‘Got to help more patients’: nurse with severe depression from working 7 years at mental hospital in China still insists on serving
- A dedicated nurse at a mental health hospital has become clinically depressed from interacting with patients for seven years
- A key factor was staying up late due to his work requiring night shifts which left him exhausted and experiencing panic attack symptoms
A male nurse in China diagnosed with severe depression after working for seven years in a local mental hospital has gained attention on mainland social media for insisting he returns to work after being treated.
The man in his early 30s, surnamed Shang, is from Sichuan province in southwestern China and battling clinical depression while working as a nurse at the hospital, Pear Video reported.
In a video posted with the story, Shang is seen dropping his head onto a desk at the hospital after learning the diagnosis that his depression is serious.
Interacting with depressed patients has been a daily routine for Shang, who said that every patient has endured a life of suffering.
However, he wasn’t aware his mental health was being affected by the patients until one year ago. Shang began to notice his mental outlook was different. However, he still paid little attention, and as time passed, he felt worse.
