Charles Guyard, edited by Manon Fossat 11:07 am, November 01, 2021

They live alongside death on a daily basis and yet are alone with their traumas.

To help them in their profession, funeral professionals do not however benefit from any psychological supervision.

A lack of consideration that is sometimes difficult to live with and which can lead to burn-out. 

They maintain our cemeteries, take care of our dead and their ceremonies and even take the pain of loved ones.

Yet funeral professionals are often poorly regarded and poorly paid.

A lack of recognition that is sometimes painful and difficult to live with.

"Some images may come back"

"I don't know if people realize what we're doing."

Like Aldo, there are nearly 20,000 in France to be confronted with images of extreme violence, both visually and emotionally.

"Road accidents, discoveries of children's bodies ... Certain images can come back and make me not at all comfortable", he admits.

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For this funeral counselor, this overflow ended with the psychologist.

"I left with depression and all the professionals I met were astonished to see that there was no psychological support." 

"Cases of burnout, even suicides"

Firefighters, law enforcement and victims can have a listening cell during a traumatic event.

The workers of death are left behind with their distress.

And this is not without consequences.

"This is an area in which we often have cases of burn-out, even suicides," assures Amandine Massé, trainer for future funeral professionals.

"We warn them of what is going to be there and we get them to ask themselves the question of what will happen to them when they go home," explains the specialist.

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