Encounters with the Dead Taught Me 4 Precious Lessons about Living

Every contact leaves a trace.

Leon Macfayden
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6 min readMar 12, 2023

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“Death” by Lexica AI

TW: This article contains frank and detailed discussion of violent death.

It’s weird how the dead have taught me more than the living ever could. As a police officer, I saw more dead people than I can count, and everyone left a mark. It’s how I got PTSD.

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Leon Macfayden
Publishous

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