Posted May 4, 2022, 2:39 p.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Janna Kingston (Counsellor) (Lindsay B)
Posted by Lieutenant Benjamin Grey (Chief Medical Officer) in Sickbay- Answers Come in All Forms
Posted by Commander Orvos Legen (Executive Officer) in Sickbay- Answers Come in All Forms
Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Janna Kingston (Counsellor) in Sickbay- Answers Come in All Forms
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She inhaled, exhaled, and inhaled again. “I mean, physically I’m fine. At first I didn’t really notice it, but I’d be sitting in sessions with people and I’d have this intuition about what they were feeling under the surface, the parts they weren’t willing to share. And I’m a skilled enough therapist that I can conjecture some of it from body language and what people leave out of the conversation, but I’m not that good.”
“And I wouldn’t call it empathy, not exactly. It’s not so precise a reading as that. But there’s more to it also, it’s like when…” Janna drifted off and looked at Orvos, studying him deeply. She knew how much he loathed others knowing the intimate details of his life, but this couldn’t be helped. He had said as much. And they were here now- it was too late. “When I touched Orvos a short while ago it was like I could reflect what he was feeling and he could feel what I was feeling. Like a momentary sharing that was absolute.” She looked back to Ben. “I have had physical contact with others and while I think I might read them deeper that way nothing like that has happened before, so our guess is that it’s both because we spent time in the Nexus.”
~Janna Kingston, CNS
“I am also very confident in that assertion,” he said in a low voice, not wanting to bring too much attention to himself. Unfortunately, the less the doctor knew, the less unhappy he would be. He was sure though that details of their escapade were unnecessary. He only needed to know the important things after all.
-Lt. Commander Orvos Legen, CE
Ben looked at Orvos and raised an eyebrow at his comment then returned his attention to Janna “I see” He pulled a PaDD from a desk drawer, cleared the information and tapped absently with his right hand, not looking down at what he was writing “And has physical contact with others who haven’t shared your Nexus experience brought forth similar feelings of… connection?” He asked.
Dr. Grey - CMO
She closed her eyes and breathed deeply, giving herself a moment to steady herself. When she opened her eyes again, Janna nodded. “Not to the same degree though. Much less intense, less… obvious. But I have noticed with patients, especially ones I’ve been doing deep trauma work with, that there was something there, because I’m a more hands on therapist when I need to be. It’s entirely in hindsight, mind you. In that moment I wasn’t aware of it so keenly because I was focused on them, not me. But observation bias and all means I’m seeing it more and more.
~Janna Kingston, CNS
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