Author : Rob Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (235 download)
Book Synopsis Fireman's Tired Eyes by : Rob Evans
Download or read book Fireman's Tired Eyes written by Rob Evans and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series description:From joining the Service to learning about the harsh realities of life, gaining promotion and earning respect from peers, to giving the best we can for others in need. In all this time, losing hours of sleep and disrupted meals, dropping everything at a moments notice and absorbing so much from attending other people's life changing incidents. A series of books to allow you to see what Emergency Service personnel are exposed to and how it truly affects us. We can only hide it for so long from loved ones and our families. So, I write my findings from my journey in a bid to help others identify and notice signs and symptoms and offer simple ways to deal with it in their everyday challenges. We need to be talking more openly about mental health issues and not be afraid to ask for professional help. When It's OK, to NOT be OK ......thank you for joining me. I hope you have a better insight of Fire Service life. Consider using professionals and to break the stigma of being in therapy. This is about awareness and helping each other. To recap: This is based on my journey and my experiences alone. I started my blog page when we were forced into Lockdown here in France March 2020, I now had time on my hands and thoughts and feelings and emotions were no longer suppressed by daily life. I was now being forced to face stuff I had squashed down during my service. I am very aware of 'triggers', so I hope by reading my journey you don't react to any of this. If you do, it's ok. Take a moment and let it out. It's part of the healing process. (I have scaled down my details to incidents deliberately.) I am not a Therapist or Counsellor, nor wish to be. I have studied a course on PTSD, CBT for PTSD and REBT for PTSD, but am no way advocating any skills. I've done this merely to help understand what I've experienced and in doing so be more able to write about it and possibly in an attempt to potentially help others. I am not here for sympathy, praise or credit. This is about giving back and helping. My journey is nothing compared to so many others out there dealing with the troubles of the world. Compassion comes in many forms and acts of random kindness is the purest. But what we do forget is the most important of all....... Be here for you and help yourself too. "So many suffer in silence unnecessarily" In my career, I've always been there for everyone else first. Suppressed my feelings and emotions and even missed events I cannot ever reclaim. Things like kids and families birthday's or Xmas / NY celebrations. On duty or going or coming off duty. Time events that cannot be recaptured. Shift patterns of Public Servants are not family-friendly. Life now, for me, out of the job is very different. No longer on a schedule and time scale. It has allowed me time to reflect and ponder on what I've witnessed, withstood and achieved. Stopping from a rapid pace of life has in turn allowed so much to show itself. Stuff that was shoved down and forgotten, only to fester, consciously or sub-consciously. I hope I can highlight some signs and symptoms. It may allow you to help yourselves and your families through any troubling times. Breaking the silence on mental and emotional health. Reacting to traumatic events isn't wrong, it's a normal response to something that is not normal. We are all in this together facing some many and there is always an outreaching hand if needed.A healing process comes from within.................your journey, your pace.
