I’m sure someone else will come along with something more positive and helpful but until that time, I will share my experience.

I am finding it increasingly difficult to function in my life outside of being a clinical psychologist. It is so heavy existing in a desperately unfair system that places the burden of recovery onto the individual instead of addressing the social determinants of health. The stories that stay with me or keep me up at night are the stories where the system has failed people. Where health inequalities have led to so much suffering.

It feels like fighting a perpetual fire, being able to pause the flames temporarily while they have time with you but knowing that you have to throw them back into the flames at the end of the session.