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Message: [QUOTE="JordyG, post: 2692039, member: 6819"] Thanks. As I said though, the true onus was on me for allowing it to affect my work and the relationship I had with so many. I worked all those years with the most difficult of populations: Those who were dual diagnosed, the most violent, and self abusive. Many were remanded by the courts, and as a consequence were not, nor most likely would ever be placed into the community. They ran the spectrum from profound to borderline, male and female. For years I worked on units where both male and female, sexually active and sexually unaware, passive and violent, non-verbal and verbal, were on the same floor, in the same rooms. Frankly, I saw and dealt with behaviors and physical afflictions some people can only imagine seeing, and trust me, I saw just about all of them. As my age gravitated toward 60 it became impossible to physically handle guys who where transitioning into the DC where I worked. They were gradually getting younger and larger, some as big as 6'5". I started out in terrific physical condition. I was small, but I had arms and legs like tree trunks. By the age of 60 I lived on past reputation and a commanding tone of voice. I knew that wasn't going to continue. When politics played its hand my mantra became 25 and out. The last 6 years were agony, but I'm here and thriving. [/QUOTE]