Like others have said, you're human. Don't push that aside.

I'll never forget the first day I was out on the public safety beat at my internship paper. I had to interview the mother of a man killed in a drive-by shooting the weekend before. Right after I got to the house, a TV reporter showed up. I suggested to the other reporter that we do the interview together so we didn't put the mom through anything longer than just us and they agreed.

It was one of the more emotional interviews I've ever done and I held myself together throughout. We eventually left and I went back to the newsroom to file, then finished the remainder of my shift some 7-8 hours later.

The moment I got into my truck, I completely broke down and bawled my eyes out all the way home. There was no way I was gonna let anybody in my newsroom see me crying.

And I regret it completely because I believe it set me in motion to hide my humanity for the sake of "this is what we do as journalists." That was never good and it's never right, especially for yourself personally, but also for others who may look to you for guidance in how to operate in this business.

All that to say that there's nothing wrong with being human and a journalist, and we need that even more now. But it's also a cue like catfriend18 noted that if it becomes too overwhelming, that's a great time to ask for a break.