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It's very difficult, not being able to see your children.
It's hard being homeless at this old age...
and being without your children and grandchildren.
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Here in this region, along the frontline...
everybody is in need of psychological support.
How much varies from individual to individual.
This is my grandson, Sviatoslav.
It has been three years since I last saw him. That is very hard to deal with.
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It's a good thing we left, because the very next day, 17 January, our house was hit.
I was working as a psychologist in a school in a suburb of Luhansk.
The school was hit during a spell of heavy fighting in the area.
Suddenly everything I had there was gone.
I became completely apathetic. I didn't feel like doing anything.
I washed myself, that's all.
We want to invite some colleagues to come here.
Right now, we're trying to arrange it with their supervisors.
In our contacts with our patients it's not uncommon...
for them to question our ability to understand what they are going through.
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But I know from experience what it means...
to lose your home, your job and your friends.
When patients hear their psychologist has been through the same, it creates a bond.
Only five cauliflowers, and they are too soft.
They need more water to become firm and lush.
I've had nine or ten therapy sessions so far.
It has helped me to open my eyes again. I am now able to see positive things again.
I left the negative things behind where I experienced them.
The fact that we had no water there, and no light. We had nothing at all.
I'm not going any higher than this. I'm scared. It's just too scary.
Scary? -Yes, I'm scared.
Here in Ukraine, people are scared of therapy.
Even my own sister told me: You're out of your mind to go see a psychologist.
But my son told me: Mum, you really have to go into therapy...
because if you don't, you will lose all hope to live.
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