24/04/2026
🌿 On ANZAC Day, we remember those who served and the lives lost in war.
🌿 We also acknowledge what often goes unspoken; the lifelong impacts of trauma carried home by many veterans. Experiences of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, moral injury, and nervous system dysregulation don’t end when service does.
🌿 These impacts ripple outward. Families and partners can carry the weight too, with increased risks of distress, relationship strain, and in some cases, domestic and family violence.
🌿 Meaningful remembrance includes recognising that many veterans have not received the ongoing, attuned mental health support they deserve. Healing requires more than acknowledgement, it requires sustained care, funding, and accountability.
🌿 Today can also be a space to reflect on the present. Conflict continues across the world, and the psychological cost of war is still unfolding in real time, for individuals, families, and future generations.
🌿 We hold compassion for those who served, and for those living with the ongoing effects, while also holding space to question the systems and decisions that continue to create these wounds.
🌿 Remembrance, for us, includes a commitment to care, to truth, and to reducing harm, both now and into the future ❤️🩹
