How do I cope when the emotional toll of my job feels dangerous?

You understand why people in your field give up, because you carry the same weight they carried. The grief is constant. The choices have no clean answer. That you can see the edge others fell from is not weakness. It means you are being honest about how heavy this is. Understanding the danger is exactly why you must not carry it alone. The people who fall are usually the ones who kept it all inside. So the most important thing is not to be stronger. It is to be less alone. Tell one person the true weight of it, a friend, a counselor, a peer who does the same work. Saying it out loud takes some of its power. If the darkness ever turns toward you, treat that as an emergency, not a private shame, and reach for help the same day. You spend your days easing suffering. You are allowed to be someone who receives care too. Start this week with one honest conversation. That is not weakness. That is how you stay.