"Thank you, Mr. Liu! Thank you to every angel in white in the Department of Gynecologic Oncology of Ward 109! I believe that with your warm care and meticulous care, we will be able to overcome the disease and welcome the dawn of life! A few days ago, a letter of thanks was sent to Liu Lagen, the chief nurse of the Department of Gynecologic Oncology of Jiangsu Provincial Cancer Hospital (Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University).
After crying, I feel relaxed all over."
The person who wrote the letter was Ms. Cui, she said, I really didn't expect that "crying" was also a kind of **, and it was Liu Lagen who taught her to cry, so she was especially grateful to this benefactor.
In November last year, Ms. Cui was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer. The recovery period was long and painful for Ms. Cui, who suffered from complications of intestinal obstruction. Whenever she was in unbearable pain, she gritted her teeth and persisted. "It was a really hard time. ”
Ms. Cui told reporters that once, she and Liu **chang revealed in a chat: "I have been admitted to the hospital for a month and have never cried. I thought that the ** chief would praise himself for being strong, but I didn't expect the ** chief to say: "In fact, you don't have to be so strong, excessive suppression of emotions is not good for the body and mind, and you should cry out when you should cry." "The next day, I finally found a reason to cry, and let the tears that had been blocked in my heart for a month gush out, it was really hearty and relaxed!" ”
"The previous education emphasized that patients should be strong, rather than giving them an emotional outlet, but this is not conducive to the patient's **. So when a patient cries, I hand them tissues and accompany them, hug them or pat them on the shoulder, and tell them that it's okay to cry for a while. She believes that everyone has the right to express vulnerability, catharsis is not the same as venting emotions, and reasonable expression of emotions can reduce the psychological pressure of patients, and can also reduce the pain of patients in the process.
Positive emotions are good medicine.
Studies have shown that patients' emotional regulation style, positive coping and self-efficacy are important factors affecting the post-traumatic recovery of cancer patients, and positive emotions play a positive role in the process of cancer patients**. In general, cancer patients usually go through the following four psychological stages.
Stage 1: Patients tend to deny and not accept, and do not believe that they have cancer; Stage 2: The patient gradually accepts the fact that the disease is present, but often has uncontrollable feelings of anger or anxiety. Stage 3: After diagnosis or **, the patient will have a tendency to be depressed or even depressed. Stage 4: After a series of examinations and **, the patient slowly enters the period of acceptance and adaptation, and the mood gradually stabilizes. Zhao Yun, deputy director of the Nursing Department of Jiangsu Provincial Cancer Hospital, believes that these four stages are not completely separated, and the patient's emotions will be repeated in the process, so it is necessary to strengthen the psychological construction of the patient.
Zhao Yun believes that the impact of emotions on patients is multifaceted, and if patients are in a relatively depressed state for a long time, it will have an adverse impact on the function and state of the body, especially some diseases affected by hormones, such as breast cancer, and the correlation with emotions will be more obvious. In addition, bad mood can also affect the immune function of the whole body, which is not conducive to the recovery of cancer patients.
How to channel the bad emotions of cancer patients?
In addition to "crying", what other ways can be channeled into the bad emotions of cancer patients? Zhao Yun believes that it should be different from person to person and from time to time.
First of all, the hospital will provide patients with professional psychological intervention to relieve their bad emotions in a timely manner. It is reported that the medical staff of Jiangsu Provincial Cancer Hospital will evaluate the psychological state of patients through professional scales and **, and carry out psychological counseling for patients in a targeted manner. In addition, the hospital has also set up a special psychology group, which can provide patients with more professional psychological care by using cognitive **, narrative nursing and other methods.
Secondly, the patient's self-regulation of emotions is also an important part of cancer**. Liu **chang said, "Patients and friends can vent their negative emotions by crying or confiding in others, and they can also exercise appropriately to improve their mood, but they should do it moderately if their physical strength allows." In addition, she encourages patients to stick to their hobbies or do household chores that they can do to improve their sense of self-worth and confidence.
Finally, during the stay-at-home period, families need to strengthen the psychological construction of patients and strive to eliminate the stigma of patients. Family psychological support is the continuation of the hospital's psychology, the attitude of family members towards the patient will directly affect the patient's mood, psychological state and effect, so the family should try their best to understand the patient's low mood, give them enough patience and companionship, and can also encourage the patient to exercise appropriately to help them better return to normal life.