Posted by Penny on July 1, 2003, at 15:52:19
In reply to Re: roomate/friend » Penny, posted by yesac on July 1, 2003, at 15:07:33
> > What course of graduate study are you preparing for, if I might ask? (you don't have to share if you don't want to...)
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> Social work. I want to be a therapist.... funny, huh? But, I may also want to work as a prison social worker or as a hospital social worker. Lots of time for it all, I figure...Actually, I was thinking about social work at one point. My former therapist was a clinical social worker and she actually recommended it to me. I said to her, "How can you say that when I'm in here getting therapy and I'm so screwed up?" and she said, "You take what you learn, and you use it to help others." I thought that was very poignant. So I was looking at SW school, and then started thinking more about medicine, and now I'm planning on nursing school (hopefully at Duke), but thinking seriously about psychiatric nursing. I do think I should take what I have learned and use it to help others.
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> > Are you in the program at neurosciences? My therapist has mentioned the possibility of DBT to me if things got that bad. I think she was referring to SI or something like that, which I haven't had a problem with as of late. What do you hate about it? How long does it last?
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> No, I'm not in the one at Neurosciences. I need to try to avoid UNC health care, especially psychiatric, as much as possible, because I work in research in the psych dept and there is just that possibility of something getting out or whatever. I just don't want to risk it. I'm not sure if by SI you mean suicidal ideation or self-injury... but that was my sort of initial impression that that was what DBT was a lot for. That and impulsiveness, which I am very much not. The only think I have is the suicidal ideation. But DBT is really about a lot of other stuff. You don't have to be borderline personality or anything. I think actually that most people could benefit from it. But I hate it because it's boring, I don't like "sharing", there's homework, and it just seems kind of simplistic and lame at times. This module lasts about 10 or 11 weeks, but there are 4 modules in all and you can do however many you want to. They each have a certain theme. This is my second module.That's interesting. How long does a session last, I mean, do you go in the evenings or during the day and for how long? The time factor is always my concern.
Oh - by SI I was meaning self-injury, which is something I've only mildly engaged in, but something that I think my therapist was concerned about. Haven't had that desire this time, fortunately. But suicidal ideation is a big one for me too.
Yes, I can understand you not wanting to mix up your professional life with your personal life, and working at UNC makes that hard. I have made a point to not share my issues with my employer at all, though it does lead to some misunderstanding on days I just can't make it to work. Of course, I was doing well for a while and then with the fall just recently I've taken a few days off, calling in sick, and my boss kind of looked at me funny the last time we talked, so I don't know what he's thinking, but whatever. I can't worry about that right now.
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