Former naval officer Luke McCallum suffered deep depression and anxiety after his leg was amputated. Adaptive sports helped turn that around and even saw him bring home a silver medal.
Born and raised in Broken Hill , Mr McCallum applied to be an electronics technician with the navy and had the paperwork filled out before his birthday.
The former serviceman battled with anxiety and deep depression after the amputation and during subsequent operations."Whilst I did see the amputation as a positive in respect to the chronic pain issues I had before with my right leg, it was still a very tough thing to deal with."To manage the anxiety and depression, Mr McCallum tried adaptive sports, which are sports adapted to allow people with disabilities or injuries to participate independently.
The international event is an adaptive multi-sport competition for current and former military personnel who may have been wounded or became ill during their military service. He said former defence personnel were not just leaving a job behind, but also a lifestyle and group of people who had similar thoughts, values and morals.
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