I only work part time nights and trust me in that work environment and with only 2 CNAs (who are the best in my opinion) and just me for 50 patients, some who belong in a psych ward... I have to destress.
My way is to Swim and do yoga.....I swim about 3 miles a week (a mile is 70 laps), and I do quite a bit of yoga on dvd sets, I use Wai Lana Dvds. I also meditate and do a lot of reading.
How do you de stress..........besides drinking just kidding.
Specializes in Continuing Care and Acute Psychiatry.
The idea of 'De-stressing' is one way of managing stress. Another is to become Stress-proof.
Stress is almost always self-generated, caused by faulty interpretations or perceptions, or caused by a failure to manage one's attention.
Put simply, stress is often caused by a loss of perspective.
Learning to stay in touch with, and function from a perspective that is as vast as Life itself, keeps everything in its proper place. But when you are unable to maintain a vast perspective, EVERYTHING is stressful.
And the occasional drink and hot bath...I swear if I had more time or less kids this job could easily lead me to go through a bottle of wine every week.
just kidding.
riverotter
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One word:
ferrets.