General Contagion

[krillco]

I'm a mental health clinician. In a session today with a young man, I became deeply affected by his relating his trauma details. It's five hours after the fact, and I keep thinking of the things he said. I know it's normal, but stuff like this does not usually stick with me so long. All in all, it was the fact that he stated that even three years after his trauma, he does not feel anyone in his family has forgiven him for the accident he was involved with. Only about 12 at the time, how could his family not have supported him?

Damn.

Thanks for anyone who reads this...sometimes just writing it out like this helps a good bit.

 

[AdamAnt]

I've often wondered how you pros do it Krillco...you have a tough job, and thanks to people like you there's hope.

 

[Nicolette]

Wow, if something that someone shared with you has had such an impact on someone who is trained in this field you can't even comprehend how much pain that young man is in!

You would be surprised how ignorant people can be and sometimes the people who should help you the most are the ones who turn their back on you. Why? Ignorance, fear, inability to process the situation? - I don't know but I know how it is for your family to not understand. Sometime that pain outweighs some of the traumatic event suffered as we are brought up believing that the people who are our family are those who are meant to help us and care the most. The devastation of family deserting you can cut you to the very core of your being as it destroys a lifetime of a belief system instilled but unreal.

 

[gdf]

krillco,

I sympathize with the fact that you are affected by your work but I find the public disclosure on a forum of any part of a patient's personal story very disquieting. This may be better discussed with your personal therapist or staffed with your colleagues. If your patent happened to be a member of the forum they may find your disclosure enough to recognize their case although it may not be recognizable to others. Please consider carefully what you say out of respect for the vulnerability of those who have placed their trust in you.

Gina