PTSD

PTSD

Like the nitrogen bends, folks respond to stress differently.

Life is often hard, in ways that go beyond micro-aggressions.

We should do what we can to support each other in the hard things of life, whether they are job related, or not.

But the hard things in life can't be eliminated, nor their consequences.
http://www.jamesgeering.com/blog/2016/11/27/i-wish-my-head-could-forget-the-things-my-eyes-have-seen

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  1. John BumpDecember 1, 2016 at 8:57 PM

    Susan Jahn posts a lot of interesting things about experimental PTSD treatments that appear to show some promise.

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  2. Geo. TirebiterDecember 1, 2016 at 9:33 PM

    in my police department, in my day on the road in the 70's-80's you just swallowed spit, continued march & coped using the worst thing: alcohol. even though the scene you just saw was horrible. You only get one chance to vent about the case to your peers, that's when you tell the story. After that, you have to shut up. These days, the officers have it better with critical incident debriefing and peer support as mandatory after a gruesome or life-threatening scene.

    I've always thought that we should be able to ask for and receive compensation for PTSD from the city, or free treatment. I can get it for stuff I went through in Vietnam (but it didn't affect me very much and besides, it would have been too difficult to explain why I saw a shrink, I thought, in my job application back in 1971.

    I'm not sure the if the honolulu fire department has a similar program.

    I hear they're doing wonders with drugs like ecstasy these days to allow victims to deal with the symptoms.

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  3. Drew McCarthyDecember 2, 2016 at 8:36 AM

    I had instructors that told gruesome stories of doom and mayhem with glee.
    Came to find out, the real thing was worse, but it ain't broke me. Yet.

    There are a lot more situations and professions capable of breaking people than a lot of folks suppose.

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  4. Pomaikai WaiDecember 13, 2016 at 7:21 AM

    Symptoms sometimes don't appear for years...it's not always immediate.

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