17. Officer Down - The Trauma Behind The Thin Blue Line

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08/04/20 • 17 min

The Costs and Benefits of Trauma: How individual trauma heals collectively

In this episode Dr. Hood walks listeners through the uncensored recording of an emergency dispatcher handling incoming transmissions as three officers and one civilian are killed in Chicago.
No guests. No interviews. Just the brutal reality of what happens on the streets of America every single day.

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16. How Dark Humor Can Help Process Trauma

Comedian/Firefighter Jason Patton and Dr. Hood discuss how "Dark Humor" may help people process the stressful and potentially traumatic things that they experience.
Jason Patton @firedepartmentchronicles started making short videos about firefighter life at his station. He often jokes about how the first lesson he learned was how NOT to include his department logo in the shots (as per his unhappy but very cool Chief).
From those department shorts to one of the most recognizable faces on social media, Jason uses humor to tackle the most difficult topics in the emergency responder family. He will make you laugh your butt off however, make no mistake, Jason is a true advocate who is doing very important work supporting suicide prevention and mental health within the first responder community.
His mission? "To Make Mental Health Cool"

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18. Christy Warren

Christy Warren, retired fire captain and host of The Firefighter Deconstructed digs deep into how childhood trauma impacts the decision to become a firefighter.
Christy shares her deeply insightful perspectives, which may piss some of you off, but can't be ignored.
We know that trama affects firefighters as they do the job, but is trauma also the reason firefighters choose the job in the first place?