In these unprecedented times, many healthcare and emergency workers are facing increasing mental health pressure and strain. Many of us will be tempted to “soldier on” and maintain “a stiff upper lip” in these circumstances, but keeping our stress and worries pent up inside can contribute to worsening burnout.

We, as doctors, need to normalise the experience of being vulnerable with one another.

Learning to be vulnerable and speak openly with others in the medical profession about our work struggles and mental health struggles is the first step towards erasing mental health stigma.