A Livingston County Deputy received additional training recently. Deputy Terry Wilson attended the training in St. Joseph that included: the impact of trauma, vicarious trauma, and burnout on professional and personal wellbeing.
Wilson told Sheriff Steve Cox about some of the important items he took from the training, including:
- When you leave work for the day leave work at work and focus on you, your family and friends.
- If you feel you are having trouble do not feel ashamed to ask for help.
- Take your vacations and time off and enjoy your time away from the job and try to focus on you and not your job.
- If you see a coworker having difficulty do not wait for them to ask for help, go to them and ask if you can help them in any way you can.
- Things to help you are eating good meals and not fast food all the time, a good night’s sleep, exercise on a regular basis and take time away from work for yourself and your family.
That sounds like good advice for all of us.
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