Quitting Work Because of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Upon learning one has the diagnosis of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), many people go through hell. People living with CPTSD are often forced to quit work to focus more on their symptoms and heal. In this article, we shall examine losing work because...Losing My Marbles
Emotions, losing control, not being yourself. I kept feeling like it was something I did. Something I could undo or fix so everything would turn out alright. Unfortunately, things kept getting worse… In the first week, no one knew what was wrong. The only thing...
Compassion Fatigue and Self Care for Practitioners
When I was a medical doctor, I suffered burnout three times. This was in the 1990s and few people, least of all me, had any idea what was wrong when overwhelming fatigue took over and we had to stop working for a while. I had not been taught about self-care and knew...