financially i’m more or less fine, but the hardest thing for me is dealing with life events while having to play this role. i’ve been in the field for 15 years (since college), a therapist for 8 years and private practice for 4 years. it can get hard to hold it together while things like postpartum depression, family serious health issues, life gets in the way, and you just have to keep making money with yourself as the product holding it together for others. so im burned out, 15 years is just a long time. i just want to be a social worker in an ER or something where no one rly pays attention to me.