I once believed I had it all figured out. Armed with intellectual knowledge and my role as a Social Worker, I confidently presented to staff and clients about carer stress, burnout, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue—whatever term you prefer. I could enumerate the signs, symptoms, and preventative measures with ease. I told myself that because I knew all this, I was somehow immune to it. I thought I was ahead of the game, that I could will it away, rationalize it, and s