This is episode 6 of a special 6-part series exploring the mental toll frontline professionals carry as they do vital work to protect all of us.

Sean McCallum is a crisis intervention and trauma consultant, and a watch manager in the UK fire service where he's served for 23 years. In this episode, Sean shares his view on why some experiences are traumatic for some individuals but not others, what might cause flashbacks and rumination, and how sleep - or lack there of - can shape how we process trauma.

Sean is not a clinician. His perspective comes from a person-centred metapsychological approach.

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