Relating with Family, Friends, and Colleagues for ICU.
Taken from “Sick and tired of being sick and tired” by Dr. Paul Donaghue and Dr. Mary Siegal with extra information and feelings from Monique Marie Where need is most pronounced, feelings are more intense. In the loneliness of pain and sickness, we need the comfort of care, sympathy, and understanding. We want the comfort of care from those who know us best—our spouses, family, and friends. When we are met instead with impatience and distrust, we are shattered. We withdrawal like wounded anima