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How to cope when being good at your job becomes a burden

My supervisor keeps assigning me the most difficult cases because she says I handle trauma well but I have not told anyone that I go home and drink wine until I fall asleep every night.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You're the one who handles the hard cases, but nobody knows you're falling apart at home.

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