As a Psychiatric Nursing Student I have come face to face with a rather difficult challenge I must conquer. With the nature of the individuals I will be providing care for, I have a deep anxiety for caring for some of them. I came across an extremely disturbing video here on Facebook that almost brought me to tears and sent me to the bathroom simultaneously. My first emotional response was pure hate for the individual in the video. I wanted to reach inside my phone, pull her out and do extremely bad things to her. This feeling lasted for minutes that felt like hours as I continued to watch the 2 minute video. When the video ended I suddenly recalled something one of my instructors said to me in the first weeks of work, hate the action, not the individual. My emotional rage for this person subsided and I quickly came to realize that she was a victim too. I recognise that we all react to certain stimulus, some react on stronger levels, but in my line of work I need to put my emotional draw to certain things in a big time check! I need to get over that I will be providing care for individuals that beat, kill, harm, and terrorize other beings. I not only need to get over this, I need to accept this, so I can provide my best level of care for the mentally ill. So thanks teach, for giving me something that will help me on my journey of acceptance. A challenge this will be.
Posted on: Sat, 24 May 2014 06:05:09 +0000
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