theidiotdeity

They call us paragods... but we know we're only idiot deities.

At work we're invincible... but eventually you have to face the truth and leave the cape behind. We dance in the dark places where evil and death play unhindered, and it changes us, most of the time for the worse. The world doesn't understand us because they haven't been to those dark places.

If you are a first responder... if you need help... you're not alone.

After 30 years in EMS, I can tell you this with certainty, burnout isn't weakness, PTSD isn't failure, and needing help doesn't mean you weren't cut out for the "job." It means you stayed in it long enough for the payment to become due.