Archive for November, 2009

For a best friend in need

November 24, 2009

Transference – the process by which emotions and desires originally associated with one person, such as a parent or sibling, are unconsciously shifted to another person.
I felt it so big and real. Like it was yesterday, purest of pain. Helping her go through the ordeal, analysing her feelings and thoughts, putting an arm around her [...]

I got hit

November 11, 2009

Two days ago I was attacked by a psychotic patient for the second time throughout my short 1 and a half years of psychiatry experience. (the first time, I was slapped by a schizophrenic lady in a relapse)
The lady had eyes so big and angry. She was hollering at the staff nurses who tried to [...]

Because work is too much

November 4, 2009

I think we’ve reached our max.
Just yesterday, my colleague told me about her experience of panic rising from her heart to her throat when she was half way showering. There was a deep wave of nausea but she only coughed out air. Then she quickly sat herself down for fear of fainting only to find [...]