I feel your pain, brother. Unfortunately, LE is light years behind on continuous mental health care and post career care as well. Their philosophy is bury it, drink it away or man up. Some of us know these are short term band aids for serious injuries that will eventually erupt in time. My...
Thank you so much for sharing that. I spent a little time in dispatch before I was medically retired. Dispatchers do not get enough credit for what they do and what they have to endure. It was torture for me to be in there and send my guys who I trained to hot calls and I couldn't be there to...
Did Watts give you my number? If not, get it from him. In the mean time, one of the most crucial parts of healing is recognizing the trauma/PTSD is a physical injury to your brain. It is the same as blowing out your knee or breaking an arm except that PTSD can be so much harder to treat/heal...
I have new hobbies that calm my mind. I knit, sharpen knives (I want to forge) and play some video games. Since my hands are severely affected by my neck injury, I have to change what I'm doing all the time or wait for the swelling to go down.
I was into hyper exercise before my physical injury...
I have been off of the job for over 6 years now after an injury ended my 12 year career. Since then, a cumulative injury to my spine in my neck reared its ugly head and now I may never work again.
One of the worst things I cope with almost every day is this obsession or burning desire to go...
Yes they have definitely helped. I was a mess when all of this started. Not only the pain from the spinal surgeries but the panic attacks were so bad that I would be shaking like a leaf crying my eyes out in the back corner of a grocery store. My symptoms were so bad, shock therapy was mentioned...
Hello everyone. I was a deputy sheriff in CA for 12 years. An injury to my dominant hand and more recent surgeries to my neck have made it clear I will not return to law enforcement again. As part of my treatment for chronic pain due to the failed spinal surgeries, it was suggested that I start...
The job damages us and changes us because of all the trauma we see, the dangers we've faced and the choices we have had to make. All of this combined with the stresses of the job makes it difficult under the best circumstances to live a normal life. I've been medically retired for over 5 years...