I recently watched your video "why I quit being a therapist" and it helped me in terms of being in the process of quitting my job-though I am not a therapist, I have worked for 13 years in homeless shelters/domestic violence, supported housing for "chronically" homeless, and briefly in mental health, with people who have experienced extreme and often chronic trauma. While not in a clinical capacity I have often been in the position of crisis worker as I was often on the 'front lines". I agree with what you said about the MH field, the liability focus and drudgery of many people in the field. Overall I have loved the work I've done but am taking a break-perhaps for good. Stomach problems, feeling too drained, etc. now I am going to do all the yoga I want, backpack and hike and eventually find a way to do something that feels meaningful again. But it is a bit of a loss of identity which is king of ridiculous. day three of unemployment! in a coup;le weeks ill prob start cleaning hotel rooms or something. Here's to breaking free! "let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pool of what you really love, it will not lead you astray"-Rumi