I cannot see their faces.

[melo_annechen]

I do not want to see them. I have to have some distance from the clients, else I would be in worse shape than I am now. It is bad enought that I have to see what is wrong with them, but I really do not need to get any closer, because it will shred me.

I already have problems with letting friends know I might have issues, not that they don't already know I'm not right, but I don't want to dump on them the way the clients dump on me.

Comments

[adelheid-p.livejournal.com]

If you did not care, at least one little bit, you would not feel this way. Because we care, we are listening. You deserve and need a support system and we are here for you. Your clients may not have the benefit of a support system of friends and family and that is why you are paid to be there for them. All care/social workers need a support system, it is natural and healthy. Use your support system as needed to keep yourself healthy --we wouldn't want it any other way.