01-03-2023, 02:10 PM
(01-03-2023, 01:19 PM)Earendil Wrote: I watched doctors unsuccessfully try to resuscitate my father and it messed me up for years. That said, I can't imagine what it felt like for you watching those people die in front of you.
They say most people live their entire lives seeing 1.5 critical incidents, while most cops and firemen who make it through retirement see over 800. I don't think there's a 20-year police or firefighter out there anywhere that does not have some form of PTSD. You adopt a graveyard sense of humor to get through it, and most people do not understand how a person can seem so callous. It's self-preservation.
