Psychia – An Emotional, Heart Warming & Memorable Experience

Today was our culmination day in the Maladaptive rotation. We were given a large amount of time to prepare for our culmination which was just actually almost 18 hours total. Finally the group got together again last night and was able to make the things needed. Well today, we really prepared for this day. The preparation was good and the decorations was a real wow! @_@ Going to upload some of the photos soon. Anyway, the culmination was a really great thing. Things were really fun and so heart warming. The songs were really wonderful except for that one guy who sang of something I couldn’t understand. Anyway, the performances was so great. The residents sang “Remember Me This Way” (From Jordan Hill).

I’ll make a wish for you,
and hope it will come true,
if life will just be kind,
to such a gentle mind,
if you lose your way,
think back on yesturday
remember me this way,
remember me this way.

It was very fitting for the culmination. Even though they’re mentally ill, they really know how to appreciate and feel. They’re still human despite the illness. And when we student nurses sang “True Colors”,

But I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors and that’s
Why I love You
So don’t be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful, like a
Rainbow

we never expected that our residents would be giving us flowers. @_@ That was a real shocking thing plus there was this shower of balloons and bubbles. It really added to the wonderful moment. Some of our classmates were touched and cried when they were given flowers. One of the great things that happened was when one of the residents dedicated a poem for us. It was a really great poem.. It was really hard to keep the tears from not falling but they really fell. Just before we gave out our tokens, I even banged my head to a wall just behind the curtains because I didn’t want to cry.

This psychiatric rotation, it’s not all about the requirements, practices and presentations. It’s about making new friends and helping them. It is true that the rotation is really costly but it has given us more than what we have given. We’re hoping that we were able to help our residents during the time spent in that institution. Truly it is a very emotional, heart warming and a memorable experience.

I’m gonna miss them.

(Gikan kay Queenie ang title hahaha! Naglisod ko ug isip unsa ang title LOL)..

~ by dchen on March 12, 2008.