Twenty-six years walking the same cellblock, reading every face for the thing that could go wrong. Retirement is close now, and my wife says I still scan every restaurant for exits and flinch when someone walks up behind me. I'm starting to understand that the habits that kept me alive in there are the same ones I'll have to unlearn just to live like a free man.
More people experience this than they realize.
Decades on the job have made you watchful and hard, and now you must unlearn the very habits that kept you safe.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.