Sleeping badly, short with everyone, and calling it “just the job”? Here’s when to consider therapy, why you’ve put it off, and what the first step looks like.

More officers die by suicide each year than are killed in the line of duty, and most departments won't say that part out loud. Here's why the job wears you down in ways nobody warned you about, why "I should be handling this fine" is a lie your training taught you, and what actually needs to change before another good cop decides silence is the only option left.