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polychromatic) wrote2023-01-11 07:45 pm
polychromatic) wrote2023-01-11 07:45 pm
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I don't even know how to start.
Missi - voted "Ms. Vet School 2013" from our class - is gone. It's beyond heartbreaking. Of course people are not always as they present, but she was such a sunny, bubbly personality in class. I sat behind her for three years in lecture and she was always bright and good-natured, laughing and making jokes with her seatmates, open and friendly to everyone. She seemed so happy.
It seems like postpartum depression may have been a large component. When Joy told me about what happened with her baby, I was heartbroken for Missi. I can only imagine what led her to feel she had to do what she did. I can't imagine the pain of living with the reality of that action. When Joy shared the update yesterday that she seemed to be doing well, I was so relieved to hear that. I am devastated to learn that Missi had passed away one day earlier.
I know there are so many more factors to it, but it is hard not to look at my reality of the four people I've known who have lost their lives to mental health issues/depression being in the veterinary field.
Missi - voted "Ms. Vet School 2013" from our class - is gone. It's beyond heartbreaking. Of course people are not always as they present, but she was such a sunny, bubbly personality in class. I sat behind her for three years in lecture and she was always bright and good-natured, laughing and making jokes with her seatmates, open and friendly to everyone. She seemed so happy.
It seems like postpartum depression may have been a large component. When Joy told me about what happened with her baby, I was heartbroken for Missi. I can only imagine what led her to feel she had to do what she did. I can't imagine the pain of living with the reality of that action. When Joy shared the update yesterday that she seemed to be doing well, I was so relieved to hear that. I am devastated to learn that Missi had passed away one day earlier.
I know there are so many more factors to it, but it is hard not to look at my reality of the four people I've known who have lost their lives to mental health issues/depression being in the veterinary field.