How does one rate Invisible Pain??

[Judy Hamilton]

Nurses are taught to ask what is your pain level on a scale from one
to ten...with one being the lesser and ten the greater pain


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[Ian Gentles]

I love it! I find people are surprised that Mr who knows everything ~Gentles here should be in emotional pain, weird, but there it is. However there is "The Beck Depresion Invenrory, (BDI)! and the "Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale, (PDS)".

[Judy Hamilton]

Ian

we know you are in pain...hopefully not to the
extent as my patient


I just wanted the nurse who was caring for her to treat her with respect

I was not allowing that this girl made the right choice when seeking
an answer for her problem

We do not entertain exasperation with you

we just encourage you to look up to the God of your past and present
and encourage yourself in the Lord

my patient had no hope

as she was and is not a Christian

you, however DO have hope as you have
embraced in your life eternal hope found in Christ.
This hope has been extended to all
and proven to be trustworthy...beyond a doubt

totally worthy of your trust

Judy

[Marilyn Lawson]

Nurses are taught to ask what is your pain level on a scale from one
to ten...with one being the lesser and ten the greater pain

Depending on the situation I have seen people laugh hysericaly when the pain is so bad physically.

I have seen people cry until they are sick because it hurt mentally/emotionally.

I have also seen people shut down totaly to avoid dealing with the pain of either kind.

Physical pain is so much easier to rate but getting someone to try and say how much they are feeling in their heart is a differnt story.

I have talked with children with puppets to get them to share how much they are hurting - or given them crayons and say draw how they feel - amazing how much Black/Red/(Dark) Blue colurs are used.

I have seen adults get so drunk that they scream at the top of their lungs how they feel about someone - and you can tell they are hurting so much, their minds have let loose.

There is no easy answer and to need to find that special point or source inside you to not react.

You need to pray and ask God to help you see what is happening with this person.

Or plead for paticience when it comes to working with this person.

Judy that you for the insite.

Marilyn

[Lori Jeffrey]

I have seen adults get so drunk that they scream at the top of their lungs how they feel about someone - and you can tell they are hurting so much, their minds have let loose.

Its amazing that you quoted this. My niece just the other day did this exact thing. She just used this method to get it all out of how much she missed her brother (he died in Iraq on May 2), but she also made comments of how she wanted so much to join him. Those who were around her let her let it all out and then calmed her down.
She is doing better now and doesn't remember a thing about her incident.

The funeral is this Friday and new emotions will certainly be erupted. The invisable hurt will take time to heal. But praise the Lord, I will be trusting in Him for guidance as I take the time to heal and also be there for the rest of my family to help them get through this trying time.

Lori

[Joel Merrill]

I think the 1 to 10 method of rating pain is a good one but I know some older people, like my Dad, who still don't understand what you mean. I've tried to explain it to him. To him, all pain is 10.

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