Beyond the Call: For First Responders

This is for Retired and Active First Responders.

You’re trained to stay alert, react quickly, and keep functioning when everyone else is falling apart. But what happens when your nervous system gets so good at keeping you ready for danger that it forgets how to stand down?

This week our group, we’ll look at what repeated exposure to stress and trauma actually does to the brain and nervous system and why those changes can follow you long after the call is over. Also, you will get concrete, proven methods to manage your nervous system.

This Week We’ll talk about:

• Why can you handle a fight, pursuit, fatal crash, death notification, or chaotic scene without falling apart, then get irrationally irritated when someone asks you a simple question later?
• Why do some calls replay in your head while others seem to disappear completely?
• Why can you feel exhausted after a shift but still be unable to sleep?
• Why do I feel like a different person when I'm at home compared to on the job?
• Why do some officers need noise, alcohol, scrolling, working out, or constant activity to finally come down?

And what happens when your body goes
through that cycle over and over for years?

We’ll also try simple technique you can use after a difficult call to help your brain and body recognize: “It’s over. I’m not there anymore.”
This is an interactive discussion, but personal disclosure is never required.

Talk, ask questions, share what works for you, or simply listen.
No forced sharing. No judgment. On or Off Screen is fine. Just an interesting look at what the job does to your nervous system and how you can keep it from running your life when the shift is over.

Link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87925189584?pwd=x5znT6M4kGlRp0Y7rDbVlUzaabYm25.1

This is for Retired and Active First Responders.

You’re trained to stay alert, react quickly, and keep functioning when everyone else is falling apart. But what happens when your nervous system gets so good at keeping you ready for danger that it forgets how to stand down?

This week our group, we’ll look at what repeated exposure to stress and trauma actually does to the brain and nervous system and why those changes can follow you long after the call is over. Also, you will get concrete, proven methods to manage your nervous system.

This Week We’ll talk about:

• Why can you handle a fight, pursuit, fatal crash, death notification, or chaotic scene without falling apart, then get irrationally irritated when someone asks you a simple question later?
• Why do some calls replay in your head while others seem to disappear completely?
• Why can you feel exhausted after a shift but still be unable to sleep?
• Why do I feel like a different person when I'm at home compared to on the job?
• Why do some officers need noise, alcohol, scrolling, working out, or constant activity to finally come down?

And what happens when your body goes
through that cycle over and over for years?

We’ll also try simple technique you can use after a difficult call to help your brain and body recognize: “It’s over. I’m not there anymore.”
This is an interactive discussion, but personal disclosure is never required.

Talk, ask questions, share what works for you, or simply listen.
No forced sharing. No judgment. On or Off Screen is fine. Just an interesting look at what the job does to your nervous system and how you can keep it from running your life when the shift is over.

Link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87925189584?pwd=x5znT6M4kGlRp0Y7rDbVlUzaabYm25.1

This is for Retired and Active First Responders.

You’re trained to stay alert, react quickly, and keep functioning when everyone else is falling apart. But what happens when your nervous system gets so good at keeping you ready for danger that it forgets how to stand down?

This week our group, we’ll look at what repeated exposure to stress and trauma actually does to the brain and nervous system and why those changes can follow you long after the call is over. Also, you will get concrete, proven methods to manage your nervous system.

This Week We’ll talk about:

• Why can you handle a fight, pursuit, fatal crash, death notification, or chaotic scene without falling apart, then get irrationally irritated when someone asks you a simple question later?
• Why do some calls replay in your head while others seem to disappear completely?
• Why can you feel exhausted after a shift but still be unable to sleep?
• Why do I feel like a different person when I'm at home compared to on the job?
• Why do some officers need noise, alcohol, scrolling, working out, or constant activity to finally come down?

And what happens when your body goes
through that cycle over and over for years?

We’ll also try simple technique you can use after a difficult call to help your brain and body recognize: “It’s over. I’m not there anymore.”
This is an interactive discussion, but personal disclosure is never required.

Talk, ask questions, share what works for you, or simply listen.
No forced sharing. No judgment. On or Off Screen is fine. Just an interesting look at what the job does to your nervous system and how you can keep it from running your life when the shift is over.

Link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87925189584?pwd=x5znT6M4kGlRp0Y7rDbVlUzaabYm25.1

This is for Retired and Active First Responders.

You’re trained to stay alert, react quickly, and keep functioning when everyone else is falling apart. But what happens when your nervous system gets so good at keeping you ready for danger that it forgets how to stand down?

This week our group, we’ll look at what repeated exposure to stress and trauma actually does to the brain and nervous system and why those changes can follow you long after the call is over. Also, you will get concrete, proven methods to manage your nervous system.

This Week We’ll talk about:

• Why can you handle a fight, pursuit, fatal crash, death notification, or chaotic scene without falling apart, then get irrationally irritated when someone asks you a simple question later?
• Why do some calls replay in your head while others seem to disappear completely?
• Why can you feel exhausted after a shift but still be unable to sleep?
• Why do I feel like a different person when I'm at home compared to on the job?
• Why do some officers need noise, alcohol, scrolling, working out, or constant activity to finally come down?

And what happens when your body goes
through that cycle over and over for years?

We’ll also try simple technique you can use after a difficult call to help your brain and body recognize: “It’s over. I’m not there anymore.”
This is an interactive discussion, but personal disclosure is never required.

Talk, ask questions, share what works for you, or simply listen.
No forced sharing. No judgment. On or Off Screen is fine. Just an interesting look at what the job does to your nervous system and how you can keep it from running your life when the shift is over.

Link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87925189584?pwd=x5znT6M4kGlRp0Y7rDbVlUzaabYm25.1