[ SECRET POST #2567 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2567 ⌋

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I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[(Anonymous)]

(anon for obvious reasons)

Yesterday at work I had to see the result of an RTC pedestrian vs HGV with full skip (spoiler: even messier then you would think), and then I had to do six hours of work for another newbie where their half hour of work meant they got the numbers for it.

When I was bitching about my day to my flatmate I gave these equal emotional weight.

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[dreemyweird]

If your job involves dealing with corpses on a regular basis, it is pretty normal. I don't think there is any cause for concern (unless it is interfering with your life or you experience some other upsetting symptoms).

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[dethtoll]

Be nice if you explained what those terms even mean.

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[(Anonymous)]

This.

Speak american!

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[(Anonymous)]

... how's about English before worrying about dialects?

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[dethtoll]

what

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[dreemyweird]

Road Traffic Accident and Heavy Goods Vehicle.

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[dethtoll]

Ouch.

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you!

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[ill_omened]

Road Traffic Collision.

Because accident implies nobody is to blame, and that's rarely the case.

:3

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[dreemyweird]

omg right. Typed without using brain.

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[othellia]

You say that and all I can think of is Hot Fuzz.

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[comma_chameleon]

He's NOT Judge Judy and executioner!! :

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[fingalsanteater]

Yarp.

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[(Anonymous)]

and "full skip"?

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[dreemyweird]

Means that the vehicle was loaded with stuff.

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[(Anonymous)]

Probably better in the long run for you, you can't be expected to be sad over everyone. No matter the unfortunate circumstances.

My first few suicide calls I remember clearly and I fretted for days. Now, I do the best I can but I just cannot make myself care much after the call is done. I care while the call is going on, maybe a few minutes after...but not for hours on end. I feel bad about not feeling bad but I'd drive myself crazy if I was emotional over every single one.

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[making_excuses]

It is pretty normal, you did not kill anyone so why should it ruin your day/life/week? Do your job with all the respect and care you can, and that is all you have to do, you can't let everything in, because you will not last in a job like that doing it.

I have a friend who works* in the terminally ill departement in a nursing home, and she sits with patients dying every day, but when she gets home she isn't sad about it, because her job is to take care of the patients, not to be sad that they are dying. Not that they never, ever have any effect on her, but mostly it is "just" a job and she is used to it.

*Nurses aid I think is the English name for her job?

Re: I think I'm becoming emotionally blunted

[herpymcderp]

Desensitization is really the ideal response here... if you were to keep being invested in every incident that you might think would call for an emotional response, you'd be out of a job and straight into a psychiatric institution. Really, you should be happy you're habituating easily; to go down the other road is to open the door for PTSD and other anxiety disorders, and if that happened it could spell the end of your career.

That isn't to say that having a moment of silence or a sad thought about an individual now and again is something you should avoid, but there's no reason for you to be feeling guilty about your response to this. As long as you can still act with compassion and empathy when the situation calls for it, you have nothing to worry about.