Resiliency in Emergency Services

I am wondering how does everyone keep themselves strong and resilient against all the stressors and traumas that you encounter in the course of doing your emergency service jobs?

How do you stay emotionally present and nurturing while keeping yourself sane?

What skills have you developed to make yourself more flexible internally?

I am also wondering what skills you utilize to help keep those around you strong and resilient?

0 members like this

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Andrew on July 25, 2011 at 12:16pm

There's a bunch of ways to cope with hardships within the FD. I've been too a handful of calls that have truly thrown me out of my comfort zone.

I feel like having a good social network within the FD is a great way to alleviate stressors. A lot of the guys in my FD joke around, which definitely eases the tension after certain calls. Other than that, I'll go in the gym, talk it out, or do something else to get the situation off of my mind.

One thing that I always remember to help me try and keep things in perspective is that we're there to help. Someone said this in an earlier post, but I've been abiding by this mentality for awhile, too.