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Dec 1, 2009, 10:49 am
Look.
I don't know what really went down in your marriage.
To paraphrase my wise father, no one ever knows what goes on in a marriage except the two people in it. &nb... Comment - Like
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Nov 30, 2009, 8:10 am
Now, let's see:
You were found passed out in your car. By the police. In front of a Dominos Pizza. With bourbon bottles strewn about.
You have cirrhosis of the li... Comment - Like
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Nov 24, 2009, 10:14 am
...yesterday.
For the record, I've never had caller ID on my home phone. Ever. I decided long ago I enjoy the anticipation of not knowing who's on the other end. I u... Comment - Like
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Nov 23, 2009, 10:27 am
Man, it's a holiday week. Who needs depression and anxiety and psychosis and stories of suicide when there's turkey with all the trimmings on the horizon?
So, it's a c... Comment - Like
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Nov 20, 2009, 4:23 pm
Friday.
45 minutes away from the weekend.
Why write a real blog entry at this late hour, right? Comment - Like
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Nov 19, 2009, 6:00 am
Lots of interesting articles and short stories I've run across in the past few days, so I thought I would combine them all in an entry instead of plaguing you with FB status updates.
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Nov 18, 2009, 2:26 pm
I couldn't decide if I should go the Facebook-status-update route with this one, or blog-entry route with this one.
Obviously, you can see my choice. I try to keep my FB statu... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2009, 5:03 pm
Let me demonstrate for you a short conversation that, on the face of it, seems completely innocuous:
Me: I need a transport please, 35 year old female, suicidal, going from Ourtown Memo... Comment - Like
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Nov 16, 2009, 10:24 am
But you just don't listen.
CNN has their NEW! listing for the most stressful and underpaid professions in America.
Topping the list is....
Can you guess? &nbs... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2009, 9:36 am
I understand that not everyone is a mental health worker. And because of that, the whole cutting-because-one's-angry-thing doesn't make much sense. In fact, I'm sure it's f... Comment - Like
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Nov 12, 2009, 6:00 am
I'm going to go there.
And if you've been reading for a while, you know where that is.
I'm not going to dog the man because he was in the Army*
And I&... Comment - Like
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Nov 10, 2009, 4:18 pm
So, I walked into a hospital room not long ago and approached the patient first, as I always do. She had someone with her--people often do. I began my schtick and....
Well, m... Comment - Like
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Nov 6, 2009, 9:22 am
No more death! I have a great weekend on tap and I'm not ruining it with any more sordid tales.
I could use a glass of wine, or three, after this week. I'm not sure THIS ... Comment - Like
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Nov 5, 2009, 4:48 pm
I saw a dead body last night.
Heart attack.
He came in surrounded by emergency medical technicians and firemen. One woman was giving him air, another doing chest co... Comment - Like
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Nov 4, 2009, 9:55 am
In case you didn't know,
In case you haven't heard,
Our lives are inner-connected. You, just by virtue of being here and living your life day in and day out, ... Comment - Like
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Nov 3, 2009, 12:08 pm
She comes to the ER, all crying and stuff. She pours her heart out to me. She's NEVER, in all her seven decades on this earth, been to the point that she wants to end it all.
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Nov 2, 2009, 4:48 pm
Case Study (admittedly a switch for me):
Seventeen-year-old girl comes into the ER after a suicide attempt. I interviewed her and decided that she needed to be hospitalized. ... Comment - Like
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Oct 30, 2009, 5:50 am
1) There's been animal warfare in the trench the past seven days. My parents went out of town and left in their wake one Boston Terrier dubbed "Prozac"*, who's been shacking up at the Ho... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 5:00 am
Oh, yeah.
He did it again.
Twice.
He called trying to find a bed, we chit-chatted and I told him I would give him a call back as there were some things I h... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2009, 7:21 pm
OK, here we go.
Again.
Docs, listen up, and I'm going to yell it this time cuz you can't seem to get the message on this one:
IF A PERSON IS TALKIN... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 1:49 pm
It's happened before. I'm sure it will happen again. You call me out and then decide your patient isn't ready to go. People take a turn for the worse. You miss something on the... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 7:32 pm
Nurse 1, hanging up the phone, to nurse 2: I've got two spider bites coming in via ambulance.
Me: Say that again.
