A colleague of mine posted this on his Facebook page and I thought it was very poignant and something I could easily relate to, so I am reposting it.

“I’ve really liked my job as a psychotherapist, trying to help people with their deepest, darkest, toughest fears and problems.  Sometimes people are full of despair or even suicidal, and I worry that I could say or do the wrong thing and make the situation worse.  Imagine how horrible a misstep would be!  Pressure, right?

I am surprised at how difficult the job can be.  I thought it would be easier.  Before I decided to devote my professional life to this, shouldn’t somebody, you know, have warned me?”