A profession that involves using occupations for bettering health. Occupations are considered anything that someone likes to do or has to do, ranging from hobbies to self-care. It is believed that doing things, increasing one's independence and sense of self-worth, promotes health and will help people rehabilitating from a disease or illness, as well as those living with chronic medical conditions. Becoming an Occupational Therapist in the United States recently moved to an entry-level master's degree.
1. My grandmother broke her hip and the occupational therapist helped her learn to transfer and take care of herself to continue living at home as it healed.
2. A child receives occupational therapy because he has trouble paying attention and sitting still and they work on how he can better succeed as a student.
3. An occupational therapist was referred to me after I lost two my fingers in a boating accident to help me regain functional use of my hand.
Taking a job that is beneath a person's education or skill level as a means of retreat from adult responsibilities and/or avoiding possible failure in one's true occupation.
Although he was trained to be an architect, Hank took a job at Burger King instead because he didn't believe he'd be able to design a building that anyone would be interested in financing. His parents were disappointed by Hank's obvious occupational slumming.
To stop caring about your job so much that you no longer care if you get fired or not. Occasionally leads to hilarity in the workplace.
Billy had so much Occupational Nihilism that, for no reason, he didn't go into work one day. He did not tell anyone at the workplace that he wasn't going to come into work the day before, or the day that he failed to show up either.
Patsy's occupational nihilism gave him courage to show up to work in a cowboy hat.