Morag Forbes

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That we see terrible, awful, bloody things and it hurts? And we don’t feel we have a right to hurt, because we are in the outer circles of the diagram and everyone around us is right in the center of it and it hurts so much more for them. So feeling anything that resembles sadness or grief feels terribly selfish and entitled.
In Shock: How Nearly Dying Made Me a Better Intensive Care Doctor
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