There are quite a number of ways I have wanted to say all of this. I am a naturopathic medical student who is disproportionately flabbergasted by healthcare for woman in the United State. I personally have dealt with an immense amount of shame, pain and guilt regarding the health of my own body and it needs to stop. Now.
Read MoreI sat in my bedroom Wednesday night staring at the ceiling. I was too tired to even watch a TV show, to study.... or even to sleep. Yes, I personally can get too tired to sleep. My brain is filled with to-do lists. Long and short. Complex and simply. Patient charts, laundry, dishes, exams, assignments, study material, quizlets, family drama the works. It never ends. All I want is to take a break, but I am too burn out to even consider the thought. I am too adicted to the adrenal.
The reality is a lot of people in health care feel like I do. Stress is addictive. Coritsol keeps you going... until it doesn't. .Until you literally just don't care.
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