Sore Spot

I don't deal well with patients who've attempted suicide. Even when they're comatose and ventilated in the ICU and I don't have to try to have a conversation with them. I can't really explain what happens to me, and obviously it's something I'll have to get over. I think the idea that anyone can feel that much despair and hopelessness is something that terrifies me. The ICU last week was full of more tragedies than I can bear thinking about.