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The aching red: Firefighters often silently suffer from trauma and job-related stress

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
The aching red: Firefighters often silently suffer from trauma and job-related stressFirefighters regularly face scenes of loss and suffering. Mike Dohmen/EyeEm via Getty Images

Matthew was exposed to unimaginable scenes of pain and suffering in his job over more than a decade as a firefighter. The last straw came when he witnessed the death of a teenager – who was the same age as his son – from an overdose.

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