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Hi OP,

I've got a bit of a story here and some questions to follow.

My significant other of 5 years is a nurse who has volunteered with a hospice team and frequently works with palliative patients, so I know a small amount about this subject but only from the perspective of a listener.

Several years ago her grandmother, who was very important in her life, passed away and she explains that the support she received from the hospice staff had a large positive impact in her life, which is what led her to that place in her own career.

I'm not sure how it would affect me personally to work with the dieing, but I feel like it could create alot of emotional weight on a person. I have lots of respect for my girlfriend for this reason, and I see her as a stronger person for doing this.

Recently, my S.O. and I took LSD together and it was her first time doing this. As is normal for LSD, I wasn't totally sure what to expect but the experience she had was incredibly powerful.
She often tells me about the tough time she has at work (how most of the other nurses like to gossip about each other, which she hates). In her LSD trip, she told me that she saw thousands of faces, the faces of many of the palliative patients that she once helped. She said that the patients were all saying thank you to her for the respect and the dignity that she gave them on their way out.

It was an incredibly emotional and profound experience, but afterwards it was as if an enormous weight was lifted off of her and she has had more confidence at work and feels better about standing up for herself at work.

Anyways, I wanted to tell you this story because it reaffirmed to her that it is worth it to go the extra mile to give the patients comfort and dignity in their final days and that they deserve it.

Depending on the type of employee that you are, I want to tell you that if you are the type of person who ensures that your patients may have comfort and dignity, that you are making a big positive difference.

Anyways I basically just wanted to tell you that story, whether or not it makes any difference to you.

As for questions to you, I am wondering:

Are you religious? What is your religious perspective on death? What do you feel happens after death?

Do you fear death, or are you ready for it?