warpednormal's Diaryland Diary

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i am going to work in a psychiatric hospital. and i am going to treat my patients with as much care and sensitivity and love as possible. i am going to treat them as human beings. all of us, every single one of us, has experienced acute mental breakdowns. so why is it then that these people are treated not with the same seriousness as other diseases. why the stigma, why the lack of funding. when we all know what its like to be distressed and depressed and out of our minds.
imagine feeling it all the time.

i am going to work with men and women who have addictions. the complexity, the pain..i just. i don't know. not that ive ever tried heroine or crack...i just feel so drawn to these people. i don't know if its because somehow somewhere i see some of myself in them. the spiraling downwards without an inch of hope or need to get better. because its addiction. its not easy. you can't just choose to stop when you're body needs it.

i've been learning a lot about this. i'm going to the library and i'm going to borrow a million books about this issue, and i am going to try to understand this in a better way.
i'm going to do agape at least 3-4 times a month. talk to the homeless, listen. listen. and listen.

this is it.

i'm starting my days with this in mind. always.

11:37 a.m. - 2010-04-05

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