Anxiety: Navigating the Waves
Anxiety is described as a normal reaction to stress, but when that turns into fear which prevents a person from completing normal tasks, it may be considered an anxiety disorder.
Mental Health
Check Your Inner House
If as much attention were given to keeping one’s inner house clean as keeping one’s physical house, perhaps people would be less aggressive or anxious or forgetful. You will live better outside if you live better inside.
FRC at FDIC International
First Responder Coaching made its debut at the FDIC/JEMS conference as one of only 4 mental health booths, and FRC is making an impact.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Have you seen more green on your feed lately? In case you haven’t heard, May is Mental Health Awareness month, a recognition that was established in 1949.
Spotlight: Steph Rubel, Fire Captain’s Wife
From a wife’s perspective, [you need] a plan for communicating better. If you don’t let them talk about it, they’re going to shut down and your communication is going to shut down with it.
Cumulative Trauma: The Unseen Weight
Traumatic events bear a weight and, though most responders shove that small weight aside or push the experiences down, it builds and builds over time. This is cumulative trauma and many first responders carry it, many unknowingly.
Coaching Through Depression
Frequent check-ins are important. You check your equipment; yourself is the most important equipment you have!
Smashing the Stigma: Fighting Mental Health
Having mental health issues makes many feel they can’t uphold this image of a strong and capable helper. It’s this fear that causes many first responders to not admit when they need help or they’re having issues.