I love working with people. I really do. But sometimes it's just too much. As the saying goes; when it rains, it pours. This weekend I found that I was up to my ears in listening to the problems of those around me and didn't know where to turn to get some empathy for my own stresses. Where's the social worker for the social workers?
My internship is great at doing empathy with consumers. They also stress the importance of us processing with one another so that we don't hold on to frustrating/straining situations. The hard thing is what to do when we need to process personal life stresses. Especially when you seem to be the one that your friends turn to when they need a listening ear! Hopefully it's a two-way street with at least one of those friends... and how much of your personal life is professionally appropriate to share with co-workers/supervisors?
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