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Hey guys, just about to get a little shut eye before doing it all again tomorrow and wanted to share this:
For me the hardest part of dating and relationships as a Police officer is not the horrors. I am thankful that no matter what I've seen, and some of it has been vile, or...
For me the hardest part of dating and relationships as a Police officer is not the horrors. I am thankful that no matter what I've seen, and some of it has been vile, or...
... heartbreaking, or both. I am incredibly fortunate in that unlike some of my brothers and sisters I have never suffered from PTSD.
I sleep okay. I don't take panic attacks. I'm not actually an alcoholic. I do drink a lot but I will test myself out by abstaining for months...
I sleep okay. I don't take panic attacks. I'm not actually an alcoholic. I do drink a lot but I will test myself out by abstaining for months...
At a time if I begin to worry. I just like a drink. But I'm a mix of English, Scottish and Irish so drinking is definitely my heritage.
No, for me the way this job makes relationships problematic it is the absolute negating factor the intense situations I deal with on the job...
No, for me the way this job makes relationships problematic it is the absolute negating factor the intense situations I deal with on the job...
Have on normal concerns. I think it might be familiar to a lot of first responders too.
For an example, I remember a while ago my ex sent me a WhatsApp message chewing me out for not emptying the dishwasher. Sounds like nothing right? But I had forgotten. I had said I would...
For an example, I remember a while ago my ex sent me a WhatsApp message chewing me out for not emptying the dishwasher. Sounds like nothing right? But I had forgotten. I had said I would...
...but I didn't. A whole load of stuff like that had been happening. I was absolutely in the wrong. But here's the thing. At the time of the message arriving I was dealing with something at work that was absolutely vile and heartbreaking...
...I wouldn't even share it because it's grim. But if you think of the absolute worst things one person could do to another you won't be far off. So I feel the buzz in my body armour of my phone vibrating and when I get a minute I check my messages. So I go straight from horror..
...to: "I can't believe you didn't empty the dishwasher. Again."
At the time all I could think was how ridiculous a thing it was to be bothering me at work with and how it didn't matter compared to what I was doing at that moment. But I was wrong. The things I was dealing with...
At the time all I could think was how ridiculous a thing it was to be bothering me at work with and how it didn't matter compared to what I was doing at that moment. But I was wrong. The things I was dealing with...
explain why I find it hard to care about the dishes. But they don't excuse my not doing them. Especially if I say I will.
This was a long way around to that point I guess. This job might not give you nightmares.
But it gives a new perspective that makes it hard to care/relate.
This was a long way around to that point I guess. This job might not give you nightmares.
But it gives a new perspective that makes it hard to care/relate.
