It was getting harder and harder for me at work. I thought that it was due to unprocessed unpleasant situations in my previous job. I was afraid that I might cause harm to my patients by (unintentionally) doing something that might jeopardise their lives, such as using the wrong medicine, not providing help fast enough, or offering the wrong kind of help …
In answer to the question “Who did you harm in your childhood?” I felt that I had harmed my elder sister simply by being born, resulting in her being given less attention, less acceptance and love. I felt that I was superfluous in her life.
What I learned from this “lesson” was how to be more compassionate, respectful, empathetic – and these are my values now.
Since this realisation and the elimination of the cause, I’ve been much more relaxed and open at work, and as a result I’m more successful and, above all, happy. It’s as if a large boulder has rolled off my shoulders and I’m no longer paralysed.
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