Justified Lie
One of the many unique things about us, humans, is our perception of good and bad. What I see as good, can be perceived by another person as bad. In the eyes of some people, Charlie kirks death is good, while for some, its a very bad thing. I wonder why someone's death will be celebrated.
I am not very experienced with the things of life, however, I have come to a conclusion that; the only truth of this world I believe in is that there is nothing like a truth or neither is there a lie. I or anyone in this world can be praised and worshiped as a king/god even though I don't have royal blood or good-like blood. Again, I can also be hated as a devil even if i don't practice spiritism or demonism. All it takes for people to do either of both is to make them believe in me by sparking a change in their perspective through manipulation or other tactics.
This post is an entry for hive learners prompt, The Lie Of Omission. In this post, I will write on my perspective of good and bad (written above), I will write on my perspective on changing lies to look like truths, and also, I will write of a time when I changed the truth for a lie, why i did it, and whether i perceive it to be good or bad.
When we are told the good things (as we may subjectively perceive it) we want to hear, our mind becomes at peace and we tend to forget every other thing. However, what if that truth is was a lie? Nowadays, lies can be manipulated and presented to go inline with your perspective of the truth.
I think life is all about perspectives, the choices we make as individuals, and our ability to properly convince somebody to believe in something irrespective of whether or not it will favor them.
In the world we live in today, manipulation is the order of the day. It may sound weird, but one major reason why I love and enjoy psychology is the fact that it gives you the knowledge of many perspectives, and helps you understand these perspective, thereby helping you view things from diverse perspectives, thus, making it easy to manipulate reality and making it difficult for you to be manipulated.
I was in the emergency unit one day when a case arrived. He was a victim of road traffic accident. Before presenting to the emergency unit, the patient lost a whole lot of blood.
We did what we were supposed to do for the patient while while the OR prepare the theatre for suturing. Surgeon on call was informed and we prepared for the case. I began to constantly reassure him. I told him that he would live, but then, looking at how much blood this patient lost, i knew that i was lieing, however, I could not bring myself to tell him the truth. With each seconds that passed, his chances of surviving was getting slim.
Before we could wheel the patient to the OR, he gave up. I knew i lied to him, but then, would it be better if I had told him the truth? wouldn't that make him more worried? These are some questions I've been asking myself but I can't find any answer to it.
PS, when receiving emergency victims, we are not told what to expect. Most times, they are not brought in with an ambulance, so, we don't know what we are about to receive. Emergency victims always come in company of good Samaritans, or their relatives. We start preparing when the case has already arrived. One nurse does the preparation while the other nurse attends to the patient while the orderly informs the Doctor on call (all these are done in the space of 2 to 5 minutes. No time to think straight, just act. Who knows, had it been we had prior information, we would have been very much prepared and save his life.
Anyways, from my perspective, even though I presented my reassuring words as truth, they were blatant lies. However, they were necessary. Welp i don't really know. There is no changing the fact that i lied to him. I will love to know your opinion. If you were in my shoes, what would you have done?
Thank you for reading.
Hmmmmm, every patients needs reassuring words ...that word alone is healing on its own
For Some patients, all they need is positive words to bring back their wondering soul..some overthink sef and the main sickness won't kill them but high bp ,due to thinking
So I would say, u did right by telling him that he would be fine even though from his situation , u perceived he wouldn't make it...telling him the raw truth might even worsen the situation before his time
Honestly , some lies of omission is just to avoid worsening issues
But wen it's to the detriment of others, it should be avoided .
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Reassuring words to patients help them hang on for the time being even when we know it might not be true.
It gives a certain kind of comfort.
And this are lies we can't escape.
Nice write up
I admire your perspective of this subject.
It is just fact, the concept of truth is based on individual perspective of what is and what isn't. It is based on what is generally acceptable and proven, not because it is entirely true. What one person see as 6, might be 9 to others.
There are situations we find ourselves and we realise that the line between right and wrong is very slim. Sometimes we find ourselves choosing between lesser evil and greater evil because the situation demands it, while people who have not experienced such a thing, it is always very easy for them to judge.
What you did is considered professionalism, it is what your job demands. It might be wrong based on societal construct of values but if you had told the patient the truth, you would be doing what is considered ethically wrong.
The patient might have died but at least, he died with hope not hopelessness.
Lie never becomes truth, and people don't trust liar. Keep yourself positive and support truth.
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