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Episode 422Apr 29, 2021

Feeling hollowed out? Us too.

Therapists are at capacity, we’re all at the end of our ropes, and it might get worse before it gets better. So let’s talk about it.

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A medical staff member takes a short nap in nursing station in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center in December in Houston, Texas.
A medical staff member takes a short nap in nursing station in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center in December in Houston, Texas.
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Molly calls it fight-or-flight wearing off. Kai calls it rubber-band syndrome. It’s that special kind of burnout where you’ve been working so hard for so long, keeping it all together, that the second you take a breath, you’re instantly knocked on your butt. We know we’re not the only ones feeling that way — CVS is offering in-store therapy now! —and it might get worse before it gets better, so today we’re gonna talk about it. Plus: Amazon’s “oil company money,” Rice Krispies Treats and T-Pain’s DMs.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

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