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Working at my Mental Health Job.....
daywalker:
Hello Pam,
W--O--W--!!!!!
What you go through every day at work would put me in your hospital!! :o The fact that you can endure all that gives me great respect for you. Surely, God has given you many gifts; not the least of which are patience and self-control...
My wife works as a front counter receptionist for a psychiatric office, and though she doesn't go through nearly what you do, she does tell me some strange stories about some of the patients she deals with... It really makes me sad that there are people with such terrible mental disabilities and such; even sadder to hear that their own families have deserted them... :'(
I've mentioned this in previous posts, but I got tourettes's syndrome [the twitching one, not the Hollywood version :D] and at times I get real frustrated with it, and even get angry with God... but when reading posts like this, it sure does humble me and remind me that it could be a whole lot worse. It reminds me of the blessings and mercy that God has shown to me that He doesn't have to...
I lift up a prayer for you, Pam, that God continues to strengthen you and grant you all the Divine tools you need to continue your work; and I lift up a prayer for all those patients that you deal with... and also for you and Samson, that God continues to bless and strengthen you both individually and collectively as a couple... Amen.
Daywalker 8)
barrabus:
I was a patient in a state run mental hospital in 1976... I had a mental breakdown and thought I was some sort of angelic being or something... I can't remember how it went but it was very complicated and I thought I was sane and everyone else was crazy at the time...
Later I worked at the same hospital for a short time... Have you ever noticed the amount of religious experiences that people have while in a seizure... there was a patient once that when I asked him what he was doing he said he'd been praying... he couldn't understand why everyone was bothering him... he'd just had a seizure...
Some smart people say that Ellen White was having seizures when she was going into her "prophetic" trances...
I had a bad experience about seven years ago that made me remember the state of mind I was in during my breakdown... I went back into that delusionary state for a short time and again I thought I was OK and everyone else was crazy... sometimes thinking back I have trouble discerning how much of it was actually a spiritual experience and how much of it was a delusion... I was steadily praying for God to help me git home and praying for Him to renew my mind... asking for forgiveness etc...
Any way... I work as a correctional officer at a prison now...
God definately has a sense of humor... it's weird how the crazier someone seems the more that person thinks that they are normal... I think the best thing you can do is listen to them... not saying to agree with them... just take the time to let them know you are listening ... all I wanted was for someone to listen and quit telling me I was wrong before they even heard what I was saying...
When someone finally took the time to just listen to what I was saying, I actually heard what I was saying also... sometimes that's all we can do anyway... sometimes that's all someone is really needing, to know someone cares enough to listen...
Well I gotta go to work, I'm going to get back to this post and re-read it when I get home... kinda rushing thru it...
OBrenda:
Hi There Pam,
So happy to see you posting.... ;D
Brad always teases us that we have the same brain, but my job sure is easier than yours!!!!
I wouldn't last a week. What you give everyday goes way beyond what is given back to you in a paycheck.
Your giving to these people reminds me of this verse....
Matthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’
I like what Dave said about the door prize....
I see your fruit Girlfriend,
Brenda
frecklegirl417:
To everyone who responded,
Thank you all for the support! I am sorry I haven't answered sooner. Today is my day off and I thought it be best to answer tonight before I start another 4 day stretch at work. I will have Wenesday off but that day is set aside for Samson. I sit back sometimes and wonder why I am where I am but then I see my patients and do not have to wonder no more. These people need me, even if it is draining and gets to me sometimes these people need me.
I laugh sometimes because alot of my patients want to send me to HELL! They tell me all the time "GO TO HELL"! I just smile and laugh and go finish whatever it was I was doing. I wish I could get them to somehow understand there is no hell, but I guess that will come one day.
My biggest problem at work is me, I sit and listen and try to make their lives seem like their is nothing wrong and make them has comfortable has I can. I tell them has soon has "we" meaning me and them get them all better they can leave but I now sme of them will never get better and I feel for them. I feel for them more then the ones who have no family contact.
I pray every day and night for them and for the strength to keep going on because for some reason our Heavenly Father needs me there and that is where I will be.
Vangie:
God bless you, Pam. Thank you for keeping on and doing what you do. I'm so honored and glad to know you.
Love in Christ,
Vangie
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