I was sitting in a training update last week where we talked about making sure to check our motives and engage in positive self talk. When the presenter asked the group of us what things were good to keep in mind when dealing with our residents, one staff responded, "Abandon all logic."
There was one particular resident he was referring to handling who just days before tried to convince a staff member that right and wrong were completely based on "some group of people that just got together and called a bunch of stuff right and a bunch of stuff wrong." He really believed it too. There really is no world outside of what he feels to him. How could logic ever be of aid when dealing with someone like this?
It's a miracle that all of us in the social work field aren't bonkers by now. Maybe we are and just don't realize it yet because we've had to abandon logical ways of thinking so many times that we've lost track of reality a bit ourselves. It really is crazy what passes for normal anymore.
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