Telling our birth & death stories matters.
It helps us understand what happened.
It enables others to know more.
It normalises these important life events.
It moves emotionally profound experiences to the safe storage of autobiographical memory.
We can help by listening.
@virtualhospice.bsky.social

I'm frequently asked, often by worried healthcare students, whether it's 'wrong' to show our emotions when we are supporting patients & their beloveds through difficult times, unwelcome news, anticipatory grief & deep sorrow.

Here's my experience:
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#TheTearfulHelper #PalliativeCare #EndOfLifeCare

I'm a lover not a fighter, but I know this is fighting talk:
why is rest and restoration time for healthcare staff not included in their contracted time?
Machines are treated better than humans in this dehumanising system.
Time to ask why.