Yeahm Janie, the idea of privitization is scarey... When profit becomes the bottom line it is difficult to alot the time and resources to a client you have that ***gut feeling*** about who you think has a chance to actually beat the odds and succeed... Under the public sysytem there was more room for that because not every move you made was scutinized...

You know what I mean...

As fir burn out, yeah, it is when the internalized anger and the feeling that you can't win collide... That is wxactly what it is and it isn't pleasant...

I my case, I developed a good old fashioned full blown case of anxiety disorder... That stuff ain't no fun at all... I'd rather have a broken leg any day of the week... With the acute anxiety disorder I was hospitalized and this is where the rub comes into play... When a social worker is hospitalized with symptoms of burn out guess who they are hospitalized with??? Yup, folks just like their clients!!!

But nevermind that... A year of nasty drugs and lots ot exercise and counseling I was back to my old self... But it was harrowing...

And though I did change careers I have always attracted and been attracted to folks who used to be my clients... My wife referes to me as a "maga-nut" because of the folks who I enjoy being with and maybe she's on to something... Guess, once a social worker, always a social worker...

Bobert