Stress
The physiological fight or flight response triggered when the crash phone rings.
What is stress response?
Trauma caused by hearing about or processing others' distressing experiences.
What is Vicarious Trauma?
Emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged work-related stress.
What is burn out?
Mental, emotional, and physical limits to help put your needs first such a asking for help or delegating.
What are healthy boundaries?
When a client starts their story with thecnically, the Article 138 doesn't say I can't do it....
What is a loophole?
Long term stress caused by prolonged exposure to high caseloads, grueling court-materials, and operational demands.
What is chronic stress?
Feeling helpless, decreased job satisfaction, feeling numb, feeling overwhelmed, and just inability to feel pleasure.
What are warning signs of compassion fatigue?
The burnout symptoms of feeling detached, highly cyncical, or sarcastic about daily legal duties.
What is depersonalization (or cynicism)?
Friends, family, colleagues, and others who can provide support to me after a stressful day at work.
What is a support system?
When you ask for a simple one sentence update on an active case and get a 40-minute play by play of base gossip.
What is status update?
Positive motivating type of stress that sharpens your focus during a critical brief.
What is Eustress?
JAG personnel handling graphic evidence or traumatic cases may experience these involuntary, vivid experiences of a past disturbing event.
What are flashbacks (or nightmares)?
Though high operational demands might make you hesitate, you should still request this authorized absence to prevent burnout.
What is leave?
Managing time in one's life to find a happy median with responsibilities.
What is life balance?
The physical dread of opening a "quick question" email from a squadron commander that turns our to be a 40 page investigation.
What is Commander's inquiry.
A simple technique of slow controlled breathing used to lower your heart rate.
What is breathing exercise (box breathing, tactical breathing)?
Withdrawing from unit social events or avoiding friends to save what little emotional energy you have left.
What is isolation (or social withdrawal)?
The physical head pains that can strike mid-way through a 12-hour shift.
What are headaches?
Paying attention to thoughts, feelings, and interactions with others in oneself to gain awareness.
What is self-awareness? (mindfulness, journaling, meditation)
When you ask for a "brief factual summary" of an incident and receive a handwritten, 12 page manifesto.
What is a statement?
The primary stress hormone that disrupts sleep patterns.
What is cortisol?
Using highly dark or cynical humor as an emotional shield to keep from feeling the weight of a bad situation.
What is a coping mechanism?
Healthy limits set to protect your peace, like delegating work when able.
What are boundaries?
Millions of people down load these to train the brain to focus in the moment and guide you through meditation.
What are mindfulness apps? Some good examples are ReSound GN, Calm, Headspace etc?
When a member walks in for a Power of Attorney at 1555, stating they deploy tomorrow morning at 0400.
What is last minute planning.