Any professionals? Advice?
I feel so strange trying to be the "professional" everyone wants me to be. Think medical doctoral program type stuff. I'm supposed to tone myself down so much I dont recognize myself half the time. My piercings are "unprofessional", my hair is "unprofessional", my makeup is "unprofessional", genuinely everything I am is what they hate. It's not like my eyeliner is affecting my ability to care for my patients, nor is it an infection / safety risk in this scenario. I would feel differently if I were in surgery or somewhere higher-risk than sitting at a computer all day. Our nurses get much more leeway despite having way more direct patient interaction 💀
I understand that there is a certain image that we have to uphold of ourselves but man... I wish I could feel like a human at work/ class sometimes. This is genuinely so depressing sometimes lol. I didnt't realize my worth would be determined by how I'm percieved rather than the actual knowledge/value I bring to my team going into this.
Does anyone else relate? How do you get through this? black / colored scrubs and a badge reel are about as far as Ive been able to push it.