Don't Forget to Be Kind to Yourself

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🗓️ 22 March 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Peggy is burned out and feeling incapable of living up to her personal standard. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:26.3	Dr. Laura.com. Peggy, welcome to the program. Thank you for taking my call. You're welcome. What's on
0:35.3	your mind? I'm 60 years old i was medically retired from a 32 year
0:42.6	career what does medically retired mean what does that mean um i was diagnosed with
0:52.2	PTSD and um with PTSD.
0:57.0	And... Are you in the military?
1:00.0	I was in the military, but I was a 911 dispatcher for 32 years after the military.
1:05.0	Wow.
1:08.0	And PTSD is from what trauma?
1:12.9	Just from taking calls over the years.
1:16.1	One call just sent me over, I don't want to say over the edge,
1:21.5	but I was just no longer able to.
1:23.0	I think normally we used to call this burnout.
1:26.3	Yeah, it could be burnout.
1:27.7	It could be.
1:28.9	Mm-hmm.
1:31.3	I am guilty of making my career, my identity.
1:38.1	I have had a lot of therapy.
1:40.9	I went to inpatient therapy.
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