Sorry accidentally revived an old topic when I was trying to start a new one.

The thing is, my unit manager is very good, and is always helpful when I reach out to her about these kinds of things. But, she's only there on mon-fri until about 4. So, that's 3 hours without her every weekday, and not having her at all when I work the weekend, which for us is every other week. I ...

Sorry it took so long to respond. I got distracted and just wanted some distance from the subject. To answer your question, I actually BEGGED the charge nurse to reassign the patient, but she refused to saying that I was the only person who could take the patient due to the "fair distribution o...

Hi, guys. I guess this is more of a vent than asking for advice, because I do plan to escalate this issue and talk to my boss, but you have any input it is much appreciated. As some of you know, I have been working as a nurse for about 9 months. I have had a lot of difficult patients in my time, but...

One thing that I mentioned above but didn't go into detail with is her friends. They have heard about this conflict exclusively from her perspective, yet they were really supportive with me and treated my feelings as real and valid in a way that she hasn't, even though they HADN'T heard her side of ...

I woke up feeling better today. Sleep really is a powerful thing. I guess the thing I realized overnight is that I can still talk to her about my thoughts and feelings about OTHER things, I just need to exercise this around the stuff that pertains to her. So, I can still open up about things with my...

Thank you, Heather! I got a chance to read your post before I left today, and I'm so glad I did. Reading it really helped me get through today. In some ways, it was kind of pointless. I didn't talk to the guy much, and he wasn't a very easy to read person, so I really have no positive or negative im...

Well, the good thing is that the make believe effects (Placebo effect or coincidence? Who knows..) are good ones. Today I feel pretty energetic and optimistic, even though I'm doing something I've kind of been dreading for a while. Of course, I used to get this feeling for exams too. Sometimes after...

I took my first pill today and am a little nervous. I keep thinking I'm feeling something and then realizing that it's impossible because it's only been 15 minutes, lol. But my doctor said that with this particular pill there's a good chance that it all start having SOME kind of effect sooner than y...

So, I talked with my mother more, ad she agreed not to bring him to that particular thing. She invited me out to the house on Saturday for a barbecue, and I've actually been thinking about going. I kind of want to get this over with, and maybe if I just bite the bullet and do it it won't be such an ...

We were doing so good for so long, and now another fight. Another thing I didn't mention earlier is another thing we argued about was a concert. There is a specific band that my brother and I are superfans of, and we got my mom into it a few years ago. Going to their concerts has always been "o...

The good thing about my relationship with my mother is that there are VERY few if any things that I feel uncomfortable saying to her or calling her out on. I can pretty much always speak candidly with her. The bad thing about my relationship with my mother is that she usually doesn't listen. Or rath...

Yeah, everyone is aware about what happened. I told a couple days off, so I was in communication with my boss about that, and I think all my coworkers know by now too. The only thing is, I've been acting really normal, even upbeat at work, but I can drop fairly quickly. One second I'll be fine and t...

So, my mom got involved in a new relationship about 2 months ago, and it has moved really fast. He lives a few hours away from her, but because of their work schedules they’ve managed to spend most of their weeks together, only being apart a couple days a week. So, he is already pretty much half liv...

Thank you, everyone! I've been doing better the last few days. On Saturday two of my friends invited me to dinner, but it really ended up being a small surprise party with my closest friends from school that I very rarely get to see, so it was really nice. Then the next day another friend organized ...

Thank you, both of you! Yesterday I just had a sad day and I went to bed early, but I feel much better after gearing some good sleep. My sister had been staying with me for the last couple days, so that was the first time I'd gotten to go to bed at a proper time and not have to share it with anyone ...

Hi Everyone! So, I'm back again because this site has been one of my most consistent resources for support and I need some right now. About 48 hours ago, my father died. I knew it was coming. He had been very sick for a very long time, and since his most recent stroke 2 months ago, he has been unabl...

I actually feel like I was pretty well prepared for it, but it did take some time for me to find the things that worked best for me rather than just doing what my mother did. I never really had heavy flow, but my mom did. She always used the thickest maxi-pad available, and I remember the biggest su...

Both, I suppose.. Mostly, I'm OK not having a ton of social interaction when I keep busy. It's just long weekends like this (Which happen a lot when you're in my field because of the super long shifts), that I'd like to see someone on just one of the days. I guess the problem is, socializing the way...

I just kind of wanted to talk to someone about this now, and I don’t have therapy until Wednesday. I have been working a LOT this month, had a family crisis that involved me housing relatives from out of town unexpectedly, ect. I also went a REALLY long time without having 2 days off in a row, so al...

This post actually made have a somewhat telling realization about myself. The only time I really ever catch myself thinking "This book/movie/show showed a realistic relationship" is when the relationship goes bad and ultimately falls apart, or when it's mediocre and the couple just lives s...

Yes, sorry about that. Didn't look at the location and presumptuously assumed it was here in the US, where I think that could possibly have different implications.

I just wanted to chime in with a personal opinion here. I think that even though spanking itself is legal where you live, the fact that a father is forcing a teenage girl to take of her pants and underwear, both in front of him AND her boyfriend is very disturbing. I don't know exactly how the law w...

I just wanted to check in. I met with the new therapist today and it was SO MUCH BETTER. I said everything that I needed to say, and I really feel like she understood me and what I need. She asked all the right questions and zoomed on the important points so well that I barely even needed the checkl...

Really? I had no idea. The therapist I've already seen actually charges MORE for the initial consult than the office visit. According to her website, if I hadn't had insurance, it would've cost me $175 for the initial visit with her assistant and $150 for all visits thereafter, but with my insurance...