Flash Point: A Firefighter’s Journey Through PTSD

-Large target audience: There are over 2 million first responders in the United States (1 million local firefighters, 280,000 paramedics and EMTs, and 800,000 sworn police officers), all of whom are at risk for post-traumatic stress need stories like this one.
Because of their personal commitment and workplace culture, first responders who are struggling with post-traumatic stress and suicidal thoughts may doubt their toughness or selflessness, and reject help from those they perceive as being an outsider ; they are more likely to absorb a message of hope from a title like this one, written by someone who has actually walked in their shoes.
PTSD-related suicide among first responders is gaining significant national attention right now, primarily because rates of PTSD and depression are so high in that population (five times higher among firefighters than they are among civilians). : Mary Karr’s Lit, Tara Westover’s Educated, or Jeannette Walls’s The Glass Castle