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‘How lockdown helped me heal’ – a story from dentistry

7 mins read Workplace issues/your health
To look at her now, you would never know dental hygienist Laura Thompson has experienced a mental health crisis. Here, she explains why self-care in dentistry is so important…

Patients and colleagues always comment on my bubbly personality and ‘can do’ positive attitude – the latter inherited from a Northumbrian working class upbringing and my Royal Navy days. I’m someone you can depend on. Empathetic and a good listener, I can be very sociable and I love to chat. I have always worked hard to be the best version of myself. Little did I know, this could all change and my world was about to come crashing down around me.

In October 2018, I lost my mum to alcoholic liver disease three days after her 62nd birthday. Three months later, I lost my dad (my hero) also from alcohol abuse, aged 63.I think during this period – and for some time after – I was consequently on autopilot.

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