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Originally Posted by Wanderlust90
I'm an RN. I'm thinking about going & doing further study to enter mental health after a somewhat traumatic work experience that has me doubting my skills in more critical care medically/surgically acute situations. Not that I have been discouraged from staying in critical care fields, quite the opposite I've been encouraged to continue by my colleagues & bosses but it causes me so much anxiety & I dread work & have become suicidal. I don't know if it was the work situation being to overwhelming in general or if my dx's are in fact correct & were exacerbating the stress. Either way I'm defiantly interested in mental health whereas my intrest in general nursing is wavering. I'm not sure if it would be any less stressful. Thoughts?
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I've heard that there are some people with MI who want to work with other people because they think that to help others will do both themselves and those they try to help much good. Others have other reasons ....
I don't think there is a yes-or-no answer to your thinking. It is hard to work with the mentally ill. There are many different stories that you have to listen to. Some stories will make you feel very sad, some may remind you about your own story while there also will be persons that may make you mad because to be manipulative is part of their problems and these problems you will have to help them with either you like it or not.
The questions that you perhaps might take into consideration are questions like these:
How easy is it for me to calm myself in the moment and after work when I hear about other peoples sufferings?
Can I take it when i feel rejected by the patient?
Am I able to easy find ways to relax when under stress?
What will happen if my BF is mad at me in the morning and I have to go to meet a patient right after breakfast?
These and similar questions may perhaps guide you in your choice.
Good luck!
