Does Dr. Trinity Santos from The Pitt represent our inability to look ourselves in the mirror?

It's become clear over two seasons of The Pitt that a main theme is trauma. Not ER trauma, personal trauma, PTSD, and almost all of it unresolved, and nearing the end of season two we are approaching critical mass. Someone unresolved trauma is going to blow up.

When I speak about unresolved trauma, I don't want to just point out Dr. Santos, she just happens to be one of the more polarizing characters this problem is widespread and from the top down.

Season one introduced the conflict that came to a head when Dr. Santos turned in Dr. Langdon for stealing drugs from the hospital. She was 100% right to not let it go. It's a major danger to patients and not an issue that you can allow to fester without taking action. Flash forward to season two and Dr. Santos is feeling like a Pariah because of the decision she made to turn in a Doctor that everyone loved. She feels unfairly judged for being right.

Except for one problem, a problem she's admitted to. No one knows that she turned in Langdon. She's a pariah because of the way she treats other people, full stop. She's not nice, usually unpleasant, calls people names, and can't admit when she actually is wrong. Take Langdon out of the picture and you still have all that to deal with.

Dr. Santos' unresolved trauma is starting to spill over

If season one was all about trauma being contained, season two is definitely about trauma spilling over the sides. We have many examples not just in Santos, but also in Dana, Robby, Whitiker, and Mel if different ways. 

Robby seems to be actively suicidal with season 2 opening with one of the more jarring things I've seen in intentional writing in a while, an emergency room doctor, riding a motorcycle, without a helmet. I grew up in a home with and ER nurse and one thing I can tell you about almost all ER workers, they feel one way a motorcycle it can be summed up in how they describe them, "Donorcycles".  This in and of itself would be a red flag that Robby is unstable. Mix that with the palpable discomfort that he exudes when anyone mentions the future. And let's not forget "and if I don't come back..." line to Whitaker.

Dana is still experiences the post trauma