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When couples both work in healthcare and face racism differently

My partner and I are both Black healthcare workers and we're burning out from constantly advocating for our patients while dealing with microaggressions from colleagues, but we process this stress so differently — they internalize everything and I get angry — and it's creating distance between us when we need each other most.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Two people fighting the same battle are struggling to support each other because trauma manifests differently in each person.

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“Where Are You with Healthcare equity and structural racism in medicine?”

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