ceciliabee

nice try, mexicans

Feeling fine is, well, fine. What if you could feel good, or even great? I've heard that people in medicine (please let me know if there's a better blanket term) often have a blind eye to their own health.

I can only imagine all the people you've helped, the times you could have given up but decided to keep going, the passion you feel for helping people in their worst moments. Your contribution to society is beautiful in a way, and I'm so grateful that people like you exist. The role you play is so, so important.

But, if I may, your role isn't more important than taking care of yourself, and neither is your contribution to society. If you reach your breaking point, and you will if you don't address this, the destruction and heartache won't be confined to you, it will spread to those around you.

Please listen to what your family and friends have to say. Ask them why they think you have PTSD. Google the symptoms and think honestly about if you feel them. Treat yourself like a patient and assess objectively. You could even go to one psych appointment if for nothing but to allay the suspicions of your loved ones.

Please take care of your mind, you can't help anyone if you're burned out. Sorry for the rant

You're 13???? Haha just kidding. Have you ever rescued a cat from a tree? Do firefighters actually do that?

Thank you for the important work you do. Kind of makes me feel like I should be doing more.

Is it totally wrong to think of ocd as a rebranded "anxiety+"?