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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I’m a doctor too, and although my focus isn’t on covid patients, the worry of constant exposure since I am seeing sick patients in the hospital, the fear of passing it on inadvertently to my other patients or my family, the changes to the hospital structure, the feeling of friends and strangers avoiding me, the fact that many of my peers are furloughed and are on jeopardy leaving me to work longer hours, and the fact that I haven’t had more than a day (when I’m lucky a full weekend)  off since thanksgiving has really take a toll. I come home crying on a regular basis, even now. Even though I live in a city that’s not a hot spot. I’m having a hard time really connecting with people, and that in part is due to me regressing into myself. They tell you in medical school not to try and explain how hard medicine is to other people who have gone through other types of grad school, bc they would never understand. That’s also how also how I feel about working through COVID. When I try to explain my feelings to my family or friends they just say- stay safe and change the topic. So I stop. And my mental health is really struggling. I can’t imagine being like you’re sister and having to face such ill patients every day and feeling like she is probably covered in it. Knowing that although she’ll likely be fine, that everyone else is terrified of her and probably to some extent isn’t as appreciative of her. It is taking a toll. Please show her some grace.[/quote]

I’m so saddened to hear this. How can someone best support a medical worker during this time?[/quote]

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