#mental healthcare workers

[butterflyinthewell]

Mental health workers for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California are on strike (my therapist included) due to unlivable working conditions, and now KP is denying them grocery deliveries.

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[mg-2000g]

To our steadfast supporters, here's an update !!

Hi all! I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to personally thank you for your generosity and to share an exciting update. 

I have successfully arrived to Turkey, Istanbul, have done all the registration process of the university and have started practicing in a hospital. Hopefully that by your kindness, generosity and your ongoing donations, I would be able to complete my education and achieve my dream of becoming a doctor to go back and help healing my mother country Palestine and my beloved city Gaza. 

Actually, for anyone who has been in Istanbul, he knows well that living and accommodation are really very expensive. Moreover, I am still helping my family back in Egypt with living expenses there. 

Hopefully that you compassionate souls to keep supporting and sharing my GoFundMe campaign with all of your friends and families to reach as much people as we can.

Please directly message this link (http://gofund.me/cb5d0819) to your friends, family, and community members. If you have any contacts who are part of healthcare worker organizations for Palestine, please message me through this GoFundMe fundraiser. Thank you once again!

[caimitos]

retail truly is hell bc at my first job i was working at a chain pharmacy fighting for my life every day until i quit and now i work at a hospital and it's much more chill and i spend most of it sitting down (standing 11 hours a day at my old job fucked my legs up so bad) and eating (i used to not be able to eat lunch until 2 PM) and reading if there aren't a lot of patients. and i used to run out the door as soon as i could leave but now i hang around after my shift to talk to my coworkers or watch horror movies bc the roads are empty at midnight so my commute is faster and i no longer wake up every day wishing it would end like!!!!! yay!!!!!!

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The B.C. government is considering making it easier for some workers to access financial and medical help for mental trauma linked to their jobs, The Tyee has learned.

Documents obtained through freedom of information legislation show the province may expand the job categories where workers aren’t required to prove a psychological condition is caused by their jobs.

Firefighters, police officers, nurses and other first responders in B.C. already benefit from the presumption their psychological injuries are work-related, which saves them from what can often be difficult and traumatizing testimony at WorksSafeBC hearings.

A December briefing note says the province is now considering expanding that presumption to other workers who frequently submit mental claims, which could include teachers, bus drivers and employees at harm reduction sites for people who use drugs. [...]

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[leomonwell]

Pacing Yourself When Energy Is Limited: My Tips for Breaking Down Tasks

Today, I want to talk about something we’ve all experienced at some point—feeling overwhelmed, tired or sluggish. Whether it’s due to aging, a chronic diagnosis, or just not getting enough sleep, we all have those days where our energy just isn’t there.

When we’re dealing with limited energy, the key is to pace ourselves. It’s all about energy management and breaking up tasks into smaller, manageable steps. So if you’re feeling tired and your energy is low, here are a few strategies that I personally use and recommend:

Break It Down into Small Projects

You don’t have to do everything at once! If you’re cleaning your bedroom, don’t feel pressured to finish it all in one sitting. Start with something simple—take your laundry, put it in the hamper. Then, tackle the next thing, like throwing away any trash, and so on. Breaking tasks up into bite-sized projects makes them way less overwhelming and easier to handle when your energy is limited.

Take Breaks—You Deserve Them!

One of the most important things to remember is that it’s completely okay to take breaks. I know we often feel like we need to power through everything, but that’s not always the smartest choice. Rest is part of the process. Organize your tasks, and also organize your breaks! Give yourself permission to step away when you need it.

One Task at a Time

I always remind my clients (and myself) that it’s totally fine to take things one step at a time. You might not be able to clean an entire room in a day, but if you chip away at it, you’ll get there. The goal is progress, not perfection. Whether it takes a day, a week, or even longer, the important part is that you’re moving forward.

Use Your Energy Wisely

We might not have unlimited energy, but the energy we do have can still be used wisely. By pacing yourself, taking breaks, and breaking down tasks, you can make the most out of what energy you do have. And don’t forget, success isn’t measured by how quickly you finish something—it's about making steady progress.