Nurse: Two separate spider bites. Two differen... Comment - Like
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Oct 21, 2009, 9:22 am
So I recently interviewed a lovely young lady, age twenty.
One of the reasons she was so depressed was that she had managed to hold on to her virginity for a lot longer than most of her friend... Comment - Like
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Oct 20, 2009, 2:48 pm
You can't have it both ways.
You can't lovingly, respectfully kick your child out of your home when he turned 18, the legal adult age, because he didn't practice your religi... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2009, 9:12 am
Neon sign.
On my head.
Blinking at all times:
I AM A SOCIAL WORKER. ALL NEEDY PLEASE INQUIRE.
(Being a geek would come in mighty handy... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2009, 12:00 am
In honor of Blog Action Day, 2009 (subject: Climate Change), I've recruited a guest blogger.
The Boy.
At age 15, this subject has been near and dear to him for a few ... Comment - Like
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Oct 14, 2009, 5:08 pm
So, I got quoted in an article about social work bloggers, and I just had to share. I'm a STAR! Minor quibble, though. I'm more than the editor of this rubbish; I'm also ... Comment - Like
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Oct 14, 2009, 1:19 pm
Me: OK, so how old is your daughter?
Her: 42 years old.
Me: And how long has she been living with you?
Her: 42 years. -> Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2009, 6:42 pm
Ever had anxiety?
And no, I'm not talking about test anxiety. Or first date anxiety. Or job interview anxiety.
I'm talking anxiety.
Can... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2009, 9:56 am
OK, Ms. Alpha Woman. I spoke with you the other day at the hospital. You know who you are.
You are, to enlighten the masses here, modern-day-perfect personified. Perfect heigh... Comment - Like
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Oct 8, 2009, 5:52 pm
...rotten, vicious, ugly, horrible, snide, awful....
The words go on and on and on when describing a group of alpha girls intent on bullying.
Because I swear, pre-teen and teen... Comment - Like
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Oct 6, 2009, 9:01 pm
....that something is going to boomerang?
Yeah.
I work for a free standing psychiatric hospital, as you may or may not realize, and part of my job is doing admissions for... Comment - Like
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Oct 5, 2009, 10:38 am
I was in training all day on Friday (like I don't get enough exposure to suicide as it is), and a couple of incidents got me thinking about the way companies do business these days--steps they tak... Comment - Like
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Oct 1, 2009, 1:16 pm
Something fun.
Something peppy.
Bubblegum.
Lollipops.
I need emotional sugar to wipe out the utter bitterness I heard from not one, but two t... Comment - Like
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Sep 30, 2009, 8:42 am
Me: The doctor wanted me to talk to you to see what's going on...
Him: What's really going on is I don't have enough money. -> Comment - Like
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Sep 29, 2009, 5:41 pm
Questionnaires.
Surveys.
Feedback.
Call them what you want, but we've all had to complete these stupid things for work at some point, right? The ... Comment - Like
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Sep 28, 2009, 5:00 am
And......
Frank, God love him, NEVER removes those white postal strips, which is a total annoyance, especially since they just come right off. One is generally left to translate the rest... Comment - Like
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Sep 25, 2009, 2:07 pm
Not that is much of an opener, seeing as I get yelled at all the time.
Comes with the territory, you know. Social worker = pissing people off = getting yelled at. And cursed... Comment - Like
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Sep 24, 2009, 4:23 pm
When you go to visit someone in the hospital because she overdosed on a bunch of pills, acetaminophen to be exact, you are going to have some initial concern.
During the assessment,... Comment - Like
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Sep 23, 2009, 2:29 pm
...times that I now feel compelled to publicly whine on the matter.
And you all ought to know by now that I do that quite well.
I work overnights. No, I'm not ... Comment - Like
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Sep 21, 2009, 8:10 pm
I saw a man recently who was actively hallucinating and had been for weeks. Voices in his head. Constantly. Telling him what to do. (In mental health parlance, these are called... Comment - Like
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Sep 18, 2009, 9:31 am
I totally ripped this from a FB friend. Thanks. You know who you are. Have a good weekend everyone. -> Comment - Like
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Sep 17, 2009, 10:07 pm
Because apparently, and I don't know this for certain--my boss could be totally jacking with me--but apparently a mother I met with earlier this week called my boss...
Say you: Uh oh...Say... Comment - Like
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