He is able to live a stable life and works as a gardener during the week and waits tables at a pub just outside of Bristol at the weekend. John counts himself lucky, having only spent 17 days in a psychiatric ward, after getting a 28-day section under the Mental Health Act. READ MORE: Conservatives almost 'completely wiped out' of Bath and North East Somerset For the last six years he has been trying to make sense of his experience while simultaneously coping with the horrific flashbacks. John still has vivid memories of that evening which led to him running around The Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) proclaiming, ‘I am King Arthur’ at the top of his voice. But the visions of the earth on fire were so traumatic that they triggered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). What really triggered the apocalyptic visions he experienced that evening remains a mystery. At first the police thought he was under the influence of drugs but John didn’t take drugs and had never experienced any psychotic symptoms prior to his first episode in 2017.
Family man John Dempsey did not expect to find himself being forcibly removed from his home in Tickenham, North Somerst, at the age of 48.
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