During my training of nurse specialized in mental health and psychiatry, I could discover the Day Hospital of the UPDM ( Units of Mental Developmental Units, Mental health and Psychiatry Department – HUG Geneva) which receives patients presenting Intellectual Disability and autistic disorders with associated psychiatric comorbidities.
I met Luc there. He presents a mild intellectual disability, does not speak, enters in relation by movements of proximity and distance.
Through this situation of care, the multidisciplinary work and the bond with various concepts enabled me to adjust my way to modulate my personal attitudes in caring , to better understand the various emotions which are dawning. The meeting with this patient creates questions about the adequate relational distance; how to adjust this distance in order to make so that it becomes therapeutic and well-wishing for the patient.