Every profession, due to the nature of its work, may bring its practitioners a certain amount of psychological trauma. But when these traumas hurt you, can you only learn to suffer in silence? Which profession has the highest level of trauma “People generally think that police officers are supposed to be the strongest, and almost no one thinks they will be traumatized. And in fact, the police profession is the most vulnerable.” Dr. Chunli Yi of the Department of Psychology at Peking University says that abroad, police officers are frequent clients of psychological counseling. That’s because they are constantly exposed to such trauma. In the Hong Kong film “Infernal Affairs,” Kelly Chen plays the role of a counselor who serves police officers. Chun-Li Yee says this role is very important to the police officers. In the Dover smuggling case, 60 Chinese smugglers were stuffed into a truck to be smuggled to the U.K. The only vent on the truck was closed, which eventually led to 58 deaths from asphyxiation. Chunli Yi emphasized that the only two survivors on the truck were Level 1 traumatized, any family members of the victims were Level 2 traumatized, and all police officers who had contact with the scene of the tragedy were Level 3 traumatized. Especially those who were not psychologically prepared for the sudden exposure to the “tragic images” of the border police, they may therefore have nightmares every day, and if not dealt with in a timely manner, these traumas may be repressed, and symptoms will slowly appear in the days to come. Therefore, these people absolutely need trauma counseling after the incident. Not long ago, the Ministry of Public Security released data showing that in 2003, 476 Chinese police officers were killed and 6,076 were injured, one of which is particularly noteworthy: “212 police officers died on the job due to overwork”. This figure accounts for a significant proportion of the civilian police officers who died. It was revealed that the average age of the police officers who died on duty was just over 30 years old. The sacrifice of a colleague is a secondary trauma to his comrades, and if it is not handled well, the morale of the unit will be affected. “When it comes to secondary trauma treatment, a number of units have already started to pay attention to this issue, but tertiary trauma because of the sight of ‘disaster’ scenes is often overlooked.” Yi Chunli reminds that people who are traumatized tend to sleep poorly, lack interpersonal safety, distrust people, etc., but they work for unknown reasons, even with their symptoms. This actually has nothing to do with ability, but is a normal psychological reaction. In order to avoid the premature death of police officers, the Ministry of Public Security has implemented a nationwide “compulsory leave” system since last year, and is working to establish a system of regular medical checkups, a system of physical exercise to meet standards, and a system of education and training centered on maintaining personal safety, as well as negotiating with relevant departments to establish an insurance system for police officers killed or injured on duty. These initiatives are all very commendable, but the establishment of a mental health system, including trauma counseling, is obviously not yet on the agenda. Not only police officers, but also journalists and doctors are vulnerable to tertiary trauma. Yi Chunli said, for example, emergency department medical personnel, psychologists, disaster reports, war correspondents, etc., they are all susceptible people, and these occupations are also psychologically high-risk occupations. This also puts new demands on modern personnel managers. What we can do Chun-Li Yi said, because when exposed to a scene such as a disaster for professional reasons, the sense of being unhindered can make them more psychologically wounded if the personnel involved are not actually able to deal with it and are not capable of coping with the environment. “A practitioner is only more human when he is able to protect himself, what he presents to others. If they have contempt for even their own lives, then it is difficult for them to be kind and humane to others.” Therefore, many practitioners of psychologically high-risk occupations should find ways to protect themselves first. Yi Chunli suggests that people in high-risk occupations should start training themselves how to protect themselves before they work, including during their university studies, what is important, what kind of protection they need to have, what kind of treatment they need to do afterwards, and what kind of emotions are normal …… This is what people in these occupations should know before of. For example, experts can be invited to give lectures beforehand on how to prevent trauma, what people are more vulnerable to trauma, what kind of trauma they will have, and what they should be careful about when they work. You can even set up some related contents in universities, such as the journalist profession, and tell future practitioners what psychological difficulties they may encounter in this profession, what help you need, where you can get help, and what forms of psychological counseling you can get. In short, this is a systematic project that requires the efforts and attention of all parties.