# How do medical people cope with this?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 12, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-medical-people-cope-with-this/724989 "2015-07-12T23:56:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-medical-people-cope-with-this/724989/21 "2015-07-14T18:00:40Z")

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My wife was with FDNY for 12 years, a stint that included working at Ground Zero.

She certainly cared about the people she helped and was a decorated first responder, but save a few very tragic situations she was able to compartmentalize in a way that kept her emotionally healthy.

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