Social Anxiety Support

SandM1827 · 11-05-2009, 10:17 PM

Okay so I started volunteering at the hospital last month, for the American Cancer Society, and you have to train and train until you actually see a patient, whenever a new patient enters the hospital. Last week there was a new patient but I had to have my trainer go up with me and I was just an observer. Today I was on my own and I was very anxious at first, more then usually probably because I had drank four cups of coffee and hadn't eaten anything yet. But there was one new patient in and as soon as I entered the room he started cracking jokes so that made me feel more comfortable, he was an older man in his 60's and I had to take statistical information so when I asked for his phone number he kept asking for mine. I think his being funny and flirty helped break the ice a little and it makes me think I could actually do this without freaking out...maybe...quite possibly we'll see how it goes next week, lol

jellybelly · 11-06-2009, 01:13 PM

That's really great that it went well with your first patient. Hope it goes great next week too!

11-05-2009, 10:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
SandM1827 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Washington Gender: Female Age: 19 Posts: 206	First Patient Okay so I started volunteering at the hospital last month, for the American Cancer Society, and you have to train and train until you actually see a patient, whenever a new patient enters the hospital. Last week there was a new patient but I had to have my trainer go up with me and I was just an observer. Today I was on my own and I was very anxious at first, more then usually probably because I had drank four cups of coffee and hadn't eaten anything yet. But there was one new patient in and as soon as I entered the room he started cracking jokes so that made me feel more comfortable, he was an older man in his 60's and I had to take statistical information so when I asked for his phone number he kept asking for mine. I think his being funny and flirty helped break the ice a little and it makes me think I could actually do this without freaking out...maybe...quite possibly we'll see how it goes next week, lol __________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/SandM1827 http://www.myspace.com/sandm1928 http://www.bungie.net/stats/halo3/de...ayer=SandM2718

11-06-2009, 01:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
jellybelly Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: uk Gender: Female Posts: 270	That's really great that it went well with your first patient. Hope it goes great next week too!