Wednesday, April 8, 2009
physician heal thyself
I have been sick since Sunday. some kind of upper respiratory crud. I went to the doctor and was given some antibiotics. I have been in the bed for 3 days and I am ready to be better. In all of this though I have had a lot of time to think. I know most of you are saying "uh oh". I mostly cleared my mind and rested but it came to me that I have not been following my own rules for staying healthy in a traumatic line of work. It may not have seemed to me like my life was full of traumatic events and my mind was not on how it was affecting me. I know I allowed myself to get to wore out and I was not balancing my life with other good things. Sometimes, I think, there are so many wonderful things that happen with the children that i do not see how the trauma that they are going through has an effect on me. I am on break for Easter now and I am going to refuel. It is amazing to me how I have studied and researched the effects of indirect trauma, written a book on it, do workshops all over the country...and still it sneeks up on me. Just the nature of the beast, I suppose, I think I can handle anything - and I probably could if I was managing it all properly. I will do better. Miss you all and love ya.
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I am so relieved to read this--I've been worried about you, though I do not know enough about secondary trauma to have identified that. So, sorry you have been sick, but then, I think that happens when our bodies have to get a message to our heads. Take good care of yourself and renew over the break--what a perfect time when celebrating the resurrection.
ReplyDeletethanks Susan! I know you told me before that I would do this. i am just hard headed. Happy Easter! miss you!
ReplyDeleteI miss you, too. Balance--it is everything. I learned it the hard way, too, and STILL struggle with it. That's why we need friends. :)
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