First Responders put their life on the line for innocent people everyday. They are the first ones to arrive on scene bring help or supplies to those in need. Those responder are Police Officers, Paramedics, Firefighter, Emergency Dispatchers, and Military Personal. Many people do not realize the amount of stress that being a first responder can put on a person. Many of the responders might end up having anxiety. Some of the different anxieties that they will go through are Separation anxiety, Panic, Social anxiety, and Generalized anxiety. Separation anxiety affects everyone differently. In some cases people might get attached if the call involves kids. Some first responders might have separation anxiety after curtin calls. When first responders go to a call they have to make sure that they keep their cool and don’t panic. L If first responders start panicking at the call they might put the victim or victims in …show more content…
From being in the situations that first responders face everyday stress is just one of the side effects from the job, because of stress it can make it easy for people to feel helpless. Stress is different for everyone who gets it. Some of the side effects can be break out into hives, stop eating, or it evens makes them eat more. Many will turn to addictive behaviors in order to deal with life. With stress it can cause first responders to become overwhelmed at the scene. This might happen when there is a death at the scene or seriously injuries. Stress can also make it hard for first responders to have a relationships. Some of the causes of stress can be Death of a spouse, Divorce, Marriage separation, Imprisonment, Death of a close family member, Injury or illness, Marriage, Job loss, Marriage reconciliation, Retirement. “If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment” (Marcus