by Firefighter Wife | Jun 6, 2023 | Behavioral Health, Difficult Calls, Especially For The Fire Wife, Everyday
ANOTHER. BAD. CALL. Unfortunately, we don’t always know when our firefighters have had a bad call. Sometimes they fly right under the radar, getting hidden in a compartment somewhere they didn’t even know they had. Our husbands are almost constantly exposed to...
by Firefighter Wife | Jun 6, 2023 | Behavioral Health, Difficult Calls, Everyday
You don’t have to hoard the trauma – throw it out. Well, maybe it’s not as easy as throwing it out… but we do have the ability to fight trauma head-on as it happens versus storing it away to grow into a bigger problem over time. Listen to this new way to...
by Firefighter Wife | Aug 23, 2016 | Behavioral Health, Communication, Difficult Calls, Especially For The Fire Wife, Everyday, For the Firefighters, PTSD
You can feel the air turn tense before a word is even said. You know it was a bad shift. Something must have happened to make such a drastic change in your firefighter. Maybe he is angry, or silent, or sad….you just know something isn’t right. Do you ask...
by Firefighter Wife | Jun 27, 2016 | Behavioral Health, Best of Fire Family Life, Communication, Difficult Calls, Everyday, From the Firefighter Perspective, Wife Advice
This article is so important because we’ve all been there yet so few admit it and talk about it. There is no shame in relating to this or even sharing this post. You never know who is suffering and needs these words. Let’s just start with these words straight from the...
by marklamplugh | Mar 9, 2016 | Behavioral Health, Everyday, Fire Family Life, For the Firefighters, Guest Posts, PTSD
Most of us keep a pretty regular schedule. We go to sleep and wake up at pretty much the same time every day. We have our weekday routine and our weekend routine. Our bodies are keeping track of our routines as well—physically and mentally. So many of our bodily...
by Firefighter Wife | Mar 5, 2016 | Behavioral Health, Everyday, For the Firefighters
If you have been following the journey of this firefighter committing to his marriage, career, and family by getting sober, you know how powerful his story is. If you need to catch up on the previous posts, read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. DAY 14 I think I know why...
