I'm not sure if that solves the core issue of long term mental effects, even on the "hardest" people. Stepdad is a retired firefighter, has kind of that old-ti

I'm not sure if that solves the core issue of long term mental effects, even on the "hardest" people. Stepdad is a retired firefighter, has kind of that old-timey tough guy thing going on (although deep down he's a real softy) - he rarely likes talking about the hardest parts of the job, but the few times it has come up he mentions seeing some things that haunt him. I remember one time him mentioning seeing something so grotesque when he pulled up to the scene that he started laughing at the absurdity. Sort of in a way that he could do nothing but throw his hands up and say "well fuck this." He jokes about some of that stuff, but I can sense pain beneath the humor.