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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had/have PTSD from Covid.  It's largely controlled now as I changed jobs a few months ago and now aren't at risk for being triggered as much.  I was the charge nurse on our Covid unit.  One night, I had 6 deaths.  I've called more family members to tell them their loved ones passed in that year than in my entire career.  I have my license number memorized from having to fill out so many death certificates.  I can vividly remember sobbing as I gowned up to go into another room of a patient circling the drain after dealing with 3 others in the minutes before.

And yet, I can understand why others may have PTSD.  I don't think it's the masks themselves, it's what the masks signified.  The scary unknown. The complete change in everyone's lives and routines. The loneliness it caused for some people.   The scare tactics of some news channels.  The complete divide politically.

Making PTSD your personality is a problem because it signals that they aren't really trying to deal with it.   You can acknowledge how she feels without swelling on it. Change the subject.  Don't respond to her.  [/quote]

Thank you for working in that role. I can't imagine how hard it was. I agree that what the masks signify is what is important.

I think there was collective trauma from COVID that we as a society still haven't dealt with fully. I had a parent hospitalized with COVID who no one could visit or say goodbye to. It was incredibly stressful on top of the kids suddenly at home and being a full time parent and full time worker. And then being out and about, remember we thought you could get it from groceries or passing on the sidewalk or at a highway rest stop.

If it's just the mask, then that's maybe confusing, but if it's the whole time, I totally get it. I recently needed to mask up to visit a hospital and it did bring back many feelings. Would I call it PTSD? No. But there is some trauma there I believe. [/quote]

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