A man who has severe sight loss after experiencing a traumatic eye injury has spoken about the importance of counselling in the wake of the life-changing incident. Peter Middleton, a 55-year-old estate manager from Newbury, suffered an injury at work a year ago when a gardening incident resulted in severe damage to the inside of his right eye. Mr Middleton enrolled on an Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) counselling service following this and said talking about the challenges he was facing helped him to cope with feelings of identity loss. He said: “Unbeknownst to me, my left eye…