This is the fourth week of my externship... And I've come across all sorts of patients. Some I love, some I...just don't understand why they're so bitchy towards me when I treat them with nothing but kindness. It really throws me off after encountering absolutely rude patients, and I know it shouldn't. I have to learn to not let it get to me so much. Especially this early on! It just makes me feel like I was the one who did or said something wrong. I guess I just like to know how to solve problems and that's why I keep replaying conversations in my head...to figure out how things could have gone better.
I keep reminding myself that everyone has their struggles and that I don't know what's going on in their lives, so don't take things personally...
And how some people are just jerks.
I need to toughen up.
