When Someone Else's Stress Becomes Yours

We often think stress comes only from what happens to us.

But sometimes it comes from what happens to someone we care about.

Sitting beside a frightened child.

Supporting a partner through depression.

Attending one emergency after another.

Listening to traumatic stories every day.

Eventually our own nervous system begins carrying some of that weight.

The body doesn't always know the difference between your stress and the stress you've absorbed from others.

Gentle body rocking can help settle the nervous system before that burden becomes overwhelming.

What happens to people who spend too long standing beside pain?

Who looks after the people who spend their lives looking after everyone else?

"Not everything disappears once a shift ends."

"Not everything disappears once a shift ends.

That applies to nearly everyone.