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Hi there.

Thank you for visiting “tomi cafe”

My name is Tomi, and I’m a care worker who runs this blog.

I am a housewife in my 40s living with my husband, children, parents and dog.

I am an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person).

I have a HSP (Highly Sensitive Person) temperament, and although I feel it is difficult to live, I manage to live.

It’s only in the last year or two that I’ve realized that I have HSP.

I ‘m not an expert for HSP

I may not be able to teach you about HSP or suggest a wonderful lifestyle.

I hope that people who read my blog

even for a moment

I would be happy if my blog could make you smile or make you feel relaxed.

It was about 20 years ago that I entered the world of nursing care.

I worked at a medical care hospital and an elderly care facility.

Currently, I am working as a helper at a home care center.

What made me want to get involved in nursing care work?

it’s the existence of my uncle

My uncle has a severe physical disability.

He suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident when he was young and cannot move from the neck down as he wishes

He has been living on the bed for more than 40 years now, but he does not miss rehabilitation every day and is trying his best to live.

When I visited my uncle as a child, I always saw many staff members supporting him, including rehabilitation doctors, nurses, and caregivers.

Among them, the caregivers left a particularly strong impression in my mind.

Not only did they provide basic personal care such as transferring him to a wheelchair, feeding him, and changing his clothes, but they also took care of him in between.

They also joked and talked with my uncle in between their assistance.

They would find music that my uncle liked and play it for him.

Sometimes he would gently scold me… When I saw that he was supporting me as if I were family

I thought to myself, “Wow, I wish I could do this kind of work “

Many years have passed since then.

I wonder if I am able to provide the kind of support that I envisioned when I was a child…

I still wonder every day if I am helping those who need support.

I still worry about this every day.

This kind of overthinking, which is unique to HSP, sometimes annoys me.

But I think it is a very good weapon to expand the range and depth of my work.

When things go well

And when things go wrong

When things go well and when they don’t, you’re thinking about it and acting on it.

I have to live with confidence.

But when things don’t go well, I immediately go back to worrying mode…

I’m still asking myself the same question every day.