Firefighter PTSD: How First Responder Trauma Builds Over Time

Firefighter PTSD often builds slowly, through years of small and repeated exposures, rather than from one dramatic event. That is the experience of firefighter Michael Bochey, who spent 15 years on the job before he saw how the calls had changed his view of the world. He tells Jeremy Van Wert how it showed up, why talk therapy alone fell short for him, and what helped.