Breaking the Cycle: Healthy vs. Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms

Every human being has to deal with stress, trauma and traumatic events. However, the statistics paint a very sobering difference between the general population and the law enforcement world.

The average person, who works a regular job, generally experiences 2 traumatic events in a lifetime. However, the average police officer, in a 20 year career, will experience around 800 traumatic events. That doesn't include all of the day to day stress from everything else surround the job.

So the question begs, how do you deal with it? How do you cope with the things you experience at work? How do you not bring the stress home to your family?

In this episode, Chaplains Potter, Stephenson and Hughes sit down and talk about Unhealthy vs. Healthy Coping Strategies. Their hope is to give us all some things to think about, as well as some real tangible things to do to cope with everything you take in.