No One is Going to Die

Self-care isn’t easy, but it’s necessary

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“No one is going to die.” He said it with enough confidence for me to listen and the head of grey made me believe him.

“Listen, no one’s going to die,” he continued. “This job is easy.”

It was just four weeks into my career as a social worker; a few months removed from getting my master’s degree and going…