So, if you’re feeling tired, sluggish, or overwhelmed, remember: break it down, take breaks, and go at your own pace. I’m Leo MonWell, bringing you health and wellness strategies to make it through your day. Take care of yourselves, and until next time! Watch it on YouTube:

[thetygre]

Be the kind of mental health care worker Batman can believe in.

[silversoulstardust]

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[rosesandthorns44]

I don't want to run errands or go to work today. I want to curl up in a ball under a pile of blankets.

[strawbynrobyn]

Quitting a second job with no plans on the future seems unwise but idk if I can survive- even with the notice I'm giving them

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Women and working in healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil: bullying of colleagues

Background

Based on a feminist approach, we analyzed the experiences of workplace bullying suffered by women front-line healthcare professionals dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. We start from studies that show that women make up 70% of the global health workforce, 85% in the area of nursing, and 90% in the case of social care workers. An unequivocal need thus exists to address gender issues regarding the composition of the labor force in the health area. The pandemic has aggravated recurring problems involving healthcare professionals at the various caregiving levels, such as mental harassment (bullying) and its effects on mental health.

Methods

Data were gathered from an online survey of a convenience (non-probability) sample composed of 1,430 volunteer respondents, all women that work in the public health system in Brazil. The analyses and discussions involved the responses to a questionnaire containing 12 closed-ended questions and one open-ended question.

Results

The results revealed a context of workplace bullying aggravated by precarious material, institutional and organizational conditions in the area of health services against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. This context has variously led to aggression, isolation, heavy workloads, and invasion of privacy, humiliation, persecution and fear as it was possible to see, mainly, in the answers to the study’s open-ended question. This situation degrades both work relations and the integrity of the healthcare professionals who work on the front line to treat Covid-19 cases.

Conclusion

We conclude that bullying is a psychosocial phenomenon that heightens the oppression and subordination still experienced by women in the contemporary context, but with new hues in a scenario of frontline response to Covid-19.

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[antiquecactus]

[caimitos]

saw a post about projecting your ethnicity onto a character and started missing vespa ilkay. so so bad

[ilostyou]

hiiiiiii it's me!!!!!!!!! please recommend:

Someone who would be great with *assisting* Tree Paine as Taylor’s publicist (let’s be real no one can be Tree Paine so you just get to help)

Someone who knows Taylor’s lyrics better than she does

Someone who is actually a real-life superhero (costume and everything.. but NO CAPES!!)

Someone who inspires you to be a better person 

Someone who would be Jack Antonoff’s BFF

Someone you wish lived closer

Someone that you would follow, wherever they stray

Someone who would be Aaron Dessner’s BFF

hey bestie!!

tree paine's assistant - i nominate @cages-boxes-hunters-foxes for obvious reasons

knows lyrics better than taylor - i wanna say @eclipsedsuns for no other reason than it's the vibes i get

real-life superhero - not gonna tag anyone in particular but huge huge shoutout to all the mental health and healthcare workers!!! you guys are as superhero as it gets

inspires me to be a better person - @wineonmytshirt and @aslowmotionlovepotion are just always so sweet and outwardly supportive and most everyone could take a page out of their books

would be jack's bff - i feel like @likeadevils would have the strangest relationship with jack but for some reason it would work

someone i wish lived closer - all of my mutuals. don't make me choose. we all deserve to have a big night out followed by a huge sleepover party together

wherever they stray i'd follow - @fountainpensongs and i basically followed each other jumping around tumblr so this only seems fitting

aaron's bff - @tolerateit perhaps?

[allthecanadianpolitics]

One day after being urged to drop its challenge of a proposed class-action lawsuit brought by Black workers claiming discrimination, the federal government has announced a new mental health fund for Black public servants.

The $45.9 million action plan for Black employees in the public service, unveiled in Tuesday's federal budget, also includes funding for dedicated career development programs, specifically "to prepare Black public service leaders for executive positions" within the federal bureaucracy.

"Systemic racism has been a reality for Black Canadians for far too long. All too often, Black public servants face barriers to career advancement and lack adequate support for the challenges they face — particularly for their mental health," according to the 2023 budget document tabled in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon.

"The federal government is committed to ensuring that Black public servants can work in a safe and healthy environment that is equitable, diverse, and inclusive." [...]

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