Psych Week 2

During an excellent collaging exercise coordinated by yours truly, a patient found a picture of a dog that she really liked and wanted to add to her collage.

A mental health worker approaches and asks to see the picture, the patient kindly forks over the picture for her to look at. The mental health worker walks a few steps away. The patient asks for the dog picture back, the mental health worker says no. The patients asks a few more times, and then eventually shakes her head at the mental health worker and continues collaging.

This is the same patient that last week told me she likes to eat her own poop.

Psych Rotation, Day 1

1. A girl swallowed a pencil, was also caught taking the wire out of her bra to swallow.

2.   PT: "I love eating my poop" 

      Me trying to be therapeutic: "tell me more about that..."

      PT: "Well it's the only thing that helps me get a tan"

      Me: "Have you considered sitting out in the sun? To the best of my knowledge, eating poop                 doesn't help you tan"

      PT: " Well it also tastes good!" brief silence followed by a fart.. *giggles* "I farted"