Thread by @HartleySamantha

I am on the edge of burnout. I think it’s important I’m honest about this yet wanted to take some steps before I shared publicly. I am emotionally exhausted, full up + empty, noticing my red flags (suicidal thoughts - I’m not suicidal, I am safe; this is a sign for me to listen).

Many others are too. Those and I who are resilient, persevering, compassionate, determined, innovative. I got a first class degree while depressed and experiencing ED, I did a PhD while working full time. I have worked in complex care for six years. This is new.

I will carry on. I must, I can, I have to for those that need me to and, I want to. I am taking steps personally and professionally to manage. We are working together to resolve more broadly. And yet this sign is my body and mind telling me something.

We were on the brink before Covid. Decades of not enough. If you work in MH + you’re ‘apolitical’, I ask you what is good enough? If this is what we experience, what about those for whom this is life, not just work. Life is hard for us all right now; it’s even harder for some.

Let’s work together. Let’s challenge, share, call out, build, move, support. Let’s flex and yet let’s also hold the line. Good enough is good enough; we need what we need to do that, no less. It’s our right and our duty.