I Have Something to Say
What i have to say is more for me to get it out and move on.
Today started out great! Mind you it still is great. It's sunny out and it may be chilly but it's beautiful. I dressed extra nice due to the fact that I have to speak tonight.
I was getting started with things when everything went nuts. I get someone telling me they are suicidal. I can't ignore them. While it's not my job, I can't ignore a person feeling that way. Meanwhile I have about 5 things I was working on and about 9 messages to deal with and everything stopped to handle the call.
I am not a doctor nor do I work in mental health but I am around it all the time. I know to listen, to share what you experienced and let them hear that they are cared for, give them some ideas of what may work for them. To top it off, this was done in Spanish. My Spanish is rusty to say the least, but i got it done. The call lasted about 40 minutes. My head is so not into what I need to do now.
I have to regroup and get after things. I think maybe I will take about 2 or 3 minutes to mediatate and get started. When someone is going through this and I get a phone call, it leaves me very unsettled. I find it odd that this guy had no clue that I deal with things like this so I guess he was kind of lucky.
I looked for a suicide hotline for him and gave him that. I am going to try to help him find someone to see as well.
So now, I take a deep breath and believe that I was here at the right time for him to do exactly what I did. Only thing is that I have to learn not to let it take so much from me.
Now it's out and I can do what I need to.
Today started out great! Mind you it still is great. It's sunny out and it may be chilly but it's beautiful. I dressed extra nice due to the fact that I have to speak tonight.
I was getting started with things when everything went nuts. I get someone telling me they are suicidal. I can't ignore them. While it's not my job, I can't ignore a person feeling that way. Meanwhile I have about 5 things I was working on and about 9 messages to deal with and everything stopped to handle the call.
I am not a doctor nor do I work in mental health but I am around it all the time. I know to listen, to share what you experienced and let them hear that they are cared for, give them some ideas of what may work for them. To top it off, this was done in Spanish. My Spanish is rusty to say the least, but i got it done. The call lasted about 40 minutes. My head is so not into what I need to do now.
I have to regroup and get after things. I think maybe I will take about 2 or 3 minutes to mediatate and get started. When someone is going through this and I get a phone call, it leaves me very unsettled. I find it odd that this guy had no clue that I deal with things like this so I guess he was kind of lucky.
I looked for a suicide hotline for him and gave him that. I am going to try to help him find someone to see as well.
So now, I take a deep breath and believe that I was here at the right time for him to do exactly what I did. Only thing is that I have to learn not to let it take so much from me.
Now it's out and I can do what I need to.
