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deadnothingbetter
deadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
edited August 2007 in A Moving Train
i work at a mental health hospital. i get annoyed by how many times people come in. they come in for detox... not once, twice or three times. they come in maybe for about 10 times in a year and make it a habit, almost a career or hobby.

frankly, this frustrates me.... and it's nothing easy. i work saturdays and i hate it.... passionately. mainly because there are only two of us working... and for some odd reason people feel much better coming on the weekends which makes it worse. there are only two of us now and we have 4 patients with a possibility of 2 more coming in. it's ridiculous. what's even more ridiculous is that the patients don't get better. they don't, no matter what. with the exception of a few.

i want out.... my cousin had the nerve to call me a "wuss" for wanting to quit this job. i should've never listened to my friend in the first place about getting this job. it's nothing easy, plus you get involved in all this political and moral agendas. like for instance, a suicidal person who wants to end their life.... and the people who oppose the laws that are implemented on suicidal patients.

this line of work is bullshit plain and simple.

sorry, just venting.
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  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    I said it before, you should find another job.

    It's pretty obvious you're not happy with it.

    And I wouldn't say it's bullshit, it's just not for you, apparently.
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  • Wookiee_Blaylock
    Wookiee_Blaylock Posts: 202
    Collin wrote:
    And I wouldn't say it's bullshit, it's just not for you, apparently.

    I agree.
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  • deadnothingbetter
    deadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    Collin wrote:
    I said it before, you should find another job.

    It's pretty obvious you're not happy with it.

    And I wouldn't say it's bullshit, it's just not for you, apparently.
    yeah, i know.... it's not bullshit helping these people out. i mean it's bullshit that our supervisor doesn't want more people working on saturdays for "financial" interests. it's also bullshit he didnt want to switch my saturdays to wednesdays when it would actually benefit the company much more.
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Get hopelessly addicted to heroin or crack so you can associate...


    It will all become clear after that...
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    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
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  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    deadnothingbetter wrote:
    yeah, i know.... it's not bullshit helping these people out. i mean it's bullshit that our supervisor doesn't want more people working on saturdays for "financial" interests. it's also bullshit he didnt want to switch my saturdays to wednesdays when it would actually benefit the company much more.
    It's certainly not a bullshit career, trying to help people is never bullshit. But your particular circumstance does sound like a bullshit job because of the management.

    There's nothing more frustrating than being given a job to do, but not being given the resources to do it well. I'd definitely say it's time for a change. And if you're the sort of person that likes to see immediate results, I'd say that working with addicts is probably not the line of work for you. That's not a criticism ... I couldn't do it either, I'd find it much too frustrating.
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  • deadnothingbetter
    deadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    hippiemom wrote:
    It's certainly not a bullshit career, trying to help people is never bullshit. But your particular circumstance does sound like a bullshit job because of the management.

    There's nothing more frustrating than being given a job to do, but not being given the resources to do it well. I'd definitely say it's time for a change. And if you're the sort of person that likes to see immediate results, I'd say that working with addicts is probably not the line of work for you. That's not a criticism ... I couldn't do it either, I'd find it much too frustrating.
    i hear you... no matter what tho.... these jobs always fall under some kind of system which is primarily what i hate most about it, just like my job previously to this one. one of the biggest reasons i quit was because i was always feeling threatened about losing my job. and so i found a place which was a little better but little by little it ended up being the same.

    and i know.... helping people is the best thing but it can be very very frustrating.... even to the most helpful person. everyone i work with gets frustrated from time to time. i particularly get frustrated on saturdays cos i hate working on those days. next time i'll make up something and say i can't work saturdays cause it's against my religion or something. j/k
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  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Basically, detox does not work.
    DRug addiction is not about physical addiction. It's about not having a set of non-drug coping mechanisms. That takes years to develop, once you realise that is what you need to do.
    Also, you can't help people, people help themselves. Guiding poeple, and giving them space etc is one thing, but sooner or later or not at all, they have to step up to the plate for themselves and do their own personal hard yards.
    Kinda like Bill Gates has to do his own gym work, bo mater how rich he is, no-one else can do that for him.
    Drug rehab is a burn-out job too, you either quit caring, or you burn out.
    Sounds like you have burnt out. Congratulations, that means you still care !!
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  • deadnothingbetter
    deadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    lucylespian wrote:
    Basically, detox does not work.
    DRug addiction is not about physical addiction. It's about not having a set of non-drug coping mechanisms. That takes years to develop, once you realise that is what you need to do.
    Also, you can't help people, people help themselves. Guiding poeple, and giving them space etc is one thing, but sooner or later or not at all, they have to step up to the plate for themselves and do their own personal hard yards.
    Kinda like Bill Gates has to do his own gym work, bo mater how rich he is, no-one else can do that for him.
    Drug rehab is a burn-out job too, you either quit caring, or you burn out.
    Sounds like you have burnt out. Congratulations, that means you still care !!
    well, thanks.... that's a great way of putting it.
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  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    Life's too short to spend it doing something you hate....don't go back.
    "It's all happening"
  • deadnothingbetter
    deadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    Indian Summer wrote:
    Life's too short to spend it doing something you hate....don't go back.
    totally....

