[Marsha]
> How safe is it, SA?
Not very safe, especially around people that have
tendencies to gossip and look down on others,
especially if you don't do it 'their' way (with staff
at work). As with the residents, I don't feel very
safe opening up to them, because when they get mad
they yell and scream 'things' that are very personal
towards staff. They will begin to target staff. They
mainly target each other this way due to their therapy
involves them opening up to each other more often than
staff have to open up to them.
[Marsha]
> Have you done it?
yes
[Marsha]
> How deep have you gone?
Well, I briefly mentioned to other staff how I
moved around a lot when I was young and I was very,
very depressed from 16 to early twenties. Yet, I
never brought up the knife, the thoughts of running
away, killing myself, etc...
[Marsha]
> Have you slain, or tamed, any dragons?
Yes, the demons I had when I was younger do not
bother me as much now. What I am frustrated and fed
up with is this social system of ours. I see so much
happening that bothers me, and many of us know that
work with youth that if we are bothered the youth,
though they haven't been able to apply any static
patterns as much as we have (staff), the youth get
rocked by the inconsistencies in the system even worse
for their youth sets them back to begin with, plus,
all the other problems already on their plate before
they even show up at the facility.
[Marsha]
> From the way that you've talked of
> this institution, I can understand why these young
> women would not want to give it up.
Give up what? Please clarify.
[Marsha]
> Why should they? If they did, what would they get
in return?
Not sure what you mean, I believe it goes with my
previous question.
[Marsha]
> They should trust authority WHY?
Hell NO! The authority is so messed up, if I
were them I wouldn't trust it at all. I have only a
few I trust myself. If I can't even feel that safe to
allow my trust to grow, I don't blame the residents
feeling this way, too. Some of the things I get stuck
doing don't make sense, but then I'm caught in system
that nurtures a math game that just doesn't work.
When we don't have the amount of staff necessary, the
wisdom the staff need to meet the demands of this
social event, and we, as staff, are forced to just
slide by with the bare minimums, well, many problems
just don't get addressed. It's ridiculous! I'm just
trying to have dialogue with the residents. I haven't
yet punched a fellow authority figure, though I admit,
sometimes a good yelling at some people in particular
would, as the residents say from time to time, "Feel
good!" Yet, I haven't acted out on these yellings. I
have debated with others. I've grown more and more
strong with my position. Circumstances have a lot to
do with how I decide certain situations, etc...
[Marsha]
> Who chooses?
Chooses what?
SA
____________________________________________________________________________________
Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.
http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/
Moq_Discuss mailing list
Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc.
http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org
Archives:
http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/
http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
