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Coworker is aggressive

I am working in an outpatient clinic and handling a dangerous situation with a coworker A few months ago, a nurse I work with asked me out. I felt pressured and agreed to hang out. Since then, he has become obsessive and aggressive. Recently, he pinned me down in his apartment, refused to let me leave, and struck me across the face. He acts professional around other staff, but today he cornered me in an exam room at work and verbally abused/threatened me because he was jealous over me seeing my patient. I am really getting tired of him. He called me after work to apologize and then asked why I don't marry him or why I won't hang out with him and sends me AI art of us getting married. When I've distanced myself he's threatened to kill himself, but I don't want him to die. I am so tired of dealing with him at work because it's stressful and I am beginning to kind of hate him and not even want to see or hear him at all anywhere. 

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You need to report to HR and the police. Don't sacrifice your safety - threats to self are actually quite frequently used by abusers to control.

HR, police report. That person sounds like the reason it's a good idea to carry.

HR needs to get rid of him and what you described is battery but if by "seeing" you mean dating a patient you may want to rethink that

This guy is trouble, trouble, trouble.  I wouldn't worry too much about him killing himself.  He's using the threat to guilt or blackmail you, as you obviously already know.  But I seriously doubt he will ever follow through with it, as he's more likely to hurt you than he is himself.

If I had a stalker like that following me around, I'd make sure I was armed... all the time.  You can't be sure he won't be waiting for you inside your home when you get there.  And as floydnightingale already said, report him to the police and definitely HR.

Stop worrying about his welfare and start worrying about your own.  He's made his bed...

This is abuse and an attempt to control you.  Believe me when I say guys like this will never kill themselves.  This is a tactic to get you to surrender to him.  If you do, you will live a miserable life, but it will likely be a short one.  I mean to sound severe because this situation is serious.  Stop the relationship, take back your self-respect and find ways to protect yourself at work, at home and out in the community.  Real love is respectful and uplifting.  DO NOT accept anything less.  People who love you want to see you fly.  People who possess you tear your wings off.  

Did you say no to him yet? If not, go ahead and say "No". After that it is sexual harassment. The workplace is bound to protect you by law.

Do not pay heed to the gun carrying advice if your workplace or state don't allow it. You will land in jail for that. Get into a self-defense course.

You may have to get a restraining order from a court and pay some money for that.

This man is crazy bonkers. You don't need him in your life. He should not even be a nurse.

feelix said:

<Do not pay heed to the gun carrying advice if your workplace or state don't allow it. You will land in jail for that. Get into a self-defense course.

You may have to get a restraining order from a court and pay some money for that.>

My suggestion that one be armed was intended for off the workplace only.  I kept a gun in the car when I was at work, which is legal.  I did not carry it inside, though I knew nurses that did.  My gun was available to me during my commute and when I walked in the front door of my house.  I do have a CCW, not that I needed one to have a gun in my car.  I only needed one to conceal a gun in my car when I'm out and about.  Your state's laws may differ from mine (NC). 

The last thing she should do is open her front door without being prepared for an unexpected visitor.  A purse isn't going to cut it.

Finally, while a restraining order is useful in the sense it can get somebody arrested if they violate it, one should recognize that they get violated all the time, and being in the right isn't the same as being among the living.  So get that order, but get a gun too.  If you never need it, great.  If you do need it, you probably will need it very badly and RIGHT THEN.  A gun in the hand is worth more than an entire police force on the phone.

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JayHanig said:

This guy is trouble, trouble, trouble.  I wouldn't worry too much about him killing himself.  He's using the threat to guilt or blackmail you, as you obviously already know.  But I seriously doubt he will ever follow through with it, as he's more likely to hurt you than he is himself.

If I had a stalker like that following me around, I'd make sure I was armed... all the time.  You can't be sure he won't be waiting for you inside your home when you get there.  And as floydnightingale already said, report him to the police and definitely HR.

Stop worrying about his welfare and start worrying about your own.  He's made his bed... He did kill himself.

JayHanig said:

This guy is trouble, trouble, trouble.  I wouldn't worry too much about him killing himself.  He's using the threat to guilt or blackmail you, as you obviously already know.  But I seriously doubt he will ever follow through with it, as he's more likely to hurt you than he is himself.

If I had a stalker like that following me around, I'd make sure I was armed... all the time.  You can't be sure he won't be waiting for you inside your home when you get there.  And as floydnightingale already said, report him to the police and definitely HR.

Stop worrying about his welfare and start worrying about your own.  He's made his bed...

He did kill himself. I just got the news today.

bluescoop said:

He did kill himself. I just got the news today.

Then the problem is solved. It's all on him; not on you.

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