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I understand that psychologists, counselors, and psychiatrists, all have their own support groups and counselors they go to in order to keep themselves sane. Makes sense since they listen to depressed people all day long whine bitch and complain.

For me I do a lot of self care. I go to several support groups. I have a counselor. And I go to meditation groups, and do meditation at home. I've found meditation helps shift my brain towards a more calm state that can better tollerate turmoil.

I've also learned when people need to vent or tell a story or explain a situtation that bothers them, I don't need to fix their problem, I just need to actively listen to them telling me their problem, and it is the listening itself that is the fix. I know I'm helping them by listening to them, because I've experienced it myself where I once told someone my impossible to fix problem, and they listened, and afterwards I felt better, which didn't make any sense, because nothing was fixed, but I felt better, which I thought was very odd, but I've always remembered that, and I've done it for others ever since.

I also need to be aware of my triggers, what topics are triggers for me, or what things can trigger me, so I can be aware of those, and either stay away from those, or at least be aware of them so if they do happen, I can then take a time out, and have a plan of how to get myself untriggered, get those thoughts out of my head, get myself back to normal.

Yea I'm just one endless work in progress!