Like Bae - tears in our eyes happen now and then - mental health is not an easy environment and our patients have horrendous back stories at times. We aren’t surprised when it touches us, as we are human and don’t want to lose that part of our soul. But it’s not sobbing and it’s not about us. So it’s accepted.

Work is an odd duck. We need to be a cog in a machine most of the time to be considered successful, even in the helping professions. I always wonder if it’s this same way in other countries, as compared with the USA’s big focus on productivity.