen to it again as in many ways relates too myself. I've listened to many books and read others about depression 😔 and can relate to them in ways but this book I really did connect with. Listening to somebody story (this book), the pains suffered, the way that every day is a struggle and the thought of suicide is always there is something that any who has suffered them selfs can definitely relate too. I would definitely recommend to others

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!