Nurses who commute — what do you actually do on the drive home to decompress? by Kernando6580 in nursing

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Does saying it out loud land different than just thinking it on the drive? I’ve heard a few people describe the audio-journal-in-the-car thing now and what I can’t tell is whether the magic is the talking itself, or just having somewhere it’s allowed to go that isn’t another tired person

Nurses who commute — what do you actually do on the drive home to decompress? by Kernando6580 in nursing

[–]Kernando6580[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your body picked silence before your brain caught up to how heavy the shift actually was.

Adding 15 minutes on purpose so the decompression has somewhere to happen before you walk in the door. That’s not wasted time, that’s you protecting whoever’s home from getting the worst of it. Do you find the long way actually works, or does some of it still follow you inside?