A short narrated account describing Marianne, a psychiatric nurse whose demanding job led to exhaustion and a career crisis after a patient assaulted her, badly injuring her knee. The incident forces Marianne to confront whether continuing in frontline psychiatric nursing is sustainable despite her commitment to helping patients.
She had poured her energy into healthcare as a psychiatric nurse, helping patients through intense struggles. But the job was draining, consuming all of her energy and leaving her feeling empty. Then one day, everything changed. A patient became violent, and Marianne's knee was badly injured. And as she laid in a hospital bed, the weight of her career hit her. She loved helping people, but this wasn't sustainable anymore. It was costing her too much.
