I Hate People (my rant)

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Why I hate people in general (reasons why):

*When they stare at me for over 3 seconds for no apparent reason! Especially, when I'm trying to eat a subway sandwich or something and they just feel the need to watch me eat. Or when I'm trying to fix my hair in a portable mirror and they just feel the need to glance at me more then twice. Once should be enough because it's rude!

*When they walk so slowww in front of me to the point where I just want to push them. Because I am a very impatient person to the point where the littlest things tick me off if it's not fast enough.

*I hate when people tries to start a conversation with me! So I just smile and nod my head and hope that they get the jist that I don't want to talk. And it's not even people in general, it's actually because I'm a bad conversationalist!

Why I dislike kids:

* I don't necessarily hate them but I do force myself to be nice as possible to them. However, I really don't like interacting with children unless it's to hold a baby.

*I don't want kids until my late 30s. Go figure. And I especially don't want to get married because every relationship I get into it only lasts for about 3 months because I love being a loner. If I'm going to work seeing people then I would like to come home and see no people.

But I love animals (I have 4 dogs)! However, I just don't see myself working with animals in the future because I would love to keep my hands in tact.

And no guys I am not trolling. This is really an everything for me and it's the reasons why it is so hard for me to commit to nursing. And I actually have an appointment set up with a therapist July 18 before I go off to nursing school and it's to find out why I really act this way.

So I just wanted to make this thread because after scrolling Allnurses for the last two days I find that threads like these are not common but their are people out there who is just like me and wants to go into nursing. I want to be a nurse because I find that I really like helping people and kids at their weakest points but other than that I hate people.

Lol. It's ok, we can still be friends. As long as you're not one of those people who hunts down turtles to run them over in your car on purpose. Then we're cool. :)

I don't! But what made me feel bad...I saw that the turtle was in mid step when I ran it over. He was truckin' it to the other side and I just killed him :'(

You don't hate people. You hate yourself. Get over it.

Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
I don't! But what made me feel bad...I saw that the turtle was in mid step when I ran it over. He was truckin' it to the other side and I just killed him :'(

Awwwww. :'( It happens. I've hit birds, then poof. It makes me sick. :'(

Specializes in LTC.

I don't enjoy being around people at all. I interact when I have to, otherwise I keep quiet and to myself. I am perfectly capable of appearing to be all smiley and as far as I know, no one is none the wiser to my true desire to be left alone.

When I see certain family members approaching I have to fight the very real desire to hide under the desk until they leave. These are the people who will chew my butt for things that I have no control over. "I just brought Mom 6 pairs of underwear on Monday and there's only 3 left!", all the while glaring at me as if I actually have them in my pocket.

Most of the time, I can deal fairly well with human interaction if it's brief and people get to the point. I'm not a fan of chit-chat and certainly not interested in how little Timmy's first baseball game went. I tend to answer personal questions with a level of ambiguity that dissuades further attempts.

I personally do not want to be more social, as I enjoy my down time on my terms. Adding people to my down time would mean that I would have to occasionally accommodate others and I'm far to selfish to give up my down time for someone else's amusement.

The mere thought of being in a crowded area makes me physically weak. I can literally feel the strength drain from me.

What it boils down to for me is over stimulation. I can cope with an 8 hr shift, (well, kinda) but after the 8 hrs of people, phones ringing, call lights, alarms, smells, etc I am utterly tapped. I have precious little left by the time it's over. All I want to do is get home to my little safe haven so I can recharge and spend some time with my husband. (Who, incidentally, feels the same way that I do.)

So, it is possible to simultaneously not like being around people and still provide great care. It makes me appreciate my down time that much more.

Specializes in Behavioral Health.
Being a nurse and hating people is the same as being a forest ranger and hating trees.

You don't see Smokey the Bear telling the trees to stop looking at him.

Technically, that would be psychotic, which would be a different ball of wax. Smokey the Psychotic Bear would run a very different series of commercials.

