Just over half-way through my placement now, in some ways it has gone so quickly but in others it feels like it has been one of the slowest couple of months. Not because I want it to end but more because there has been so much to comprehend and so much to do. It has all required a lot of thought and debate. Many moral debates have been held with myself… and I hold myself to account! It is quite tough within my head, you probably wouldn’t want to be there!
The OT sessions are running well, we are fine-tuning our program so that as many people as possible get the benefit from some respite off the locked wards for an hour a week. We try to give people as many options as possible in the activities that we offer them. I’m getting to know the individuals well, and I look back over the last 2 months and see what has been achieved. In a way, a lot, but in others, nothing at all.
Nobody expects to save the world, and nobody should be arrogant enough to think they can. But is it too much to believe that you could save one person from a lifetime’s insitutionalisation? I wish and I dream of this. Just one person… to begin with.
StephThought 