The Shared Stress

The weight of absorbing a colleague's crisis.

Her desk mate confided in her about his imminent layoff. It was a brief, desperate conversation. She offered comfort and empathy, using the correct, professional phrases. But after he walked away, she felt a profound physical coldness. The news wasn't about her, yet the emotional data—the fear, the instability, the injustice—had been downloaded directly into her own nervous system. She spent the rest of the day carrying the weight of his unasked-for crisis, proving that emotional proximity in the office is the highest risk of all.

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💖 A heartbeat thought by Christian van Gils

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