@avant-garde wrote:
@avant-garde wrote:
I mean I have so many qualifications along with 2 degrees, but still unemployable, how would this be any different?
@Jynx, this, I don't see how having another qualification would make any difference.
That and what would happen if I got triggered?
@avant-garde I guess it depends on the degree? I don't know as much about the study side of things, I think @Oaktree is probably more knowledgeable than I on that side of things!
As for getting triggered - it happens, pretty normal I think; and in a supportive workplace there will be policies and supports in place to help with that. So like, we don't tend to share anything that we're still processing if there's a chance it could be triggering. E.g. recently I shared that my grandmother had passed, which I felt safe to do because I had already processed some of my grief, and it felt better to share than to not. I think it would be different if one of my parents had passed - potentially be a while before I'd be okay to talk about it in the peer work space.
Getting triggered by others sharing their stories is obviously tricky, which is why there's trainings and stuff that we do on things like vicarious trauma. I think it's totally up to each person as to whether they feel like they can manage their triggers well enough to engage in the work - and sometimes, engaging in the work is actually what helps me manage my triggers, oddly enough.
But yeah there's systems in place to support us, so it's not like if we get triggered we just have to mask it and carry on. Cos we know that the best way to support the community is when we are working from a grounded place, so like no one is ever shamed or criticised if they get triggered and need to take a breather. Doing so protects us, and it protects all of you.
It's definitely a different way of working to most clinical models, and there's a lot of teamwork and mutual support that seems to go into it. I can't speak for anywhere other than SANE mind you, as I've not done peer work anywhere else. But my experience of it thus far has been...well, healing really. The community might not really see it as much but we're all learning and growing too - you guys teach us so much!!