    but ask my friends and family and they call me a "wuss" :rolleyes:
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    deadnothingbetter wrote:
    totally....

    but ask my friends and family and they call me a "wuss" :rolleyes:


    well is your life or their life? rhetorical question, just making a point....:)
  • deadnothingbetter
    deadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    cutback wrote:
    well is your life or their life? rhetorical question, just making a point....:)
    well maybe ironically i am a "wuss" not cause i want to quit but cause i keep listening to them.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    deadnothingbetter wrote:
    well maybe ironically i am a "wuss" not cause i want to quit but cause i keep listening to them.

    ha....exactly....time to sack up and do what you want to do...:)
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    People in that condition are caught in an addictive embrace of misery and healing, so it is natural in order to help them it will suck a little bit of life away from you.

    I could never do what you do. It would make me too depressed and weirded out.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
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  • 69charger
    69charger Posts: 1,045
    deadnothingbetter wrote:
    i work at a mental health hospital. i get annoyed by how many times people come in. they come in for detox... not once, twice or three times. they come in maybe for about 10 times in a year and make it a habit, almost a career or hobby.

    frankly, this frustrates me.... and it's nothing easy. i work saturdays and i hate it.... passionately. mainly because there are only two of us working... and for some odd reason people feel much better coming on the weekends which makes it worse. there are only two of us now and we have 4 patients with a possibility of 2 more coming in. it's ridiculous. what's even more ridiculous is that the patients don't get better. they don't, no matter what. with the exception of a few.

    i want out.... my cousin had the nerve to call me a "wuss" for wanting to quit this job. i should've never listened to my friend in the first place about getting this job. it's nothing easy, plus you get involved in all this political and moral agendas. like for instance, a suicidal person who wants to end their life.... and the people who oppose the laws that are implemented on suicidal patients.

    this line of work is bullshit plain and simple.

    sorry, just venting.

    WWJD? ;)
  • deadnothingbetter
    deadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    69charger wrote:
    WWJD? ;)
    probably heal them all without any medications... ;)
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  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    deadnothingbetter wrote:
    totally....

    but ask my friends and family and they call me a "wuss" :rolleyes:

    They proabbly thnik too much of the idea of committment. It's one thing to be able to see things through, but it's another to stick at something that is sucking the life out of you. I used to hate doing ward rounds on a Saturday mornig, and just seeing one patient after another with cigarette caused disease. I could just think that if they did not abuse themselves so, I could have been at the fricking beach.
    I don't work weekends now, at all !!!!!!!!
    Music is not a competetion.
  • deadnothingbetter
    deadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    lucylespian wrote:
    They proabbly thnik too much of the idea of committment. It's one thing to be able to see things through, but it's another to stick at something that is sucking the life out of you. I used to hate doing ward rounds on a Saturday mornig, and just seeing one patient after another with cigarette caused disease. I could just think that if they did not abuse themselves so, I could have been at the fricking beach.
    I don't work weekends now, at all !!!!!!!!
    ahhh, finally someone that understands where i'm coming from!
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  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    deadnothingbetter wrote:
    ahhh, finally someone that understands where i'm coming from!


    I spent most of last year remodelling my life so that I did not drown in it.
    Mental health work of any sort is hard, and it's quite OK, to take a break and do something different. Sounds to me like you need to take that break.
    Addiction work is not easy, and it does not sound like you are getting the support you need.
    As for the family, well they either get that, or fuck em !!
    Music is not a competetion.
  • deadnothingbetter
    deadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    lucylespian wrote:
    I spent most of last year remodelling my life so that I did not drown in it.
    Mental health work of any sort is hard, and it's quite OK, to take a break and do something different. Sounds to me like you need to take that break.
    Addiction work is not easy, and it does not sound like you are getting the support you need.
    As for the family, well they either get that, or fuck em !!
    good to know someone else worked in the same line as mine... cause usually when i talk about it or express myself, they think i'm evil or something. good to know you can relate to me.
    This isn't the land of opportunity, it's the land of competition.

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