Just want to share my excitement.
I've gotten through the training and Samaritans have decided to take me on as a Listener, hurrah!
My first shift is in 3 hours, 2.30-6.30, so i'm excited for that :D
WOO!
I think it's going to be hard, but really satisfying.
Anyone else worked for Samaritans?
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Wow, how exciting - Well done! I agree it will be very satisfying, I've been trained as an active listener before (not for the Samaritans) but it feels really good to know that you've helped someone in some of their lowest moments. Good luck for your first shift, let us know how it goes! :)
Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world awaits in darkness for the light that is you.
Thats amazing!! well done for getting through and i hope your shift goes well :)
♥ .I'm going to fall like I don't need saving. ♥
...My smile's just the armour I built when I was alone...
There was some part of me that hurt so badly, that I wouldn't ever be able to forget it.
It faded but the memories could bring it back any second, keeping me in the moment.
It would never fully heal. I could never really be free. I could never really be fixed. Now I just have to work out how to live whilst being broken.
I feel like I'm dying.
Thankyou all! My shift went well, i just observed today, but got to listen in on some real calls which was interesting :)
lie-low and Tessar, the training's definitely eye opening. It's tough at times, especially in skills practise (you sit in a room with several people and pretend to answer the phone like you would as a Samaritan). Also, you have to be prepared to get sexual calls, because they happen quite a lot! Just on my shift alone today, we had 3!
You definitely need to be in control of your emotions too, and be strong willed or you'll get drawn into calls and it's upsetting at the best of times when you receive active suicide calls.
But everyone's really lovely, really supportive of each other and it's an experience and a half! :)
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Yeah at first you're really conscious of everyone listening in. But by the 3rd and 4th roleplays, i just blocked everyone out :)
Would definitely recommend volunteering to anyone who feels emotionally secure enough to do so, it's tough and takes it out of you but rewarding and interesting!
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I'd love to be a Sam as I loved Nightline so much (helpline my university ran) - I got really involved and ended up training 50+ person intakes of new Nightliners :)unfortunately full time shift work means I would never be able to commit to the training. Well done x
Well done I'm so pleased your first shift went well! :)
Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world awaits in darkness for the light that is you.
