09/04/2026
You know that moment
between patients.
You walk outside the curtains
You take a breath
sometimes you only have time for half a breath
before you go back.
Your present.
Your capable.
Mmmm Ready???
Nobody taught you to do that.
You just learned.
Because you had to.
Because someone needed you.
Because that is who you are.
But here is what nobody tells you
about your nervous system
that has learned to turn itself back on
quickly, everytime..
it eventually forgets
how to turn itself off.
The vigilance that makes you
extraordinary at your work
becomes the thing
that follows you home.
Into your sleep.
Into your weekends.
Into the quiet moments
that should feel like rest
but somehow don't quite.
This is not weakness.
This is decades of devoted care which eventually
costs your body.
Both of you deserves to be understood.
