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August | 2015 | It's Ok Not To Be Ok
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It's Ok Not To Be Ok. Stand Up and Talk About Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Monthly Archives: August 2015. August 31, 2015. August 30, 2015. August 29, 2015. August 28, 2015. August 27, 2015. August 26, 2015. They bury it. They don’t want to burden their family or friends with the emotional things they see on the job. The problem with not talking about it is it leads to coping mechanisms that may not be safe such as drinking, drugs...I may not b...
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Meet Peggy Sweeney – Grieving Behind the Badge
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Grieving Behind the Badge. Changing the way first responders and their families cope with grief. Firefighters at Risk The Negative Effects of Stress and Trauma on the Human Spirit. Coping with the Death of a Child Patient. Emotional Support for Line of Duty Death Survivors. What You Can Do with Anger. When Serving Becomes Surviving: PTSD and Suicide in the Fire Service. There is No Superman! The Role of the Spouse in the Fire Service. Why is There Suicide in the Fire Service? A Struggle to Survive. A nat...
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Yea, Firefighter Lives Matter Too - Iron Firemen
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Iron Firemen Wooden Ladders and Iron Firemen. Iron Firemen “Swag”. Need Someone to Talk To? Yea, Firefighter Lives Matter Too. For those of us on the job, it may not always seem like it but OUR lives DO matter. Typically we are the ones out there doing the “saving” and never stop to think, realize or talk about the fact that, often times; it’s actually us who needs the saving. The Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance (link). Reports that in 2014 there were 104 firefighter deaths. They also didn’t...
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Lesson Two – Coursework in Grief
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A free online resource. Lesson One – Begin Here. February 27, 2013. We come together as people drawn to life, yet acquainted with death. We come full of our memories those memories that seem hard for us to bear and those that lift us up and give us the courage to go on. We come together today knowing that we are not alone that others struggle as we struggle, that others love as we have loved and as we love still, hour by hour, day by day. So, I ask you, what is this thing called grief? 8220;Grief is our ...
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Meet Your Instructor – Coursework in Grief
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A free online resource. Lesson One – Begin Here. When someone asks me for help in coping with a personal tragedy in their life or attends one of my support groups for the first time, I usually begin by asking them to share their story. The best way to learn about someone’s grief, and the impact it has made on their life, is to ask them. Who knows better about what they are feeling than they do. It was my fault. I knew. I had done something wrong and God was punishing me. Over the years, the stories peopl...
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Tears of a Cop. In Harm's Way (Law Enforcement Suicide Prevention). National Police Wives Association. Wives Behind the Badge. National Police Suicide Foundation. Police Mental Health Emotional Kevlar for Cops. The Pain Behind the Badge (Clark Paris). Law Enforcement Family Support Network. Surviving the Shield.com. Watch the Trailer for. Code 9-Officer Needs Assistance.
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Lesson One – Coursework in Grief
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A free online resource. Lesson One – Begin Here. February 27, 2013. Although most adults associate grief with the death of someone loved, this is not the only reason we grieve. It is important to note that grief follows any traumatic event; such as, a divorce, job loss, addiction, a life-threatening or debilitating illness or injury, retirement, relocating to a new city, an abusive relationship; the list of grief-generating experiences is endless. Issue and you will GRIEVE. Five Stages of Grief. Elizabet...
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