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Recognising the efforts of the nurses
Written on 9 April 2021

I would really like to thank the nurses for taking care of me especially during my state of not being to understand the reason for my admission into the EPIP (Early Psychosis of Intervention Programme). It was extremely hard for me to accept that I had experienced a major relapse. They took my blood pressure every 4 hours and they always talked to me. When I fell into the toilet and hit my head hard, I felt extremely angry at the person who switched off the light. I felt like confronting the person. But the nurses calmed me down for the next day as well. The next morning, I felt the anger in me and I slammed the books on the table and slammed the toilet after usage. The nurses were all shocked and turned in my direction. I am fortunate that the anger subsided and I forgave the person because she was unwell. It had been a meaningful stay for 10 days from 19th March 2021 to 30th March 2021. I enjoyed the conversations with the nurses and some patients. And I managed to soothe myself by playing the keyboard. It was a memorable music piece. It is not as nice as the actual music composers in the world but it was something memorable that I played for myself and others in IMH. I hope the other patients who heard it, feel better about themselves and will not beat themselves up for reasons that I may not know of. I am thankful for the experience. I hope that this experience helps me to be more emotionally mature and wiser to construct my future self. Thank you nurses for your efforts and your sincerity to be there for me. And thank you for that one Malay nurse who helps me to provide me closure about the grandma's passing in August 2019. I questioned myself for being overcaring for my grandma. And it is only fair that I stop questioning myself and instead start recognizing my own efforts and love myself for being caring and selfless to be on service for others.

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