In this book I will discuss a range of topics that relate to my passion in the mental health field and my ability to cope with others who are coworkers, colleagues and supervisors and I contrast and compare that with my work with clients. I will also include stories from past experiences with other work settings that I have experienced throughout my many years in the mental health field. I am curious about matters such as emotional and social intelligence.
My name is Bruce, and I'm caught in the midst of a grave injustice. As you explore the events of October 1, 2004, it might be useful to know a bit about my life. I sat in the dimly lit interrogation room, the air thick with suspicion, as the police detectives bombarded me with relentless questions. They seemed utterly disinterested in the details of my past or the experiences that made me who…
I'd like to think
I'm just like
anyone else -
that we all have limits...
There's only so much
we can take...
So much -
Pain... Fear... Loss... Trauma.
There…
I had the dream again.
Many years ago...
actually it
happened more than once -
the dream and the events that I relive
in the dream.
Monday night, up late,
And I cannot quite find
the poem in me.
It was just there. ;
somewhere around some corner,
in my mind,
haunting me.
I awaken to the alarm
but quickly fell back asleep...
in the dream I'm traveling home -
wherever that was -
and something happens...
I'm alone, stranded somewhere -
alone and scared.
It was always you,
from the beginning –
my beginning.