The Firefighter Deconstructed

By Christy Warren

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Christy Warren, PTSD Survivor and retired fire captain, digs into how the job can affect our mental and emotional health, the ensuing physical symptoms, and how to deal with it. Whether you’re just feeling crappy or have full-blown PTSD, or if you want to know the signs and how to help a brother or sister, we'll talk about it here. A part of Mental Health News Radio Network.

Episode Date
Paramedic and Fire Captain Ryan Esparza - From Angry to Happy
Jan 10, 2025
ATF/NYPD ret Peter Forcelli - Don't Wait to Ask For Help
Jul 17, 2024
Gary Hayes, ret. United Kingdom Police Officer, a Roughy Toughy Bloke with PTSD
Apr 19, 2024
Nicki Impastato - The First Responder Life Total Package
Mar 03, 2024
FF Egan de los Colbos: How PTSD can manifest into physical illness
Feb 08, 2024
Former Firefighter James Geering Now Fights For Your Wellbeing
Jan 01, 2024
Olivia & Josh: Putting Their Marriage and Lives Back Together
Dec 20, 2023
Vol FF Rob Weisberg Hikes the Appalachian Trail for PTSD and His Unique 9/11 Story
Nov 14, 2023
Kerrie Murphy - Suicide Survivor
Oct 30, 2023
Teri DeLaMontanya Part 2: Living Skills
Sep 14, 2023
Teri DeLaMontanya - Just Surviving Skills to Living Skills Part 1
Sep 12, 2023
James Beal NFD - Don't Do That Thing
Jul 24, 2023
Lawrence Williams, Nashville Fire Capt, Refused to get help until.....
Jun 08, 2023
Two Firefighter Spouses Share Their Experiences
May 31, 2023
FFret Jim Madison - Resilence X 1000
Mar 16, 2023
ret FF Keith Hanks - Putting His Life Back Together From C-PTSD
Mar 02, 2023
My Story of Having to Save My Own Life
Feb 18, 2023
Tyler Fausset ret FF/PM - Retiring is Hard
Feb 09, 2023
Paramedic Cheri Garcia: Reinventing Yourself
Jan 30, 2023
ret FF/PM Michael Loew, Carr Wildland Fire and the Aftermath
Sep 27, 2022
FF Don Pemberton: How to Prevent PTSD and Get Help When it Hits
Aug 11, 2022
Ret. Police Officer Stephanie Polizziani - Finding Light when it Became Dark
Jul 27, 2022
SGB Could Change Everything - Shauna "Doc" Springer
Jul 14, 2022
PTSD is a Physical Injury - Nan Herron, MD Explains
Jun 29, 2022
Christy and Danny Out on the Streets
Jun 22, 2022
San Jose PD ret Chris Warren, No One Knew What to Say
Jun 10, 2022
Ret. Deputy Sheriff Sally Lobb - Tough as Nails with a Giant Heart
Apr 28, 2022
Capt/PM Chris Moore, Power of Vulnerability and Volunteer's Mental Health
Apr 14, 2022
Danny McAtee - San Francisco Fire Department Paramedic
Apr 07, 2022
Full Circle, Cassie Sexton - Dispatcher and Jailer
Mar 31, 2022
At the Brink -Paramedic Jeff Smith, PTS and Climbing Over the Railing
Mar 17, 2022
FF's Paul and Skip, Courage in Choosing to Live
Feb 24, 2022
ret Capt Derek Robinson-Surviving the Darkness, Choosing to Live
Feb 17, 2022
Tyler Fausset - From FF/PM to PTS to Early Retirement to Happiness
Feb 10, 2022
Columbus FF/PM Doug Brown -I'm Fine.
Feb 01, 2022
Lt. Rob Hiller-Depression, Cardiac POTS, and PTS...he just keeps getting back up.
Jan 24, 2022
FF (ret) Joe Bartholomew, 33 years + trapped in a basement fire = PTS and then Recovery
Jan 13, 2022
Ret Chief Dave Robertson and Napa Valley Lunches
Jan 04, 2022
Quentin Waynick FF, Dispatcher, Paramedic - Suffered not knowing what was wrong
Nov 19, 2021
Ret Police Officer Ray Fernandez - The PTSD Sh*t Show
Nov 12, 2021
Olivia Johnson's Story of Being Married to PTSD
Oct 19, 2021
Deputy Sheriff-Coroner Neal Oilar (Ret.), Part One: Against All Odds
Sep 17, 2021
Retired Officer Albert Veldstra, How 30 years as a cop and an Officer Involved Shooting affected him and his family
Aug 12, 2021
Former Dispatcher Ricardo Martinez, #iam911
Aug 05, 2021
Ellen Kirschman PhD, How to Love a Firefighter
Jul 12, 2021
Former Firefighter Josh Johnson Wandered Lost Until He Asked For Help
Jun 17, 2021
Tessa Dunn - Rockstar Wife That Held a First Responder's Family Together
Jun 10, 2021
Conrad Weaver, Producer of the Film, PTSD911
Jun 03, 2021
The Similarities of a TBI and PTSD, ret CHP Sgt Paula Siddens
May 27, 2021
