EyeBrock EyeBrock:
So, I must have struck a nerve eh? You don't like the facts being pointed out to you and you actually thought that a week or two in the Reserves and a ride-along with the cops makes you a soldier and a cop. Very sad.....
But hey, you've made an impact with all the soldiers and cops on the forum eh? I'm sure you were as successful at work too. I bet you were their fave doc…..
A nerve? Now what are you talking about? My opinion regarding the topic at hand does not denigrate any soldier anywhere. My opinion has been explained. Where this has turned personal is far more interesting.
If indeed you are a cop, I would force you to be on AL and undergoing assessment and here’s why. There’s a phrase that trained professionals look for.
First there’s
“You wouldn’t understand”. That’s a typical response that someone under some form of stress is holding back on and really wants to talk about. Usually a little persuasion opens the door and a dialogue ensues.
Then we have
“You can’t understand”. This was in essence what you said.
“I’m not one of you”. A much more significant statement in my field. Especially found among those in marginally stressful positions with limited authority. It indicates a problem that they’ rather not talk about and at the same time is an effort to falsely elevate themselves to believe that they are special or “above the average person”. In military cases it’s usually a sign of PTSD after experiencing something particularly traumatic. While is can result in police or first responder duty, it’s really actually pretty rare. In the case of police, it’s a protection mechanism to avoid dealing with an underlying issue. “We as police have to do the things you don’t so we’re better or special.” Unfortunately that’s more difficult to deal with and it makes the affected individual person a risk factor to themselves, the people they work with, and the people they have to interact with.
There is of course a third possibility. This forum being a totally anonymous medium, an individual that is a rent-a-cop and pretends to be a cop is going to respond much like you did. Defensive and immediately attempting to elevate oneself to the stature that eliminates the requirement to explain. “You can’t understand because you’re not one of us” in order to cover their insecurity and to continue the charade that they really are more important than they are.
If you really are a cop, you need to talk to someone.
If you’re not a cop, you probably still need help, but there are at least six others on this forum that are obvious miscreants. They have created a virtual life that provides certain freedoms that don’t exist in real life. They’re easy to identify even by the untrained.
Either way I really don’t much care.
Doing what I do/did for a living has exposed me to some extraordinary situations, and those that do what I do for a living don’t have to experience any particular incident to “understand”. In most cases we do but more importantly we really only have to get you to understand in order to deal with whatever the particular problem is.
Oh, and while I’m answering this, the other comment about compensation is still wrong. I worked under contract for both the Canadian and US governments and probably evaluated slightly more than a thousand individuals. Some were very seriously affected and most weren’t. Other than recommendations for preliminary follow-up and evaluations for research purposes, I had nothing to do with compensation.
CKA Uber 
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