{"id":5160,"date":"2020-08-12T00:05:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T23:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/?p=5160"},"modified":"2021-02-16T14:16:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T14:16:31","slug":"finding-the-silver-lining-in-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/finding-the-silver-lining-in-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Coping in Lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matthew \u2018Ollie\u2019 Ollerton is a former Special Forces operative whose missions included hostage rescue, counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism and homeland security. His autobiography Break Point is a Sunday Times best-seller, and he\u2019s best known for putting contestants through their paces on Channel 4\u2019s SAS: Who Dares Wins.<\/p>\n

Q: How have you been coping in lockdown?<\/p>\n

A bit too easily! Anyone who\u2019s been in the military will have coped more easily in lockdown, but I relate to what people are going through because when you leave the military, you lose the structure of your working week, and the framework of your everyday. You\u2019re no longer connected to your support network of friends, and you\u2019re left with a void. That\u2019s exactly what people have been going through.<\/p>\n

I actually put myself into isolation, in my own bootcamp, in 2015. I had no money and a lot of issues, so I could\u2019ve gone, \u2018Oh, my life\u2019s terrible,\u2019 and been a victim, but instead I went, \u2018This is amazing! I\u2019ve got the opportu...<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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