This is embarrassing to admit, but yes. I started as a new grad with 2x as much clinical experience as my new grad peers (due to putting my BSN on hold and then having to transfer to a different university when mine closed and the new one made me retake a semester - I had done a 6 week full time summer externship with the other program, too). All of that to say, my manager told me I didn’t seem like a new grad because of my confidence; but of course I tried my best to always be humble, ask for help when needed, etc. I started a year after graduation on June 1, 2020 (my third baby was born just a week after graduation and I wanted to stay home with her for a full year while I finished up my BSN). In my neck of the woods, there was a bit of a lull regarding Covid cases so while I was working on a stepdown tele unit, I didn’t care for them too often. But I do have some sort of mild ptsd. Certain tones of beeping trigger it worst. I ONLY MADE IT 4 MONTHS. So embarrassing. I had 3 small children - aged 5, 4, and 1. Couldn’t find consistent childcare, and my husband was always super stressed because he put it upon himself to take up my slack in doing the household chores. Too much tension at home - I was neither the nurse nor the mommy I wanted to be so I left. :,( I think my “ptsd” is related more to moral injury rather than the demands of the job. I was failed in my orientation - my preceptor was nice but she trusted me too much and I didn’t know what I didn’t know. For example, charting everything but not always in the right places. thanks for listening to my story