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.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people fighting the same battle are struggling to support each other because trauma manifests differently in each person.
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