Shannen Reza Macarayon BSN 2B

Professional Boundaries in Nursing

When I was 16 years old, I was depressed. I’m still not sure why I was depressed but somehow it
made me overthink every time I was alone. It came to the point that I already did something to myself. I
even questioned everything to God. My family and friends didn’t know anything about it. But one day, I
realized I don’t like what is happening to me. So, I interact with my friends more and shared them about
my problem. Then they helped me to stand up again. Reminded me always that I am not alone. They
also said that whenever I need help, they will always help me because I am their friend.

Their reaction when I reached out for help to them, is that they were very concerned about me.
They couldn’t believe that I was in that kind of situation. They asked me if they still have anything to
know about me. When they knew about it, every day when we met at school, they will always ask about
me. They will always ask me to go study together so that my mind will divert things. We’ll go all to the
comfort room together, eat lunch, go to cafeteria, answer activities, and so many things that we can’t
imagine that we can do things that are unimaginative and those memories are so unforgettable. As I was
with them, my mind simply diverting things. From being an overthinker to a happy go lucky person. I
didn’t think that I can be the best version of me again. They helped me get up from my own darkness
and bring me back to life. I even get back to God and ask for forgiveness for the things I have done in the
past.

Based on the URL I can say that I did not developed the sense of individuation. Because when
we say individuation, it refers to the process through which a person achieves a sense of individuality
separate from the identities of others and begins to consciously exist as a human in the world. And as
I've narrated my story above, I seek help from my friends which I didn’t solved on my own. It only gives
me personal gain. But as we’ve been together for years, they also let me helped them achieve the help
they need. I was very dependent to my friends to get out from my problem which was being depressed.
It was showed that I have a good boundary. Because as I was in need and desperate for help to get out
from my problem and resolved it, my friends also shared their problem which leads us to have a trusted
therapeutic relationship. I’m so thankful for them for helping me that time because it made me
somehow developed my individuation now as I am 20 years old. They were the important part of my life
that I will never forget.