About this episode

Ben Dimmock shares his journey from struggling with mental health as a police officer to becoming a wellbeing lead for his peers.

Between 2022 - 2025, at least 70 police officers in England and Wales took their own lives. When Ben Dimmock joined the police, he knew he wanted to help others and serve his community. But after years in the force, seeing traumatic incidents and running towards danger, his mental health started to decline, and he started having suicidal thoughts. But he bravely confided in his superiors and after his own recovery, he asked Bedfordshire Police if he could be their wellbeing lead. Now Ben and his team work with officers who are feeling the way he once did, supporting them on the road to recovery. This is REAL LIVES. To join me on Patreon please see here, thank you: https://patreon.com/REALtruecrimepodcast For mental health support, please see here: https://thejordanlegacy.com/ https://www.mind.org.uk/ - Mental health & Identity support https://www.spuk.org.uk/ - Suicide Prevention UK https://www.samaritans.org/ - The Samaritans https://988lifeline.org/ - Suicide Prevention USA https://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/ - Suicide Prevention Australia https://www.pieta.ie/ - Suicide Prevention Ireland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Naomi Channell

Guest: Ben Dimmock

Topics covered

• mental health
• police wellbeing
• suicide prevention
• trauma
• recovery
• support

Keywords

• police
• mental health
• suicide
• wellbeing
• support
• trauma
• recovery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bedfordshire Police, Samaritans, Suicide Prevention UK, Mental health & Identity support, Suicide Prevention USA, Suicide Prevention Australia, Suicide Prevention Ireland

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