Intense Stressful Monday at Work
Good Morning Everyone,
I am still up from a very hectic, crazy Monday. Cannot sleep. But, according to my clock it is officially Tuesday, the 5th of August, on the East Coast. OH has all the blogs time stamped Pacific time. HMMMM.
Anyway, I had a day that I will never forget at the hospital on Monday. My head was spinning and I think my eyes were rolling around in my head at one point. I do group psychotherapy and recreational therapy at a psychiatric hospital part time. My first group was on the most acute unit. One very psychotic patient was totally disruptive throughout my entire group. At the end of the group, the nurse tried to give her a med, and she went off and they had to call a code. When they call a code, 10 big men and women rush to the unit to help make sure order is restored, and if need be the patient is restrained.
After I recovered from that group, I headed to work with the adolescent girls. I have been teaching them to crochet. Well, on the way to the unit, one of the social workers told me that one young lady had just been informed that her mother had died. This young lady's father had died three months ago. When I got on the unit, the poor child was just in her room, totally inconsolable. The girls on the unit were informed of the situation, and the mood was totally somber.
I thought the day could only get better. WRONG. After a good group with the children, where we played picture Bingo, my next group consisted of seven psychotic patients. One minute they were making sense, the next minute they were totally delusional. ARGH. Is there a full moon, or what? Finally, my last group was good, until one patient answered a question with, "I like myself when I kill the motherf****ers." As the rest of the patients were about to bolt from the group in fear, I had him removed to his room.
So, I went to talk to my boss after all this fun, and asked her if it was a full moon, and she smiled and said "No, it's you, Trish." I just burst out laughing. What a draining day.
The good news is, I have off the rest of the week. So, Tuesday consists of going to an AA meeting, getting an allergy shot and going to the pool to be a bum.
I hope everyone has a great day. Be grateful for your family and your health. Life is fragile and we are not guaranteed anything.
Hugs,
Trish
I am still up from a very hectic, crazy Monday. Cannot sleep. But, according to my clock it is officially Tuesday, the 5th of August, on the East Coast. OH has all the blogs time stamped Pacific time. HMMMM.
Anyway, I had a day that I will never forget at the hospital on Monday. My head was spinning and I think my eyes were rolling around in my head at one point. I do group psychotherapy and recreational therapy at a psychiatric hospital part time. My first group was on the most acute unit. One very psychotic patient was totally disruptive throughout my entire group. At the end of the group, the nurse tried to give her a med, and she went off and they had to call a code. When they call a code, 10 big men and women rush to the unit to help make sure order is restored, and if need be the patient is restrained.
After I recovered from that group, I headed to work with the adolescent girls. I have been teaching them to crochet. Well, on the way to the unit, one of the social workers told me that one young lady had just been informed that her mother had died. This young lady's father had died three months ago. When I got on the unit, the poor child was just in her room, totally inconsolable. The girls on the unit were informed of the situation, and the mood was totally somber.
I thought the day could only get better. WRONG. After a good group with the children, where we played picture Bingo, my next group consisted of seven psychotic patients. One minute they were making sense, the next minute they were totally delusional. ARGH. Is there a full moon, or what? Finally, my last group was good, until one patient answered a question with, "I like myself when I kill the motherf****ers." As the rest of the patients were about to bolt from the group in fear, I had him removed to his room.
So, I went to talk to my boss after all this fun, and asked her if it was a full moon, and she smiled and said "No, it's you, Trish." I just burst out laughing. What a draining day.
The good news is, I have off the rest of the week. So, Tuesday consists of going to an AA meeting, getting an allergy shot and going to the pool to be a bum.
I hope everyone has a great day. Be grateful for your family and your health. Life is fragile and we are not guaranteed anything.
Hugs,
Trish
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
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