Mysteriousdarkness

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  1. Crossfit

    Mysteriousdarkness replied to pugmom79's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I and my boyfriend LOVE Crossfit. I don't do it as much as he does because I spend my time doing martial arts instead, but he practically lives at the box. Everyone who doesn't do Crossfit brings up...

  2. I dreamed of being an R.N and now I sometimes dread going to work

    Mysteriousdarkness replied to chrty_knox's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I have an anxiety disorder, I am not suggesting in any way that you do, I only mention it as I suffered the exact same problems. I constantly felt like I wasn't "enough", I wasn't up the standards I...

  3. 1st Night Shift Loneliness

    Mysteriousdarkness replied to lucni01's topic in Health, Stress Management

    This is a sad part of nursing- the social life and special times with special people you miss out on because you're at work when everyone else is at home. I missed out on birthdays, christmas's,...

  4. Burned out after only 2 years

    Mysteriousdarkness replied to smileyitnthesunny's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Oh you sound like you're really in a bad place. It's really important that you find a way to take some time off- whether a temporary transfer to another ward, or going on to the casual bank to give...

  5. A nurse who might have found god..

    Mysteriousdarkness posted a topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Let's be clear: this thread is not focused on finding religion or any branch of a particular faith. I don't want it to become about which religion is right- if any. I sont want to be told one or...

  6. Do you think you have ever encountered an angel?

    Mysteriousdarkness replied to loriangel14's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    ive had weird things happen. this one time i was driving home at night, had my headlights on and was doing the speed limit. i started to slow to enter a roundabout. i looked right and left (in...

  7. A nurse who might have found god..

    Mysteriousdarkness replied to Mysteriousdarkness's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I feel more and more like.. Humans ARE god. We have the power to inflict massive damage on each other, on our environment, on the world around us, we have the power to hate, kill, rape, steal,...

  8. New grad with HCA specialty contract--severe anxiety, need advice

    Mysteriousdarkness replied to Elisgirl's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I too am ( or was) a nurse with anxiety and depression and completely Get your fear snd dread/ I used to cry every day before going to work and even AT work. I got really anxious, depressed. I tried...

  9. treading water: burnout and compassion fatigue

    Mysteriousdarkness replied to coderunnerRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    That's what made me realise I had to quit or it would kill me. Someone actually asked me- a dear friend- she said: how would you feel if you could quit tomorrow and never have to go back into nursing...

  10. Anxiety

    Mysteriousdarkness replied to astonish31's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Sorry for the late reply, over a month! I too have an anxiety disorder and suffer panic attacks. They truly are awful- I feel very sick, sweaty, dizzy, hyperventilate and simply cannot cope unless I...

  11. treading water: burnout and compassion fatigue

    Mysteriousdarkness replied to coderunnerRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    The one thing I really felt from your post was your struggle with the ethics and morality behind the palliative care/ advanced directives of the terminally ill.. This destroyed me also. The patients...

  12. New Grad Unhappy

    Mysteriousdarkness replied to applesxoranges's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Sounds like you're just stuck in a bad work environment. You're clearly very stressed and anxious about certain people and the way things are done in your particular area. Don't let this destroy your...

  13. Need encouragement - sad and stressed

    Mysteriousdarkness replied to natsumi's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I struggled with this too- seeing people, sick and dying is stressful and heartbreaking, there's no denying that. It's a traumatic thing to witness someone's last days/ moments, and even more...

  14. Help! I'm burnt out!

    Mysteriousdarkness posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've been an aged care/ acute care nurse for 5 years. When I started, I loved my job. I was immensely proud to say "I'm a nurse". I spent hours researching ways to connect to my dementia patients so...

  15. The stress of nursing is ruining my general psyche.

    Mysteriousdarkness replied to AB1489's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Float nursing is awful. There's such a nursing shortage in so many places, surely there are permanent jobs? Even at a differenthospital, aged care, community/ district/ home nursing- caring for...

  16. Burned out and depressed

    Mysteriousdarkness replied to MG1984's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Oh my, I have just posted a topic talking about exactly the same feelings. I almost collapsed at work- I literally had a nervous breakdown i was that burnt out and depressed. I ended up very sick...