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The Nest of Insanity, Pain, and Sadness It’s only been two days in this hellhole. The agony, sadness, and anger, it hurts, please make it stop! As she lies in the cool tile floor crawling, groaning, and holding her head. She wanted the pain to go away it was not physical pain. But that it was mental pain, which continued to strike her in ways that she could never have imagined. Her name was Violet Reva, she was fourteen-years-old. She was sent to Hilltop Mental Hospital because of one stupid…

for me to truly be happy is to stay away from any sort of alcohol. To be taught this at such an early age, I am thankful because I do not want to end up dying alone. Family, friends and myself are the reason I gave up alcohol. Thinking about all the pain and torture I caused myself and the people around me makes me want to vomit. It hurts to say that one bad experience with alcohol was not enough but rather I had to go through multiple horrible experiences to get my head in the game and finally…

Editor’s Note These five poems were selected for their commentary on suffering, pain, and madness. Dickinson seems to have an unusual view on these topics because she views them not as purely negative, but rather as honest and having the ability to edify those have borne them. In some ways, Dickinson seems to portray them as natural reactions and alternatives to the stoicism and artificiality of society. It is interesting to consider how these topics affected Emily Dickinson specifically as a…

across my backside? How I wish I could be leathered like this!!! There were more than a few times during the last five minutes, when I was thinking "when the hell is this going to end", but I then had to push that thought away as I dealt with the pain from the lick that had just…

‘if you punch yourself and don’t feel pain then you’re sleeping’. But what if you pinch yourself and feel it; “...pain can be found in dreams and, thus, the saying that pitching with pain indicates that you are not dreaming is falsified,” (Schredl, 2011). The destroyed credibility of a common saying may surprise some; for those who have experienced pain in dreams, it is not worth gawking over such a fact. I am one of the people…

The abstract of the article titled“ Comorbid Chronic Pain and Depression: Patients Perspectives on Empathy” written by Elizabeth A. Sternke, PhD, MS (Sociology), MS (Anthropology), Kathleen Abrahamson, PhD, RN, Matthew J. Bair, MD, MS is found clearly on the first page, clear to the audience understanding and view. The article is opened with an immediate positive outcome of studies relating to empathy researched by other nurses and doctors. The focus of the study is easily located within the…

Study one focuses on the shortage of registered nurses and how patient care has declined because there are not enough nurses to take care of the amount of patients that is assigned per nurse. This study is benefiting nursing all around the nation and help implement better practices for nurses. Dr. Aiken’s study implicated “that the relationship between nurse staffing on hospital unites and the outcome of patients. A good work environment lowers nurse burnout and staff turnover, while it improves…

Euthanasia Should be Legal Some people in this world have incurable diseases who live and suffer everyday, but there is a medication out there that can relieve them from the pain and have them rest in peace. Knowing someone who is incredibly ill is very hard, but having the ability to end their own life peacefully is not how most people imagined their life coming to an end. To know one can stop suffering from a rare disease that can not be cured, and be free is an incredible gift as well.…

Should Assisted Suicide be Legal? Physician assisted suicide is a controversial and still illegal practice in the United States. Many terminally ill people are in unbearable pain that medicine cannot heal. This is the sad reality of many people in the United States and most of the world. Many religions find assisted suicide unjust, other people fall with the slippery slope argument, and some people say it is against medical ethics. The opinion on physician assisted suicide is determined by…

had different patients. As soon as I got there, patients already began to flood in. I wouldn’t say it was hectic, but my nurses definitely kept me busy observing them. The first patient to come in was an older female. She was screaming of stomach pains and had vomited that morning. Her family brought her in themselves. The nurse first observed her body by feeling her stomach. She had a slight hernia, which was supposedly fix once before. As the nurse asked her continually what hurt, she said her…