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Trauma isn’t just a function of what you’ve experienced, but also of what control you had over the situation and whether you got enough sleep.

Being a doctor and helping people through horrific things is unlike helplessly watching them happen.

IIRC, PTSD is far more common among people with sleep disorders, and it’s believed that the lack of good sleep is preventing upsetting memories from being processed.






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