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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McKay seems like the most stable person in the ER this season. Handling cases well, showing empathy, trying to mentor Olgivy. Other than the lapse of judgment in leaving the hospital to treat a patient without telling anyone, she's probably the only character I'm not worried about having a breakdown.[/quote]

Agree she's been really together this whole season. Though that makes her monologue in this last episode about how she can't cry and doesn't remember when she last cried, and wondering what this job is doing to her emotionally, pretty interesting. There was also an exchange between her and Al-Hashimi about the mom of the hot car kid, where they talked about what their instincts were about the mom as doctors, and then also as mothers (which is how we learn Al-Hashimi is a mom!).

All of which is to say that even though McKay is having a better work day than others on staff (Robby, Santos, Mel), that doesn't mean she's not at risk for burn out or a break down. It reminds me of when my brother went through a divorce, and one of his kids was a mess about it and the other was really mature and measured and calm. People would remark about how one kid was handling it poorly and the other was handling it well. I really hated this way of describing it, because having access to understandable emotions (like grief, sadness, and anger upon learning your parents have decided to break up your family and life as you know it) is not "handling it poorly." It's human and, as Langdon points out, expressing those feelings might actually make you feel better and do better in the future. Whereas stuffing your feelings down and convincing yourself and others that you are fine, in order to make it easier for other people, is not necessarily "handling it well." It's a coping mechanism that can make things easier in the short term but can have very negative longterm consequences. McKay is talking about some of those negative longterm consequences. [/quote]

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