Have you followed-up on transferring to another position in the hospital? I remember you talking about this.

How are you sleeping? I worked overnights for 2 1/2 years and by the end of the 2 1/2 years I was losing my mind and experienced some of the worst recurrent anxiety. (I've got GAD) I know that hours are kind of terrible for new nurses and the lack of sleep/otherwise will really mess with mood and make anxiety worse.

I also have abandonment issues and isolating is really bad for that. Its really important for my mental health that I stay involved in activities that have me socializing with people. Like I'm working days now, and I need to participate in hobby 2-3 times a week in order to help curb the abandonment because I can't do overtime now and need to feel "wanted" by people. I also have a psychiatrist that does some talk therapy with me every month.

I learned in the 9 years of relationshipping, though, that its important to have support outside of 'loved one' in order to succeed because my problems can be completely overwhelming. Boyfriend has asked me to stop because it stresses him out and he encourages me to see service providers. We also identify those times as "flare ups" and I've started to think of them as isolated events which helps with crisis managing.

I'm not really sure if I'm that helpful, though.

AND SELF CARE. Make sure you are scheduling yourself time off every few months. Caring will burn you out. I work in social work and take vacations 4x a year....