“It was oddly comforting to know that whether in TJ, chaplaincy, or recovery, the same challenges kept surfacing: holding deep emotions without letting them take control, practicing empathy without self-abandonment, and staying grounded when everything felt destabilizing. For so many of us doing those first two things require a dismantling of internalized policing and interpersonal policing that is so counter to the society we swim in, feeling debilitated is a logical response.”