My partner at the station and I have been working together for six years and we used to talk through the tough calls afterward but now we both just go quiet and I can feel us both carrying more weight alone than we should and I don't know how to bring back what we had without admitting how much some of these scenes are getting to me.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people who depend on each other in life-threatening situations have lost their ability to be vulnerable about the psychological toll of their work.
“Where Are You with Public Safety — Fire & Rescue?”
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