Looking For Other Police Officers That Can Relate.....

[2711]

Zipperhead, I just sent you a PM. And thanks for the reply.

 

[Zipperhead]

This is the site for RCMP and Military (former and serving) in Canada.

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Look into it if you qualify. They deal only with RCMP and Military, so you are not going to be saying anything they have never heard before. It's nice to talk to someone who already knows the game.

 

[Cjgirl36]

curvdspur,

After reading what you have been through I am hoping since your post you are getting the help that you need. I am currently in school to earned my degree in psychology and I will be specializing in treating police officers with PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Although I am not an LEO I have been around them all my life, I myself could not be a cop because I have panic disorder, but I wanted to be able to work with law enforcement and help those such as yourself who desperately need it. I lost a friend, an officer who had a great impact on me to suicide three years ago. His name made me realize where my help was needed. I'm also outraged at the medical establishment that cares more about money then helping people. We all need to support ourselves but how can you turn your back on someone who needs you? If I ever have a client who cannot afford to pay then I won't require a fee, it's just that simple. I'm not going into this to be rich, I'm going in to protect the officers who need me, I've always been on the right side of the law and when I've need a cop they have always been there, now I plan to be there.

I hope that you are well and know that you are not alone, there are those who care.

Elizabeth

 

[Rts881]

I am a 16 year law enforcement officer and was recently diagnosed with PTSD, depression and I am looki...

You situation is similar to mine. I have been through two marriages and I'm on the verge of loosing the third. My son tells me that I don't laugh or smile anymore and that I stay in my room too much. I didn't realize how much the PTSD was affecting my family. I have memory loss normally thirty min to an hour long but at times much longer than that. I have been searching most of the last week for an inpatient facility for PTSD and all I've found have been rehab facilities that include PTSD therapy. I am also desperate for a solution I'm at 20 years and I function poorly away from work. It's frightening.

 

[Jeager106]

You situation is similar to mine. I have been through two marriages and I'm on the verge of loosing the third. My son...

I understand. I survived over 22.5 years in the mean streets, was injured severely several times.
I thought I just drank too much booze. ( I did ) The root issue was P.T.S.D. I found a counselor well skilled in treating P.T.S.D. and she wishes more veteran police would recognize they are not immune, that one does not need to be a soldier in combat to suffer from this.
It took years for the diagnoses to be made by a qualified psychologist.
My C.O.P. went to his grave laughing that cops didn't get P.T.S.D., that it was a scam perpetrated by the medical community to make money from "weak" policemen.
I hated that man for his opinions and the damage he caused to my brothers in arms.
that might have gotten help before they committed suicide or became alcoholics.

 

[laurainalameda]

I'm not in LE but I'm a nurse whose medically retired from ptsd. Nurses and cops generally have good relations, so I'll stick my nose in here. One of the therapists I liked, but ended up not going to, specialized in treating "first responders" meaning LE, EMS, ER nurses and docs. So that phrase, first reaponder, might help in your search for a therapist as you look down lists such as the one put out by Psychology Today in the US. Good luck.