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Originally Posted by Wanderlust90
Im wondering if my age will work against me? I'm 25 & can be quite shy when I feel overwhelmed or in over my head. I fear that the patients might sense this fear & feed off of it. Also I'm abit of a people pleaser & fear I may be manipulated too easily. Essentially I just want to be there & care & hopefully make someone's horrific night in psych a slightly better experience because they have someone there's who's goal is to comfort them by just being a kind person in their time of need. I do not have the judgement many nurses have towards psych patients. I have patience. I am particular drawn to adolescent mental health & feel like I have really connected with & achieved my goal with the young psych patients I have encountered within general nursing. I have with older patients too but I feel like I've got an edge being that but closer in age to them. I don't play a mum role but an older role model that's still quite young. Not sure if I'm really a very good role model build you don't include any substance abuse history I look good on paper!
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Hi again, Wanderlust,
Now you have had helpful answers from people who have wanted to share their experience working with people while they themselves have had to cope with MI. I don't think age matter, but your posts in the "Not depression, dysphoria" thread still stays as a little red lamp for putting yourself into an education where the job afterward will put you into a lot of stress. You said among other:
"The whole dysphoria feeling I seem to have little to no control over, like I can't just divert my attention or whatever, the feeling sticks for a while & evolves into self harm & suicidal thoughts at worst. Especially if I can't remove or avoid the agitating stimulus if there is one. Avoidance behaviour has become my go to." You also talked about "borderline symptoms" that you were afraid to talk about (if I understood you right).
If I were you I would have talked about these problems to your treatment team, and then let them try to see if you can be helped for these problems or not. If not, it would probably not be fun for you to work at a hospital and loose control. Even if you are able to keep the control at work and only slips into this condition when you come home in the evening, it can be hard to live with. I know people who have been admitted to their "own hospital" to be cured because they met the wall. They regret their choice about working with Mental health.
I think that the best we always can do is to be honest about the ++ and -- when we are going to make choices in our lives that are really, really important.
Good luck with your decision process!
Good on you!
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