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dixie · 05-25-2011, 11:39 PM

I'm exhausted. My brain is fried from the amount of papers and essays I've written in the last 2 days. I'm at work where I normally can nap if clients are in bed but unfortunately my only current client, well, scares the shit outta me. She claims that she is fine but I can see the unmedicated schizophrenia as clear as day. She is continually hallucinating and is trying to horde things to use as weapons for "protection" against the "people running through the bushes". Not saying she is dangerous, not saying she isn't. I just know the previous experiences we have had in these situations here at work (i.e. a lot of attacks on staff, even one with a screwdriver once, and the one who bit me and tried slamming my head into the ground). I really don't want to fall asleep, just in case. It bothers me that we are not better equipped to deal with persons with mental illness and also persons with addiction issues, because we tend to see both quite often. Usually, if the illness or addiction is severe and untreated, we have ended up in situations where law enforcement has to get involved and they usually still go without help. It's sad, because these ladies have been thru enough, just in getting out of their abusive situations. Also, as much as I love my job I love my sense of peace and (relative)sanity more. I'm tired of looking over my shoulder, whether it be clients or mutinous coworkers. I need to figure out a way to take this position to something or somewhere a little more subdued. I am submitting multiple resumes for various related positions, so we'll see how it goes.

05-25-2011, 11:39 PM	#5935
dixie Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: I usually just poke it with a stick. Preferred Pronoun?: Bitch Relationship Status: Intertwined deeply Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: We're all a little mad here. Posts: 6,627 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,972 Thanked 21,383 Times in 4,808 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	I'm exhausted. My brain is fried from the amount of papers and essays I've written in the last 2 days. I'm at work where I normally can nap if clients are in bed but unfortunately my only current client, well, scares the shit outta me. She claims that she is fine but I can see the unmedicated schizophrenia as clear as day. She is continually hallucinating and is trying to horde things to use as weapons for "protection" against the "people running through the bushes". Not saying she is dangerous, not saying she isn't. I just know the previous experiences we have had in these situations here at work (i.e. a lot of attacks on staff, even one with a screwdriver once, and the one who bit me and tried slamming my head into the ground). I really don't want to fall asleep, just in case. It bothers me that we are not better equipped to deal with persons with mental illness and also persons with addiction issues, because we tend to see both quite often. Usually, if the illness or addiction is severe and untreated, we have ended up in situations where law enforcement has to get involved and they usually still go without help. It's sad, because these ladies have been thru enough, just in getting out of their abusive situations. Also, as much as I love my job I love my sense of peace and (relative)sanity more. I'm tired of looking over my shoulder, whether it be clients or mutinous coworkers. I need to figure out a way to take this position to something or somewhere a little more subdued. I am submitting multiple resumes for various related positions, so we'll see how it goes.