confusedstudent2011

I thought I would stop by and give people a quick update. I am now just weeks away from graduating and I am doing much better now. I think the medication has had time to take full effect and my weekly counseling appointments have helped. For the first time in months I am not petrified of touching people and I have made great strides in my personal life as well as school life. I am excited for my practicum and I am looking forward to my future nursing career. I now have learned tools to succeed and while I know I can revert back to my OCD tendencies, I am optamistic about what the future holds. Thank you to all of you who supported me and I am sorry I have been unable to write back private messages (i still am figuring out this site). Thanks :)

Thank you and yes this is exactly what happened. I tried to rely to your message xtxrn but I am still figuring out this site. Thank you for your support.

Thank you....you are right I did not want to give up because I hope one day I will be able to be comfortable again. Again thank you

Thank you for this suggestion!

Thank you again for your suggestions. I have looked into teaching and I liked the idea of Informatics. I had so much passion and eagerness when I first started and after this exposure it was like a light switched in my head. I do touch people in clinical and I can "get through the day" but I really want a career where I am not terrified of even the simplest of tasks. I am working hard to get through this and I really do hope that someday I will be strong enough to return to what I initially loved to do, however, with graduation coming up in a couple of months I wanted options until I get "healthy" again. I should have been more clear in my original post (this was my first time). Thank you again for your support and suggestions.

Thank you for all the constructive replies and those are all things that I will look into. I have to say I am absolutely shocked and hurt by all of those chose to use this as their personal entertainment for the day. What I am going through is one of the hardest things I have in my life and I did not quit because I thought I would have got a hold of this by now. Shame on some of you...I hope that you never have any patients who have had unfortunate circumstances and have real emotional problems going on because your true colors have shown in this post.

I am about to graduate with my BSN and I absolutely do not want to be a nurse that has patient contact. My second semester of nursing school I had an exposure at clinical and I have since been diagnosed with PTSD and OCD. I have been taking medication and I am currently going to therapy but I am absolutely terrified of anything relating touching people of any nursing tasks. I was wondering what I can do with my degree that would not entail touching people (preferably office work) with no experience. Thank you so much