Hospital Need To Knows: Managing Crisis Situations

Everyone faces crises sometime during heir lives. This guide is aimed to help you manage those stressful situations in a way that promotes acceptance and healing.

• Recognize the problem and ACT.

Disowning the problem will lead to further complications and can often initiate the crisis itself. Accepting and facing the problem head on is the best way to deal with it. Acceptance is key to a healthy recovery.

• Deal with the crisis.

Dealing with the crisis itself can be both intimidating and stressful in and of itself. However, it is imperative that one does so. You HAVE to deal with a crisis, as per above, it can't go ignored without becoming a larger situation.

• Expect some amount of failure.

Every decision invokes some amount of risk, and under the stress of a crisis, you're decision making is likely to be a little compromised. It's okay! Mistakes are part of growing and, ultimately, healing. <3

• Accept your limitations.

In a crisis situation, you're likely to be depressed, angry, anxious, uninterested, or any combination of those things. You might not be able to do the things that were once routine, you might have to stay at a hospital, and you might have a long recovery afterwards. That's okay, too! Accepting these difficult circumstances helps you to take the first steps in your journey to recovery.

Crises are difficult for anyone, and for those of us suffering from mental illness, it can be overwhelming. But remember, you aren't alone and there is recovery. It can take tie, but until you accept that it is what it is, you're stuck at the starting line. Acceptance is the decision to start acting, to start moving towards the recovery you can achieve.