Posted by Susan47 on October 18, 2005, at 20:39:08
In reply to Re: Another psychiatrist suicides....................., posted by lynn971 on October 17, 2005, at 6:29:43
It does. But there really are some people who seem to be immune to the particular stresses of a profession, I saw that in police work. They're the crazy ones. The ones who seem the most stable seem to be the ones you can rely on when your life depends on it, but are mentally twisted in other ways. But there's the immune ones too who just are really well-balanced individuals. I thought my last therapist was one of those, I thought I unbalanced him. That was pretty horrible. Lynn971 I'm thinking if those stories still bother you after twelve years then you're an exceptionally well-balanced and caring individual, I'll bet you're a good friend to others ;) Maybe I'm just saying that because some of the stuff I came across in my years with a national police force really do still haunt me today, and it feels like they'll never be gone. Sometimes the knowledge of that stuff makes me feel I have an advantage over people who don't know stuff that happens, in details that most people couldn't stomach, and the advantage I have is that I know just exactly how precious my own life is, and how it can't be wasted. Because there's a kind of responsibility that seems to come from the knowledge you gain, that other people's lives were sacrificed on an altar of cruelty, and you have this responsibility to live your own life to the fullest, to the best, to the happiest, because theirs is destroyed and you're part of a sacred circle of Knowing .. you can respect what's happened to these people, you respect their memories by living well, living mindfully, and living lovingly too.
Oops, I'm off the soapbox, I hope box.
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