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Hi I am looking to find what positive mantras/affirmations you may say to yourself during a bad day or moment. I need something to help me get thru a new job....help
hmmm . . . well, we usually resort to chocolate by the end of the shift . .. . .. and corny jokes. Anything to break the tension. Also, if you see a co-worker beginnning to drown, help! That makes you feel better too. I just keep reminding myself that I only work part-time and I can do anything for 12 hours, two times a week. And I have a cute little red-headed toddler waiting for me and I know that for 1/2 hour after I get home I get to sit in a rocking chair and nurse him. Good way to end the day . . staring into his little face. Being grateful. I love babies. :-)
"Wilma Flintstone . .. devoted wife . . .best friend of Betty Rubble . . .Mother of Pebbles . . .willing to put up with Fred is no easy task and the fact that she did it for season after season only makes it more obvious that this is a cartoon".
stevie
I had a coworker that would say pretty often this little line, "Everyone is on crack"....especially when 90% of our patients for the day seemed to be on something, just plain insane or just goofy. The way she said it would have us cracking up....she would say it so seriously. I truly believe humor and laughing when you can can make a rough time bearable.
Silliness is good. Puns are really good. Singing "I wish I was a rich man, or "I was born under a wandering star" Food is good. Deoderizer is good. Taking a walk thru a busier unit is good. Petting the hospital pet is good. Looking at a fireman is good. or (fire person) Scented lotion work sometimes. Brushing your teeth is good. Clocking out is therapeutic as well.
AngelGirl
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When people throw an inappropriate attitude my way, I put up a mental force field by saying, "It's not about me, it's not about me, it's not about me................................" Another help came me by mail. Recently, after a truly HORRIBLE 12 hour shift, I discovered a wonderful valentine in my mailbox at home. I put it into the pocket of my clean uniform and kept it with me all the next day. This proved to be a great idea. Throughout the shift, which was nearly as bad as the one the previous day, in the midst of the chaos, whenever I reached into that pocket for paper or a pen or a saline flush, I felt that valentine. I stopped, breathed slowly in and out, smiled to myself and remembered, "I am loved very much by a sweet, wonderful, and very special person." This got me throught the day.