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In this video 0:00 The Hidden Toll of Firefighting1:25 The Sudden Onset of Panic2:12 Recovery, Purpose, and Stronger Faith
The Hidden Toll of Firefighting 0:17 When I was a firefighter, I I thought I had this down. I never thought I had any problems with anxiety or depression or PTSD. I used to I used to kinda make fun of those0:29 people. Somebody said to me, and it really hit me hard. He said, so you guys think you can go out and be in someone's worst day of their life 8 times, 9 times a0:40 day, and come home from that and just be normal? Kid calls are really good to us. Those types of calls where you go into a house and it's gonna be changed forever from that day0:52 forward. You see the parents in their eyes looking at you, thinking you're the 1 that's gonna save their child. And, you know in your heart that there's nothing you can do to1:04 change the the outcome. And, those are the kind of calls that stick with you. And for a lot of people, they never really get out of your head. I think a lot of us, especially firefighters and police officers, don't1:16 really like to talk. We think we got this. And I think we need to do a little bit different things differently now. The way it hit me was I was just living my life, enjoying myThe Sudden Onset of Panic 1:27 life, enjoying retirement. I went to bed. I was half asleep. My wife came in and rustled around a little bit. And I woke up, like, in a half asleep state, and it hit me me like1:39 a light switch, and I went into complete panic. I was completely anxious, which had never been in my life. I was completely scared. I had to run. There was nowhere to go. And I thought I would just1:51 it was a bad dream or something, but I had no control over it. As the days went on, I wanted to stay in the house by myself. I was fearful. I was scared to go to sleep each night. I knew the nights were2:03 gonna be terrible. I watched my family walk around me. I felt like a zombie. This feeling lasted a good 6 months. During that time, I, learned a lotRecovery, Purpose, and Stronger Faith 2:15 about myself, learned a lot about the job that I just was in for 35 years, and learned a lot about there's a lot of people out there like me that are suffering with the same type of issues. If2:27 you can find a small group, if you could find a church, if you could find a friend, if you could find a neighbor, anybody. Just talk to anybody, and you'd be amazed at the support you would2:39 get. I told every single person that I knew. And I found out the more people that I told, the more advice I would get, and the quicker I was able to get to recovery.2:51 Through time, medicine, and therapy, and talking to these other people, I conquered my fears little bits at a time. It gave me a sense of purpose of why that I go through this. And now I know why is3:03 to help people in the same condition. My faith is so much stronger now. Going through something like I went through, I wake up each day, and I'm just so blessed to be here. And3:15 without that faith, and without those people in my life with faith, this would have been 10 times harder. I'll say it over and over again. You can't do this by yourself.56K followers
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