Client after client sits in my chair and unloads their week, their worries, their whole heavy day onto me. I hold it well; being their calm place is part of what I offer. But by closing time I'm scraped hollow, and I've got nothing left to bring home to the people I love.
More people experience this than they realize.
Being everyone's steady place all day is quietly draining you empty.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.