Boarding school gave me PTSD but I locked it away until my daughter started to board. Then it triggered a breakdown that saw me sectioned: DR CATHY WIELD
The nightmare of boarding school was beginning, all over again. This may sound familiar to many of the alumni of this very British institution, particularly those who boarded in the 1970s like I did. But the dread and horror I was experiencing was not due to revisiting my own school.
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