I used to have this job a few years ago where I had a, I guess you could call her a coworker.

She was kind of under me, but she caused a lot of stress for me on that job, mainly because I had come into work one day.

And what had happened was the staff were all looking at me like, oh my God, Dr. Walker's here.

And I was like, yeah, like, hey, y'all, like, what's going on?

They were like, well, you know, Mary was basically talking shit about you in the, in the treatment team meeting.

And I was like, what, like, what are y'all talking about?

And so I discovered that this particular person had said out loud in front of the staff that she wasn't sure if I, as a black woman, would be able to treat another black female patient impartially. And I was, I was just, I was floored. I was upset. I went to the

medical director. She was like, boom, I'm going to tell the CEO. And I told them, I was like,

listen, y'all have two weeks that I'm out of here. So three months later, I'm going to work.

And I'm realizing that like my jaw my jaw is, like, sore.

I was having these, I was having these issues with stress, and it was making me anxious.

And so I was, like, literally grinding my teeth, like, all day, not just at night.

So I actually, I spoke to my mom about it, and my mom was like, look,

she was like, there is no job that is worth you getting an ulcer or getting TMJ or having any

type of pain because these people basically did not do right by you. So I quit and, you know,

I felt better afterwards, but I was still just so upset

that I even had to deal with it at this point in my life. But I will say this. I did like working

there and I oftentimes would be on call. And I was okay with handling the on call stuff,

but the issue with Mary, where she was essentially accusing me of not being able to treat

a black patient coupled with being on call, it just began to, it began to be too stressful

for me. And I also realized that I

really needed to work on separating my work life from my personal life.

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