Warning - this is a VERY emotive watch.
I've worked in mental health services for almost fifteen years. I've heard it all (and more). I treat multiple trauma. I'm at risk of secondary trauma just from hearing about someone else's trauma. I work every day, providing therapy.
Why am I sharing this? Because in the last fifteen years, I've almost had to become a tad desensitised. How else can we show up for work and do our job every day? I never take work home and I remind myself that, despite the pain, I'm helping others to get to where they want to be.
I watched this today and I absolutely broke down. I broke down into a million pieces. I had to run for a box of tissues. I sobbed. Struggling to catch my breath. I was an absolute mess. I cried, cried and cried some more. Went through so many tissues. Face red and cheeks and eyes puffy. I've not cried this much in years. I sobbed for the family.
I had to pause it. I needed time to think. Time to process. Space. I came back and sobbed some more.
This broke my heart.
I've worked in mental health services for almost fifteen years. I've heard it all (and more). I treat multiple trauma. I'm at risk of secondary trauma just from hearing about someone else's trauma. I work every day, providing therapy.
Why am I sharing this? Because in the last fifteen years, I've almost had to become a tad desensitised. How else can we show up for work and do our job every day? I never take work home and I remind myself that, despite the pain, I'm helping others to get to where they want to be.
I watched this today and I absolutely broke down. I broke down into a million pieces. I had to run for a box of tissues. I sobbed. Struggling to catch my breath. I was an absolute mess. I cried, cried and cried some more. Went through so many tissues. Face red and cheeks and eyes puffy. I've not cried this much in years. I sobbed for the family.
I had to pause it. I needed time to think. Time to process. Space. I came back and sobbed some more.
This broke my heart.
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