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Why healthcare workers can struggle with personal loss despite professional experience

I work in the ICU and watch people die every week but when my own father was dying I fell apart and could not handle it and I feel like a fraud.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Professional familiarity with death cannot shield against the unique pain of losing someone you love.

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