Emotions

Question 1

What is the best thing to do when someone is very emotional?

Answer 1

• take them out of the situation where they feel less emotional
• drop tone of voice
• dont say it will be okay
• say you understand that you may be feeling upset and that you can help

Question 2

What are the 4 biggest emotions?

Answer 2

1. fear
2. guilt
3. loss and grief
4. hope

Question 3

What are the concepts behind fear?

Answer 3

• is good (protective, fight and flight)
• anxiety is abnormal and harmful
• we are afraid of things we don’t understand

Question 4

What are the concepts behind guilt?

Answer 4

• patient guilt: the motion of guilt makes us act differently
• survivor guilt: family feel guilty that it isnt them having cancer

Question 5

What is the concepts behind loss and grief?

Answer 5

• kubler ross

- each patient is at a different stage of emotions

Question 6

What are the stages of emotions in kubler and ross?

Answer 6

1. denial
2. anger
3. bargaining
4. depression
5. acceptance

Question 7

What is the concepts behind hope?

Answer 7

• bridge that needs to be built

- there is always something we can do, give a hug, support with pain medication

Question 8

What are the concepts behind depression?

Answer 8

• a sense of being emotionally dead
• patient is not engaging emotionally into anything
• depression is 24hrs whereas sadness comes and goes