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Why I Stream After Shift (Even When Iâm Tired)
Behind the Wall, Beyond the Game â Part 5By: @GraylineChiâThere are nights I walk out of the unit mentally fried.Iâm tired. Iâm tense. The weight of what we deal with behind the wall doesnât clock out just because my shift does.So yeahâsometimes the last thing I want to do is stream.But I hit that live button anyway. And hereâs why.âđŽ Itâs Not About the Game. Itâs About the Reset.Streaming afterâŚ
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Rage Quit or Recharge? Emotional Control in Gaming & Life
Series: Behind the Wall, Beyond the Game â Part 4By: @GraylineChiâWeâve all had those momentsâwhether itâs in the unit or in a Call of Duty lobbyâwhere the pressure gets to you. Your chest tightens. Your voice rises. Maybe something slips out you didnât mean to say.In corrections, weâre trained to control it. Stay calm. Stay professional. Show no emotion, no weakness.But hereâs the truth: holdingâŚ
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đ§ą Title: Streaming Keeps Me Sane
âď¸ Series: Behind the Wall, Beyond the Game â Part 3*đ¤ By @GraylineChiâCorrections changes you.You spend enough time behind those walls, constantly on guard, and eventually, it gets harder to turn it off. You carry that edge with youâinto your house, your relationships, your head. And after a while, you start feeling like youâre just existing between shifts.Thatâs where streaming saved me.AndâŚ
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The Shift Never EndsâUnless You Make It
âď¸ Series: Behind the Wall, Beyond the Game*đ¤ By @GraylineChiâThereâs something nobody tells you when you start working in corrections: just because your shift ends doesnât mean the mental weight clocks out with you.You walk out of the facility, but your mind is still thereâreplaying conversations, evaluating behavior, preparing for tomorrow. That âpost-prison brainâ follows you all the wayâŚ
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After the Shift: How Gaming and Streaming Help Me Decompress and Grow
Working in corrections isnât your typical 9 to 5. The weight we carry from shift to shiftâmentally, emotionally, sometimes physicallyâis something most people outside the walls will never fully understand. After hours spent in that high-alert environment, stepping back into the âreal worldâ doesnât always feel so real.For me, the first step to staying saneâand growing personallyâis figuring outâŚ
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Instilling Ownership: Rebuilding Accountability in Todayâs Correctional Workforce
Pt. 2 What Does Ownership Mean in Corrections?Ownership is more than doing your job. Itâs taking pride in your role, anticipating problems, staying accountable for mistakes, and being part of the solutionânot part of the noise.In corrections, ownership looks like:Conducting thorough security checks without being toldReporting issues immediately, even if it puts you under the microscopeStayingâŚ
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Instilling Ownership: Rebuilding Accountability in Todayâs Correctional Workforce
Pt. 1 By a Correctional Supervisor Committed to the MissionThereâs a phrase I often repeat to my team: âThis uniform doesnât just cover a bodyâit represents a standard.â But lately, Iâve seen too many officers wearing the uniform without understanding the weight behind it.As a correctional supervisor with years in the trenches, Iâm frustratedânot with the demands of the job, but with the growingâŚ
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Daily writing promptWhich food, when you eat it, instantly transports you to childhood?View all responses My Grandmotherâs Brisket and french fruit squares
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âWhen the Job Becomes a Burden: The Unspoken Frustrations of a Correctional Supervisorâ
As a correctional officer supervisor, Iâve worn the weight of the badge long enough to know that this job isnât for everyone. But lately, the weight doesnât just come from the challenges inside the wallsâit comes from within our own ranks. One of the most disheartening trends Iâve seen is officers who show up physically, but not mentally or professionally. Whether itâs cutting corners, ignoringâŚ
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Corrections Officer Mental Health
Working inside correctional facilities requires more than physical presenceâit demands emotional endurance, vigilance, and an ability to suppress fear, frustration, and trauma on a daily basis. For many Corrections Officers, this emotional toll can evolve into something much more dangerous: unaddressed and untreated Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Iâve served in this role for many years,âŚ
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Leadership
The old cliche there is no such thing as a bad team just a bad leader. This cliche is true in the most truest form. In corrections I have had the honor to work for and beside some amazing leaders. Ive also work with some leaders that lacked knowledge along with the skill to be able to lead a team, and honestly no common sense. A good leader takes the good with the bad. a good leader takesâŚ
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Veteran Officers vs. Young Officers
Throughout the years I have observed the way young officers deal with situations with agitated inmates and they way they talk to the inmates. They are eager to go hands on kick ass and save the day. Eager to lock someone down and brag about how many lock downs they got that day. It reminds me of a story one of my Professors told me in a class twenty some years ago. He was a rookie officer onâŚ
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Daily writing promptWhat tattoo do you want and where would you put it?View all responses I would like two. First one would be a full sleeve on my left arm of a taddered flag with gray and blue stripes. Second one would be full sleeve on my right arm of arch angel wings.
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The Switch
No body ever tells you when you first start as a CO how mentally draining and numb it makes you feel. I knew any job or career you will grow into it and adapt to the job, but in the last few years I have noticed myself numb to certain things in life. As a CO on post you have policies, procedures, and training to do your job, and at home you have the training from family and loved ones. You haveâŚ
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