First Responders Wellness Center

02/27/2026

02/24/2026

Key Aspects of PTSD-Related Visual Disruptions:
• Peripheral Distortions: The visual world can constrict, with peripheral vision becoming either hypersensitized (over-aware) or suppressed.
• Shadows and Shapes: It is not uncommon for people to perceive shadows, flashes, or figures in their peripheral vision.
• Post-Traumatic Vision Syndrome(PTVS): A, often overlooked, condition causing visual issues like blurriness, light sensitivity, and trouble focusing due to trauma.

You are not crazy.

02/20/2026

Get help. Call back up. 630-909-9094

02/20/2026

Get help. Call back up if you need. 630-909-9094

02/19/2026

First Responders Wellness Center supported the Chicago police memorial fund to help decrease mental health stigma and su***de.

02/10/2026

Best things about allowing yourself to cry…

Oxytocin & Endorphins: Crying releases these "feel-good" hormones, which reduce pain and promote feelings of well-being, contributing to the therapeutic relief felt after crying.

Stress Hormones: Emotional tears also contain cortisol and adrenaline, and crying helps flush these out, aiding in stress reduction.

It is okay. Your body naturally helps you to feel better when you let out tears.

02/10/2026

Good books for first responders!

02/10/2026

https://youtube.com/shorts/SlnfQoSH_LM?si=XcMGLLRG3g7d_u1l

You can change. Science shows us.

Healing isn’t just emotional, it’s physical too. 💜When you choose new thoughts, new habits, and new ways of responding, your brain literally begins forming ...

02/06/2026

We are hiring public safety social workers and psychologists.

Please go to our website and submit a CV. Work with hero’s.

Therapy for Police, Fire & Dispatch, Crisis & Trauma Services for first responders, Veterans, Wellness and resiliency programs, First Responders Wellness Center

01/27/2026

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7dp9zRJdYIYexs1TKeKM11?si=EMQscxHyT5impxBx0WQrqQ

Beyond the Dispatch · Episode

12/08/2025

https://conta.cc/4alPRJ1

12/06/2025

Michael was the first officer I knew who was killed in the line of duty who I worked with on CPD. Please consider writing a letter.