Adina Peyton, GRAMI - "Getting Real About Mental Illness" | The Jeff Crilley Show

The Jeff Crilley Show

This episode is about first responders and mental illness. If you think about the hard working men and women who are first responders, police, firefighters, and paramedics, they are called into action. They kiss their wife or husband goodbye in the morning, and they don't know if they're coming home at night. Unfortunately, they see a lot of the worst in people. They're responding to tragedies every single day, and it affects them. It's kind of the silent thing that happens in law enforcement, because truly, there's a stigma. If you're a cop, you can't raise your hand and say to your sergeant, "Hey, I'm wrestling with something right now," because there's a stigma and they may take you off the streets. Perhaps there's a code of silence in which they look down on you because you're struggling, so there is an epidemic of cops, firefighters, and paramedics who are wrestling with mental health illness. That's why I have my next guest on the show. She's a returning guest, Adina Peyton. She's with GRAMI. It's "Getting Real About Mental Illness”.