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Code 4 Northwest
The Code 4 Northwest podcast provides a pragmatic, positive voice for a community of first responders and their families. When your day job is dealing with what is often one of the worst possible days for those you serve, it is vital that your perspectives be accurate and not overshadowed by your day to day experiences. This podcast exists to help restore the balance between perceptions and perspectives by stepping back to see the bigger picture.Code 4 Northwest is an entirely volunteer-run, free and confidential crisis response and referral network for Washington State active and retired first responders, EMS, corrections, civilian support personnel, and their families.
Code 4 Northwest
#10 Meggin Gardner- "I had lost control of my life."
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Code 4 Northwest
In this episode Meggin Gardner discusses her experience as a 911 dispatcher and how the effects of cumulative stress brought her to a tipping point. As the traumas began adding up, her body gave out warning signals. She "soldiered on" being the "tough girl" and self medicating, until the day she was no longer ok. Meggin also gives us an insightful look into the in patient treatment facility she entered. She credits this treatment center and the therapies received for saving her life and marriage.
Music in this episode:
Wah Game Loop by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4602-wah-game-loop
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license