– BEHAVIOR –Caregiver Word of the Day
While I was waiting for Alex during his procedure at the pain management clinic a few days ago, another couple came into the waiting room. The woman was soft-spoken and only said kind things, but everything about her actions screamed, “I despise you!” to her husband.
Granted, he was a little loud and his behavior bordered on obnoxious. The initial impression he made was not favorable, but I was amazed at how his wife’s non-verbal behavior filled the room with tension. As they sat side by side, she focused so intently on her iPad, that I got the impression she would have liked to crawl inside of it. When her husband spoke or asked her a question, she answered in a kind tone, but she also sighed, rolled her eyes […]