Keep your battles private, no one should know
What you are going through, you must now show
Your weakness to others, you are expected to heal
Your fears and your struggles you must not reveal
Pull yourself together such that the world you are ready to face
With the confidence expected of you, for vulnerability there is no place
Remember, there is no safe space anywhere for you
Besides being judged negative, you risk professional repercussions too
If you share your struggles, you could end up being stigmatized
And that is why, to keep your depressive tendencies under wraps you are advised
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The advice above has been drilled down over years
In physicians, exploiting their worst fears
Many struggle alone, painfully aware
That they need professional help, but do not dare
They know their professional reputation is at stake
So they go on, pretending everything is fine, until they break
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Fortunately the wheels of change are turning now
More open discussion around mental health does allow
Physicians to seek the resources that they might need
Be it counseling, medications or meditation indeed
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Whoever is struggling should feel free
To seek help, protected by tenets of confidentiality
Let the physicians who heal others feel
Confident that they can, with external help, heal
Passion...unbridled 