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Categories Literature / Voices from the Wards / Sierra McLean, MD

Helpless

It was my third day of third year and you sat across from me and told me all the ways you imagined killing yourself. You were my age. You told me about the loss you felt. You were in so much pain you couldn’t find a reason to live for your son. I felt helpless.

CategoriesLiterature, Voices from the Wards TagsWards Volume 3

Helpless, Literature by Sierra McLean, MD

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