I'm a newly qualified psych nurse on a super frantic men's ward and I have my return to work o interview tomorrow. I was signed off sick with stress in September after multiple incidents with sexually aggressive men (both patients and random weird dudes while out in public) wrecked my confidence. I also struggle not to take on too much of the distress my guys are going through and am working on being more resilient without becoming a cold distant nurse.

I don't know exactly what I want from posting here, maybe just to hear from people who can relate? I'm restarting counselling for the new year and should be able to access extra supervision when I return. Hopefully there'll be a post coming up soon in a more chilled setting.