Assistant Fire Chief Steve Serbic - Undercover Mental Health and His Own Story
Apr 01, 2021
ret Fire Captain Tim Grutzius - Super Anger to Peace and PTSD
Mar 25, 2021
Lt. Tom Dunn (ret), Working in the Middle of Nowhere, Alaska
Mar 18, 2021
Sgt Eric Weaver ret. Has Lived, Walked, and Talks Mental Health
Mar 04, 2021
(R) Sergeant Kristi Tausinga kicks PTSD, Addiction and Dept Betrayal's Ass
Feb 25, 2021
Delta Force CSM Tom Satterly & His Hero, Jen Satterly
Feb 18, 2021
Police Officer Scott Medlin, Addiction, Recover, and Staying Healthy
Feb 11, 2021
Kaia Downing's Story of Husband Brad Downing's PTSD
Feb 04, 2021
Super Stoic ret Police Officer Brad Downing Tells His Story of Suffering Alone
Jan 28, 2021
Medically Ret Police Officer Rob Hindley survived PTS...Twice
Jan 21, 2021
Bill Pepitone ret NYPD, Mayoral Candidate of New York City
Jan 14, 2021
Ryan Dedmon-Outreach Director of the 911 Training Institute
Jan 07, 2021
U.K. Paramedic/Police Officer Sue M - Ask Yourself, Do I Really Want To Be Well?
Dec 17, 2020
Officer Chris Hoyer - When That Day Comes
Dec 10, 2020
District Fire Chief Jason Corthell, From the Very Bottom to the Top
Dec 04, 2020
FF ret Joshua Concepcion - PTSI and Department Betrayal
Nov 19, 2020
Police Chief Gary McHone - Strength, Vulnerability and a Servant’s Heart
Nov 12, 2020
Dr. Lorie Hood, First Responder Focused Traumatologist
Nov 06, 2020
Police Chief Daniel Smith, Be True to Yourself and Others
Oct 29, 2020
Battalion Chief Jacob Johnson - True Leadership and the Power of Vulnerability and Peer Support
Oct 22, 2020
Captain Brenda Berkman FDNY (ret) talks trauma, healing and connection
Oct 15, 2020
Firefighter and Combat Medic Ryan Mains, Runs For His Life
Oct 06, 2020
Lisa Houle - Defense Attorney for First Responders
Sep 29, 2020
Captain Dan Willis (ret) - The Bulletproof Spirit
Sep 22, 2020
Deputy Sheriff Melanie Mikeska: PTSD and Department Betrayal
Sep 15, 2020
Firefighter, PhD, and Chaplain Jeffrey Hosick - Trauma, the Toxic Workplace and Grace
Sep 08, 2020
John Hofman CSCS*D, TSAC-F*D, MS - Even Superman Needs Help
Sep 01, 2020
Cristian Hinojosa, Dallas Fire Captain, Talks Peer Support . Do It.
Aug 24, 2020
First In Wellness - Recover From the Beating that Comes With the Job
Aug 18, 2020
Paramedic/Dispatcher Michael Henderson, Take Charge of Your Own Recovery
Aug 11, 2020
Officer Sean Wyman - Broken to Unbreakable
Jul 28, 2020
Rick Markley, Volunteer Firefighters and Mental Health
Jul 21, 2020
Courtney, Daughter of Cop with PTSI. "When he was unavailable I felt like why bother being on this Earth"
Jul 14, 2020
FF/PM Matty Fiorenza - Falling Into the Dark Hole, Getting Out, and Staying Out
Jul 10, 2020
Jay Scott, Oklahoma City Fire Sergeant ret. 25 years after the Bombing - Part 2
Jul 05, 2020
16 Year Old Grace, "Your Kids Know More Than You Think."
Jul 01, 2020
Tim Dietz - It's a Beautiful Day
Jun 24, 2020
Officer Tim Kaplan - Anxiety and the Job
Jun 16, 2020
Jay Scott, Oklahoma City Fire Lieutenant ret. - 25 Years After the Bombing - Part 1
Jun 11, 2020
Deborah Louis Ortiz the Producer/Director/Writer of award winning film, Code 9: Officer Needs Assistance
Jun 03, 2020
Jeff Dill Gets Real About Suicide and First Responders
May 26, 2020
Police Sergeant Michael Surgue (ret) One of a Police Officer's Worst Nightmare
May 19, 2020
Ellen Kirschman, The Cop Doc "The Stigma is Stupid!"
May 12, 2020
Former Dispatcher Sue Faria
May 05, 2020
Pastor/Podcast Host/Firefighter Jon Sanders
Apr 28, 2020
James and Angelica Hendrix, two stories of one person’s PTSD.
Apr 22, 2020
Oklahoma City Firefighter Chris Fields
Apr 17, 2020
Recovery From Trauma, a Retired Cop's Journey
Apr 11, 2020
Spouse of a first responder with PTSD tells her story
Apr 07, 2020
Responding on your own family. Paramedic Anthony Hendricks
Mar 31, 2020
Co-Founder of the West Coast Post Trauma Retreat, Dr. Joel Fay
Mar 25, 2020
Just Me
Mar 19, 2020
CAL Fire Captain Noelle Bahnmiller
Mar 12, 2020
Former Undercover Narcotics officer Mike Koch
Mar 06, 2020
Welcome to The Firefighter Deconstructed
Feb 25, 2020