Inspiration, Mental Health, Opinion piece

A balancing act.

A balancing act – Should you live your life trying to avoid every painful moment? What if they are necessary? In this article, find out why I think they are.

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Mental Health

In life, do whatever it takes

Do whatever it takes – Having spent years in the #emergencyservices, I know first-hand what hard choices are. Here’s what I’ve learned.

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Mental Health, PTSD

My trauma was built around chaos

It’s not worth knowing all the factors that caused my illnesses, but I am glad I know the source: My trauma was built around chaos.

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Fire Service, Mental Health, PTSD

Incident Commander

The Incident commander is “the” person in charge on the fire ground. When it comes to you’re mental health, you are the one in charge.

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Fire Service, Mental Health, PTSD

You can’t ignore PTSD

While I fought tooth and nail to shove everything way down, I would come to learn the hard way that You can’t ignore PTSD.

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Fire Service, Mental Health, Post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD

Who’s taking care of you?

I learned very early on that I wanted to spend my life helping others. I can’t describe why or where it came from. All I knew is that it burned deep within. (Later on, I began to wonder “who’s taking care of me?”)

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