Comments for Morning glory's random thoughts.... http://morningglory123.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:02:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on SUICIDE PREVENTION by Dick Augusta http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/suicide-prevention/#comment-96 Dick Augusta Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:02:24 +0000 http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-96 As Assistant Editor of the Badge Of Life 'Team', I just wanted to thank you very much for your support to our 'new' cause with attempting to improve the quality of life for Law Enforcement personnel. Especially, now that PTSD is much more understood in current times. Caring people are our best allies in this important project. Thanks again... Dick Augusta CHP Retired As Assistant Editor of the Badge Of Life ‘Team’, I just wanted to thank you very much for your support to our ‘new’ cause with attempting to improve the quality of life for Law Enforcement personnel. Especially, now that PTSD is much more understood in current times. Caring people are our best allies in this important project. Thanks again…
Dick Augusta
CHP Retired

]]> Comment on SUICIDE PREVENTION by Andy O'Hara http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/suicide-prevention/#comment-95 Andy O'Hara Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:02:46 +0000 http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-95 Our sincere thanks for your support and added exposure to the folks who need this information. You do us a wonderful service! Our sincere thanks for your support and added exposure to the folks who need this information. You do us a wonderful service!

]]> Comment on Answer to rdlght, War Dog Comes Home, North vs South by K9 Coach http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/answer-to-rdlght-war-dog-comes-home-north-vs-south/#comment-83 K9 Coach Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:03:03 +0000 http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/answer-to-rdlght-war-dog-comes-home-north-vs-south/#comment-83 Dogs are so impressive. They do "know", and pick up on emotion way before humans do. They also live for the moment. In the areas of joy, relationships, & truthfulness we should all to aspire to be more like a dog called Nubs! Congrats Dennis on bringing a lifelong friend back from your experience in Iraq. More joy to come for you and Nubs. Dogs are so impressive. They do “know”, and pick up on emotion way before humans do. They also live for the moment.

In the areas of joy, relationships, & truthfulness we should all to aspire to be more like a dog called Nubs!

Congrats Dennis on bringing a lifelong friend back from your experience in Iraq. More joy to come for you and Nubs.

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]]> Comment on BADGE OF LIFE by Rick Neeley http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/badge-of-life/#comment-63 Rick Neeley Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:50:56 +0000 http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/badge-of-life/#comment-63 I spent 21 years as a police officer,detective and in the summer of 2006 my best friend and chief commited suicide while I was on the phone with him trying to talk him out of it. My department offered no support . I was told to notify his family, arrange his funeral and conduct the investigation which included viewing the in car camera video of him shooting himself and recovering his personnal effects which were covered in his brains and blood. I also viewed his blood spattered suicide note. His office was cleaned out the next day after this occured and we were told as a department by our administration the this was over and it was time to move on. I struggled to go on and found myself just going through the motions on the job. I sought help from the departments phychologist who was also the hostage negiotiator for our SRT and I was aware his own wife had commited suicide using his weapon. I asked him if I could get some time off as I was having nightmares and flashbacks. He told me that time off would do no good as I would just have to go right back to it. I got more and more frustrated and became more withdrawn and depressed. The final straw happened when a backed up a rookie officer on a assist the FBI on entering the apartment of a suspect who was threatening to blow up our local airport. I assisted him and kept him back while I made entry first into the apartment as I had years on our SRT. I then had command officers falsely accuse me of threatening to shoot this rookie officer and was charged and suspended without pay. I could not handle any more pressure so I resigned. I have struggled in the year since and at one point took a semi auto pistol from my closet with the intention of using it on myself. I ended up going to a mental health facility and seeking treatment and was diagnosed with PTSD. I have felt pushed aside and forgotten by my department and my fellow officers. It's as if I have some disease that will jump off me and on to them if they get to close. I have received no support from my state workers comp or the Equal Employment Opportunities Commision as well as my local congressperson who did not even reply to my letter to her. I went from Hero to Zero almost overnight. I have applied for a disability pension and have received assistance to attend college to become a teacher from my states bureau of vocational rehabilitation. I think that PTSD is this silent epedemic that the police community would rather just push under the rug and not deal with as it has this stigma of an officer being weak, if he seeks help attached to it. I loved being a police officer and I was very good at it. I want to turn this into something positive and help increase awareness of PTSD and cop suicide amongst police officers , elected officials and the general public. It's time for everyone to quit burying their heads in the sand and quit pretending these problems don't exist. I spent 21 years as a police officer,detective and in the summer of 2006 my best friend and chief commited suicide while I was on the phone with him trying to talk him out of it. My department offered no support . I was told to notify his family, arrange his funeral and conduct the investigation which included viewing the in car camera video of him shooting himself and recovering his personnal effects which were covered in his brains and blood. I also viewed his blood spattered suicide note. His office was cleaned out the next day after this occured and we were told as a department by our administration the this was over and it was time to move on. I struggled to go on and found myself just going through the motions on the job. I sought help from the departments phychologist who was also the hostage negiotiator for our SRT and I was aware his own wife had commited suicide using his weapon. I asked him if I could get some time off as I was having nightmares and flashbacks. He told me that time off would do no good as I would just have to go right back to it. I got more and more frustrated and became more withdrawn and depressed. The final straw happened when a backed up a rookie officer on a assist the FBI on entering the apartment of a suspect who was threatening to blow up our local airport. I assisted him and kept him back while I made entry first into the apartment as I had years on our SRT. I then had command officers falsely accuse me of threatening to shoot this rookie officer and was charged and suspended without pay. I could not handle any more pressure so I resigned. I have struggled in the year since and at one point took a semi auto pistol from my closet with the intention of using it on myself. I ended up going to a mental health facility and seeking treatment and was diagnosed with PTSD. I have felt pushed aside and forgotten by my department and my fellow officers. It’s as if I have some disease that will jump off me and on to them if they get to close. I have received no support from my state workers comp or the Equal Employment Opportunities Commision as well as my local congressperson who did not even reply to my letter to her. I went from Hero to Zero almost overnight. I have applied for a disability pension and have received assistance to attend college to become a teacher from my states bureau of vocational rehabilitation. I think that PTSD is this silent epedemic that the police community would rather just push under the rug and not deal with as it has this stigma of an officer being weak, if he seeks help attached to it. I loved being a police officer and I was very good at it. I want to turn this into something positive and help increase awareness of PTSD and cop suicide amongst police officers , elected officials and the general public. It’s time for everyone to quit burying their heads in the sand and quit pretending these problems don’t exist.

