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Yeah. I was at a bar once and someone say next to me and ordered a burger. Turns out she worked at a nearby mental health facility and needed to vent to somebody. She didn't even order a drink, but she needed someone to talk to in a pseudo anonymous setting.
I imagine that, if she was coming to me as a rando in a bar to talk about what she was going through, her support network wasn't really there to help.
Yeah the support network doesn’t really work when you can’t actually discuss what has happened due to privacy concerns. And if you sound remotely off or bothered you may get suspended and lose your support system anyway. It’s complicated and punishing for providers in human services, who are expected sometimes not to be.
This is in the US, right? I'm pretty sure most people I've met in Europe who work as nurses have therapists (though this is just anecdotal, and they also took a long time to get them). The one veteran nurse I mentioned in my other comment would talk openly in the smoking room with us about his depression, the meds he's taking, his family issues with his ex-wife and their kid, shitty mistakes by doctors and the healthcare system in general. (He also had some sick songs on his phone)
We had one patient come in a non-closed ward, though, who worked as a nurse in a facility for elderly. He said he wanted to give the patients the care they deserved, but there isn't enough time, enough people, etc. so you're gonna burnout. He arrived with burnout and alcoholism.
Makes me think of the studies that show how money invested in healthcare actually saves money in the long run.
Yep, the US.