Hurting yourself

Working with mentally disturbed people can be sometimes challenging. I worked with a young women who has Self harm disorder. It's hard to see such a bright girl hurt herself like this especially when you are unable to get trough the emotion that make her do that. I'm not a psychologist, i'm only a nurse. I've had to be careful not to go outside of my work line. But I love my work and I learn on human behavior every day.

I've had to approach her like a "deer". Going slowly not to scare her off. I had to let her cut herself and reassure her afterwards. We had to search for alternative ways for her to get the emotions out without cutting or punching herself on the nose. She's been trough so much at her young age, foster family, youth center... Where "technique" of dissuasion were forced on her, isolating her from "normal" kids for days at a time.

Now, the work is still in progress, but she's a much more happy young lady. Discovering that life can be beautiful, and I think I have something to do with it 😉I'm thankful for having this opportunity on a daily basis.