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May 2, 2021 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
I was off sick for 2 weeks, with migraines brought on by stress. I slept. A lot. I work in a specialty that continued seeing patients, face to face, through every lockdown, but I haven’t been caring for the sickest or the dying. I felt like I didn’t deserve to be unwell. 1/
But I was unwell. I was exhausted. I was unable to give my best to my patients as my headaches made it hard to think. I was scared all the time that I would make a mistake and harm someone and be punished for it later. So I screwed up my courage and asked for help. 2/
