Feeling sad or having regrets after experiencing traumatic events is a normal human response rather than a sign of a mental disorder.

“one of the main themes I was telling people during this tour was that's totally normal and it's okay it's okay to think oh I I lost some friends and sometimes I feel sad about it well yeah of course MH like that's that's that's normal that's fine”

He defines PTSD as a normal response to an abnormal situation that necessitates professional treatment for recovery.

“see postraumatic stress disorder is totally normal it's an it's a it's a normal response to an abnormal situation”

Lee Stuckey claims that having a reaction to abnormal events like combat is a normal human response rather than a sign of being broken.

“if you go through war, the things we went through, or even if you're here in America and you go through tornadoes or sexual assault or traumatic things, you're going through an abnormal event in your life. And if you don't have a reaction, you're probably a sociopath.”

PTSD is a normal, healthy reaction to trauma that tends to dissipate over time, but is worsened by societal isolation.

“I was like oh this is a normal reaction like the kind of freak show i can produce in a subway platform in new york city isn't just my unique and pathetic weakness and neurosis this is actually a normal healthy reaction to trauma”

Dealing with demons requires talking about them in a safe, private environment rather than trying to suppress them.

“if you have those thoughts in your life that even just the slightest beginning of a thought about that thing starts to creep into your head and your and your reaction to it is not now I don't want to do this I can't do this right now it's all happening in your head if that's something that you deal ”

Professional therapy is an essential tool for survivors to process trauma, understand behavioral responses, and break cycles of abuse.

“and that was the explanation for you know like all my hardships and my relationships and me struggling with my own emotional regulation and being able to be the best mom that I can be it took me going to therapy and having somebody say hey these things that you're saying actually weren't a big deal”

Talking about traumatic experiences is a therapeutic way for officers to process and release the heaviness of their jobs.

“I didn't I I used to think officers would tell stories to to try to be tough or try to be a man, you know, and and it's I realize now a lot of them do it for to release to get it to get it out and and uh uh it's like somebody who's been through a traumatic childhood by not talking about it, you give”