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Ep 171: When Trauma Doesn't Stay Boxed Up
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Police officers are trained to put their emotions in a box. Compartmentalization in policing is often what gets them through one more shift, one more crime scene, one more tragedy, and what keeps them safe. What happens when that box tips over? For many law enforcement officers and their families, it takes one personal crisis for every hidden nightmare to come rushing back.
In this conversation with Detective Jody Thompson, his wife's near-death experience during childbirth was the breaking point that brought years of law enforcement trauma crashing to the surface. His story is a reminder of how first responder mental health can't wait until retirement and how police officer marriage struggles are tied directly to how trauma is carried or ignored.
Hold the Line: The Essential Guide to Protecting Your Law Enforcement Relationship.
100 episodes
Manage episode 516656194 series 1507537
Police officers are trained to put their emotions in a box. Compartmentalization in policing is often what gets them through one more shift, one more crime scene, one more tragedy, and what keeps them safe. What happens when that box tips over? For many law enforcement officers and their families, it takes one personal crisis for every hidden nightmare to come rushing back.
In this conversation with Detective Jody Thompson, his wife's near-death experience during childbirth was the breaking point that brought years of law enforcement trauma crashing to the surface. His story is a reminder of how first responder mental health can't wait until retirement and how police officer marriage struggles are tied directly to how trauma is carried or ignored.
Hold the Line: The Essential Guide to Protecting Your Law Enforcement Relationship.
100 episodes
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