For a career I've been the steady voice on the line while someone's worst moment unfolds in my ear, guiding them through fires and crashes and the sound of pure panic. I stayed calm every single time, then hung up and took the next call without a breath to feel any of it. All those years of absorbed terror I never processed are finally catching up with me, and I can't outrun them anymore.
More people experience this than they realize.
You were the calm voice through countless emergencies, and the trauma you absorbed and never processed is finally catching up with you.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.