I’m starting my clinical counseling masters program next month. At the same time, I left my job as a caseworker. Covid + RSV nearly killed me.

The healthcare system is so strained, overworked, and burned out it’s unbelievable. Getting new clients into services was backed up months. Months before someone can receive medication management… even my forensic clients…

It’s kinda sick to say (hence why my former employer’s CEO repeatedly talked about the fact that) there is more job security in the field of mental health than ever before, due to the trauma of the covid pandemic. Especially a traumatic time for frontline healthcare workers. So much loss, exploitation, and burn out…