I don't understand why respondents are coddling this poster. I'm not saying the poster is a bad person or is inferior in any way. I'm just saying that torturing yourself by placing yourself in a situation guaranteed to make you feel hostile is poor thinking.

The OP didn't come back and say she was using hyperbole. She actually gave very good descriptions of what a misanthrope thinks, in my opinion.

Coddling seems a bit hyperbolic. ;) I'm not saying there isn't a problem, I'm saying I don't know enough about OP to say there is. People have a tendency to attribute the behavior of others to their personality and discount the effects of the situation. So I'm trying not to assume too much since we know little if anything about the OP's situation. What were the antecedents to the OP? Why post today instead of last week or last month? Did something happen to agitate them?

Also, I share almost all of the OP's frustrations with people, and yet I'm a pretty badass nurse. So, without knowing anything about the situation, I'm

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Technically, that would be psychotic, which would be a different ball of wax. Smokey the Psychotic Bear would run a very different series of commercials.

LOL! Smokey the Psychotic Bear is hilarious.

Coddling seems a bit hyperbolic. ;) I'm not saying there isn't a problem, I'm saying I don't know enough about OP to say there is. People have a tendency to attribute the behavior of others to their personality and discount the effects of the situation. So I'm trying not to assume too much since we know little if anything about the OP's situation. What were the antecedents to the OP? Why post today instead of last week or last month? Did something happen to agitate them?

Also, I share almost all of the OP's frustrations with people, and yet I'm a pretty badass nurse. So, without knowing anything about the situation, I'm

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You scientists are such nitpickers, LOL! Although, coddling is a matter of "in the eye of the beholder." From my point of view, there is some champion coddling going on here.

I listen to what people tell me about themselves. It's usually true.

I dated a guy who told me he was a jerk. He never once proved himself wrong.

I nearly married a guy who told me he was lazy and antisocial. He also never proved himself wrong.

If you tell me, over and over, that you hate people? I believe it, especially if you post about it several times and don't prove yourself wrong with your descriptions and anecdotes.

I don't mind a grain of salt, but I don't want a whole canister full.

Specializes in Emergency, pediatrics.

Maybe you can work in hospice home health? Minimal interaction and your near death all the time. Patients are quiet and unconscious!

Specializes in Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory.
Maybe you can work in hospice home health? Minimal interaction and your near death all the time. Patients are quiet and unconscious!

No they aren't. They can get quite agitated near the end. And they usually have families. Some are a blessing; some are a royal bane.

Specializes in Hospice Nursing.
Maybe you can work in hospice home health? Minimal interaction and your near death all the time. Patients are quiet and unconscious!

You are joking, right? Not even close to being true. The patient/family interactions in hospice can be extremely challenging, and definitely this is not a place for someone who "hates people"

Maybe you can work in hospice home health? Minimal interaction and your near death all the time. Patients are quiet and unconscious!

Soooo no. Patients surely are not unconscious all the time. And think about it...if you were on your way out, would you want someone that hates you taking care of you? Honestly, correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel hospice is a place where nurses should be compassionate. Not only are they there with the patient in their final moments, but the families too.

I'm sorry. But the last person I would want taking care of me in my final moments is someone who hated people.

And in rereading the post, I believe the OP really did mean they hated people. Because they did say it more than once. If you didn't mean what you said the first time, normally you correct it in some way and clarify. Nope, the OP said they hated people multiple times. I thought maybe we were misunderstanding the OP and their use of the word hate until I read through again Let's not sugar coat it anymore.

Specializes in Emergency, pediatrics.

Joking! Agh guys, where's ur sense of humor?í ½í¸€

Specializes in Emergency, pediatrics.

I've worked some hospice, and you truly have to be robotic to work in such a field yet the respect needs to be there. If you become attached to every one of them it will only make your job a living hell. So yes, I do believe a bland personality is perfect for hospice. She hates people yet still wants to help and comes on as a dark person? So yes, hypothetically if she gets in a nursing program and assuming she passes then maybe YES! I might have "suggested", hospice.

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