this is gonna sound like a strange question but how would you advise mentally preparing for the horrors of war like if you knew someone you cared about what’s going to be on the frontlines what would you tell him I would tell them to detach you know I would tell them to detach I would tell them to do their job but don’t get all caught up in it because that’s what you have to do you if you go in the front lines and you know right now there’s a bunch of doctors and nurses going on the front lines and hospitals and that can be emotionally overwhelming look they do that for a living but when you see overcrowded or whatever’s happening you could see where people might be overwhelmed by that or their health at risk so they’re overwhelmed by that so do your job but you’ve got to stay detached from it don’t get all caught up in it and also I would say I would tell them look it’s it’s oh if the emotions that you’re gonna have are okay and it’s normal you’re gonna feel scared you’re gonna feel disgusted you’re gonna feel horrified you’re gonna feel sick all those things are all those things are normal they’re normal feelings that you’re gonna have when you are seeing this side of humanity for the first time I would say I would tell them to write down and talk about what they see what they hear what they feel with other people because if you try and keep them contained inside your own head you won’t process them as well when you write things down it forces you to think through them when you talk about it with other people you get some of that out of your system so I think that’s powerful separate work from home right so you’re gonna go in this horrible place don’t bring that home with you how do you do that change out of your uniform get to put you put you put your flip-flops on put your put your shorts on and your t-shirt when you get home don’t wear your uniform don’t wear your police uniform don’t wear your your doctors don’t wear your scrubs home take them off don’t wear your EMT uniform home don’t just don’t do that change and then compartmentalize because you don’t you you got a compartmentalize these bad things and and I guess maybe that could be construed in a negative way like I’m saying lockdown you know hi come put them in a compartment and put them away I’m not saying that I’m saying separate because I because what I’m saying I’m not saying lock things we’ll put things in a box and lock them there I’m not saying that at all I’m actually saying the opposite right about them talk about them with your friends you know talk about what you experienced where you file all that stuff it’s gonna make you feel better but keep it separate from people that don’t have that experience right so you don’t want to drag home the war to your wife and your kids you don’t want to drag home the the ER to your wife and your kids you don’t want to drag home the perpetrators and the horrible things you see as a police officer you don’t wanna drag those home every day mmm so compartmentalize and I think those are the things that I’ve done that mmm that I think it felt me
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