Hey everyone, great stuff here on the forums.
I've been in Fire and EMS for 8 years now, since i was a cadet for my local fire dept. I now work night side on a rig doing mostly ift in a large city with the occasional private caller or backup rescue. I absolutely love being in EMS, I wouldn't trade it for anything except winning the lottery and would then still pick up a shift here and there. I truly love to help people and never got into the business for the money, we all know there's not enough in it anyway... Just began paramedic class with a great school in hopes of moving out of the ift business and into a rescue job.
Here's the issue... For as much as love my career path i have lately been feeling down and don't know why. My regular partner can be difficult at times (most of the time) but I have always been able to put personal differences aside and do my job well. Just recently feeling a bit down and "searching for a purpose" feeling. A little anxiety about the rest of my life and career path. Will i be able to make it the rest of my life doing what i am doing? Does any of what we do really matter or just to me? Not sleeping well, or oversleeping; running behind schedule; aches. Keeping calls in my head for days about whether i did all i could or did i miss anything?
Anybody here ever have these issues and what helped you with them? Really don't like feeling this way, just not my normal self lately... and sorry its so long, sort of a ramble.
I've been in Fire and EMS for 8 years now, since i was a cadet for my local fire dept. I now work night side on a rig doing mostly ift in a large city with the occasional private caller or backup rescue. I absolutely love being in EMS, I wouldn't trade it for anything except winning the lottery and would then still pick up a shift here and there. I truly love to help people and never got into the business for the money, we all know there's not enough in it anyway... Just began paramedic class with a great school in hopes of moving out of the ift business and into a rescue job.
Here's the issue... For as much as love my career path i have lately been feeling down and don't know why. My regular partner can be difficult at times (most of the time) but I have always been able to put personal differences aside and do my job well. Just recently feeling a bit down and "searching for a purpose" feeling. A little anxiety about the rest of my life and career path. Will i be able to make it the rest of my life doing what i am doing? Does any of what we do really matter or just to me? Not sleeping well, or oversleeping; running behind schedule; aches. Keeping calls in my head for days about whether i did all i could or did i miss anything?
Anybody here ever have these issues and what helped you with them? Really don't like feeling this way, just not my normal self lately... and sorry its so long, sort of a ramble.