]]> Comment on Regarding Marriage by jewaira http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/regarding-marriage/#comment-37 jewaira Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:51:15 +0000 http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-37 A nice collection of quotes. Marriage is certainly a hands on project A nice collection of quotes.

Marriage is certainly a hands on project

]]> Comment on Regarding Marriage by sulochanosho http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/regarding-marriage/#comment-36 sulochanosho Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:32:19 +0000 http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-36 A very spicy and neat post and the points are worth pondering. And on top of it, let me have the fredom to echo a different note: <blockquote>Nothing mars our precious life like a mirage called marriage.</blockquote> A very spicy and neat post and the points are worth pondering.

And on top of it, let me have the fredom to echo a different note:

Nothing mars our precious life like a mirage called marriage.

]]> Comment on FIGHT ANIMAL CRUELITY by FIGHT ANIMAL CRUELITY | HolisticDogOnline.com http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/fight-animal-cruelity/#comment-25 FIGHT ANIMAL CRUELITY | HolisticDogOnline.com Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:54:48 +0000 http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/fight-animal-cruelity/#comment-25 [...] holisticpetfood article is brought to you using rss feeds.Here are some of the latest findings and news on holistic health care for dogs.ASPCA Forensic Veterinarian Dr. Melinda Merck, who testifies as a forensic veterinary expert for animal cruelty cases around the country, literally wrote the book on using science in investigating animal cruelty! … [...] [...] holisticpetfood article is brought to you using rss feeds.Here are some of the latest findings and news on holistic health care for dogs.ASPCA Forensic Veterinarian Dr. Melinda Merck, who testifies as a forensic veterinary expert for animal cruelty cases around the country, literally wrote the book on using science in investigating animal cruelty! … [...]

]]> Comment on SNOW by 4urpets http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/snow/#comment-15 4urpets Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:43:04 +0000 http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/snow/#comment-15 Wow, what a beautiful place you live in. Where are pictures of your pups? I would like to see them. Wow, what a beautiful place you live in. Where are pictures of your pups? I would like to see them.

]]> Comment on Let Go of My Bone by puppymom http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/let-go-of-my-bone/#comment-4 puppymom Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:55:22 +0000 http://morningglory123.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/let-go-of-my-bone/#comment-4 It is very sad to me to think that this is not an exaggeration -- there are dogs who are living this very life. I wish there were enough caring pet owners to go around (or enough brains in the people who should not own pets to realize that they have no business owning a pet). It is very sad to me to think that this is not an exaggeration — there are dogs who are living this very life. I wish there were enough caring pet owners to go around (or enough brains in the people who should not own pets to realize that they have no business owning a pet).

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