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I think I was traumatized at work today

I work inpatient with adolescents. I had to watch this patient who has developmental disabilities. There was a crisis going on in the hallway so I had to shut the door to maintain the patient’s safety. I had the door up against the door facing his room just in case something happened. The patient saw that I got a text from my phone and he's like “ooooo who are you texting? Your boyfriend?” I'm like “no” And he's like “well do you want a boyfriend?” And as I'm sitting in the chair, he starts to hover over me. I tell him, “hey can I have some personal space please” and he gets closer to me and he has this fuckin smirk on his face. I attempt to try to push him off so he doesn’t get any closer. I ended up jumping out of my chair and luckily a nurse…


I work inpatient with adolescents. I had to watch this patient who has developmental disabilities. There was a crisis going on in the hallway so I had to shut the door to maintain the patient’s safety. I had the door up against the door facing his room just in case something happened.

The patient saw that I got a text from my phone and he's like “ooooo who are you texting? Your boyfriend?”
I'm like “no”
And he's like “well do you want a boyfriend?”
And as I'm sitting in the chair, he starts to hover over me. I tell him, “hey can I have some personal space please” and he gets closer to me and he has this fuckin smirk on his face. I attempt to try to push him off so he doesn’t get any closer.
I ended up jumping out of my chair and luckily a nurse saw me do that and rushed me out of the room.

What bothers me the most is that some of my co workers are telling me that it’s my fault it happened. “You shouldn’t be in the room with the door shut with him in the first place, what were you thinking.”

I feel so gross and I feel responsible for what happened and it just sucks

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