Healthcare Workers
Healing others brings us face to face with our own demons. For us helping professionals, what is difficult to look at within ourselves can often be found reflected back at us by the humans we serve. Pain and discomfort that arises when these reflections are seen can include anger, frustration, disappointment, embarrassment, fear, anxiety, resentment, inadequacy, and sadness. It is human to attempt to relieve such pain with efforts such as self isolation, substance use, impulsive decision making, defensiveness, perfectionism, procrastination, denial, and workaholism.