wishiknew

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1. Is it me? Foolish mistakes, don't want the responsibility anymore

   wishiknew replied to wishiknew's topic in Stress 101

   Hi stdntograd06! Thank you for your response. Your entire second paragraph could have been written by me! I am currently working in a clinic, but I did the third shift floor nurse thing too. I still despise going to work. If I have three days off...

2. Robin Williams RIP: Coping Mechanism?

   wishiknew replied to aspiration's topic in Psychiatric

   Dear Ethicsrn4life, my heart aches for you. The terrible diseases that we have are made 1000 times worse by the way we are treated by others. I think what makes it worse is that we tend to be people pleasers, we want to be liked and accepted, and we ...

3. Robin Williams RIP: Coping Mechanism?

   wishiknew replied to aspiration's topic in Psychiatric

   I am not even in the same area code as Robin Williams, as I am a nurse. But I CAN tell you that I suffer from chronic severe major depression, and not much makes me feel better than making someone laugh!

4. Is it me? Foolish mistakes, don't want the responsibility anymore

   wishiknew replied to wishiknew's topic in Stress 101

   Dear LouMauler, only another nurse can understand what you are going through, and I certainly understand. We go into this profession because we care so much, but our caring and sensitive nature sometimes seems to do us in. I once witnessed a doctor ...

5. Is it me? Foolish mistakes, don't want the responsibility anymore

   wishiknew replied to wishiknew's topic in Stress 101

   Thank you for your support VivaLasViejas, and you most certainly have mine. I received a phone call from the psychologist today (the one I cannot get back into for 5 weeks) and from the testing, my dx were chronic depression, major depressive d/o, mo...

6. Is it me? Foolish mistakes, don't want the responsibility anymore

   wishiknew replied to wishiknew's topic in Stress 101

   Jaywalker, I have wondered that myself as I did not feel this way until about the past 5 years, and I've never taken hormones. Thank you.

7. Is it me? Foolish mistakes, don't want the responsibility anymore

   wishiknew replied to wishiknew's topic in Stress 101

   Thank you, LadyFree28. I will do that. Family and friends cannot totally relate.

8. Is it me? Foolish mistakes, don't want the responsibility anymore

   wishiknew replied to wishiknew's topic in Stress 101

   .....the comment about 'bring the bat'!

9. Is it me? Foolish mistakes, don't want the responsibility anymore

   wishiknew replied to wishiknew's topic in Stress 101

   LOVE it!!!!!

10. Is it me? Foolish mistakes, don't want the responsibility anymore

    wishiknew replied to wishiknew's topic in Stress 101

    I have wondered that myself, as I have not always felt this way.

11. Is it me? Foolish mistakes, don't want the responsibility anymore

    wishiknew replied to wishiknew's topic in Stress 101

    Thank you, UpennRN, for taking the time to respond. It is with me, as it sounds like it is with you, they're minor, minor things that other RN's, myself included, would simply and KINDLY show the person the correct way. We're human. That's how we le...

12. Is it me? Foolish mistakes, don't want the responsibility anymore

    wishiknew posted a topic in Stress 101

    I've been an RN for ten years, am 55 years old, and have worked in various types of jobs. I have always suffered from anxiety, depression, low self esteem. I have been a part time clinic float for one year, with a two month fmla a few months ago. ...