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Why professional expertise doesn't protect against personal loss

I work in palliative care and I'm good at helping families through death but when my own dog got sick I completely fell apart and couldn't make any decisions.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Proximity to suffering as work creates the illusion that we're immune to its personal devastation.

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