Suicide
Sometimes people are in so much pain and have so little hope that they contemplate suicide. A patient confided in me that I am their last resort-that if they don’t see relief, they will check themselves out.
Now I didn’t know what to say except that this person really needed me to be confident and offer hope-I did. I also offered a hug and listened to them vent their frustrations a little.
This person’s gonna be OK.
I spoke to this patient and they are responding fine.
No more thoughts of checking themselves out!