tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post2449177988820969539..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Normal PeopleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-69954519270633824232009-06-13T21:20:36.805-04:002009-06-13T21:20:36.805-04:00I am sorry, but you look so confused and naive, if...I am sorry, but you look so confused and naive, if not ignorant at all, that you may look plausible just something like a 3 years old blogger. Not somebody who's claiming to have doctors as friends.<br /><br />Let me introduce mayself anyway, in case my faith in juvenile innocence is still intacted.<br /><br />I am a real psychiattrist, and as any good psychiatrist should be, I am not only aware of what exactly I should do as my work and on my duty, but even the history of psycology and psychiatry.<br /><br />It all started in Greece as everybody must know. After the big freaking Christian revolution the world started to live above perverted freaks dominion called Roman - Jewish Catolics.<br /><br />Anyway all what you need to know in case you wish to remain alive after a visit to a psychiatrist is just a couple of basic two things.<br /><br />The Russian psichiatric associacion finally manged to explain to the whole world that not only normal people are Sane in mind and body, and that Rational minds are in rational bodies before 1917.<br /><br />But also that anybody who is a criminal is just mentally ill person, who is acting in a criminal way just becouse his mind is too weak to find himself a decent job and family and live like every nomrla person should do.<br /><br />Unfortunately after 1917 the so called revolution started in RUssia and all th egood psychiatrists were forced to escape or die like enemies of the state.<br /><br />Today is about 100 years after the Russian revolution of the freaks, and the whole world is controlled by mentally ill and ugly freaks.<br /><br />If you see anybody who is looking weird anyway, or just a little bit confused, he is a cazy freak, even in case of psychiatrists or psychologistst. ANd not becouse they are attracted by science of mind health. On th econtrary they are so dumb and crazy, they still didnt get that only mentally sane people can be responsable of mental health.<br /><br />Becouse of the fact that mentally ill people are in charge of public security, there are still prisons for criminals instead of LUnatic Criminal Asylums for them.<br /><br />And ignorant, crazy criminals still cosider themselves mentally sane and are still holding thousands of prostitutes who are still giving plenty birth of crazy sons of bitches who are allready inside the parliaments of all the world and are busy in terroristic and criminal actrivity, including prostitution.<br /><br />It's easy to demonstrate, like here above:<br /><br />Laws of mentally sane mind:<br /><br />1 People must protect themselves.<br /><br />2 People must protect their goods.<br /><br />3 People cant harm or kill others.<br /><br />If this is not enough, you might also think for a moment that apart of clothing and food, there are absolutely nothing on the world market today that is possible to call flawless and that is working perfectly as it should be working.ALFAVITAY2Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-59388820810730031672008-06-06T11:41:00.000-04:002008-06-06T11:41:00.000-04:00Interesting post and comments,I guess my thoughts ...Interesting post and comments,<BR/>I guess my thoughts are that psychology/psychiatry often attract people with (family?) history of mental illness or psychological difficulties. <BR/><BR/>You didn't mention neurologists... I know a couple neurologists and they are very "interesting". Definitely unbalanced, particularly since many of them intend to reduce all personality foibles and mental symptoms to the biological. Ignoring situational and environmental causes leads to a most unbalanced way of evaluating a patient. <BR/><BR/>mmm bran muffins!<BR/><BR/>-gTgreen teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09638139219186823443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-23999791594447147782008-06-05T10:16:00.000-04:002008-06-05T10:16:00.000-04:00In order to understand what your patients are goin...In order to understand what your patients are going through, how absolutely terrible and debilitating mental illness is, and to be a compassionate doctor willing to work with many challenging and frustrating illnesses, you have to have experienced some degree of mental illness or difficult emotional circumstance.Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00671972982939812253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-32372269622083827322008-06-05T08:25:00.000-04:002008-06-05T08:25:00.000-04:00Roses, you may not be aware, but I'm a hospital-ba...Roses, you may not be aware, but I'm a hospital-based consultation-liaison psychiatrist, which means that I get asked to see people who are in the hospital for things like pneumonia, COPD, heart attacks, stroke, etc. There is often a question of depression, confusion, hallucinations, suicidal thoughts, or substance abuse. They don't come to me, I go to them. And there is no concealment. My badge says I'm a psychiatrist and I tell them my specialty if asked, but I'm there to figure out what is wrong (and half the time it is not "psychiatric" in the usual sense, but "medical", such as delirium and medication side effects). If I lead with "Hi, I'm Dr Roy. I'm a psychiatrist.", the response is often "I don't need to see you, I'm not crazy."Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08735111026336537653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-49354717803788941402008-06-05T05:24:00.000-04:002008-06-05T05:24:00.000-04:00Umm, Roy?Aren't they there to see a psych anyway? ...Umm, Roy?<BR/>Aren't they there to see a psych anyway? How do you conceal that you're the one they've come to see if you're the one they're seeing?<BR/><BR/>The defensiveness? Yeah, like smiling at a dentist? They have that air about them don't they?<BR/><BR/>rosesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-24744848387147283052008-06-04T23:11:00.000-04:002008-06-04T23:11:00.000-04:00t: re 50% lifetime mental illness... keep in mind ...t: re 50% lifetime mental illness... keep in mind that is <I>lifetime</I> and includes things like phobias. It's really not so high... wonder what the lifetime somatic illness rate is (I'm guessing north of 90%).<BR/><BR/>gerbil: lol<BR/><BR/>roses: this is why I don't immediately identify myself as a psychiatrist when doing a consult; otherwise the self-screening and defensiveness goes up so much that the info is not very valid. Once they talk to me for a few minutes and figure out I'm a psychiatrist, by then their positive experience outweighs their preconceived notions, and then we move forwards without all the "I don't need to see you, I'm not crazy" defensiveness.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08735111026336537653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-46052085646866107592008-06-04T19:45:00.000-04:002008-06-04T19:45:00.000-04:00I think most psych's are weird only because when p...I think most psych's are weird only because when people realise they're talking to a psych, they change. They either become really excited interested or extremely self conscious. And when that happens everything becomes a little weird - that would include the 'person' who has chosen psych as a career.<BR/><BR/>Isn't it strange that when I change it seems as though you've changed? Perhaps the world does revolve around me.<BR/><BR/>rosesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-35339044565459332092008-06-04T13:23:00.000-04:002008-06-04T13:23:00.000-04:00So do 'normal people' have blogs?Boring ones.<I>So do 'normal people' have blogs?</I><BR/><BR/>Boring ones.Gerbilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908487212760713496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-84071974860068860832008-06-04T12:18:00.000-04:002008-06-04T12:18:00.000-04:00If the lifetime rate of mental illness is 50%, the...If the lifetime rate of mental illness is 50%, then the definition of "mental illness" being used is way too loose. <BR/><BR/>Being "weird" doesn't necessarily mean having a diagnosable mental illness (and vice versa). However "weird" people have minds that work differently from most, so it does make sense that they may develop an interest in how the mind works. Nonetheless I think the "all psychiatrists are weird" thing is 90% myth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-19421182813263857222008-06-04T10:51:00.000-04:002008-06-04T10:51:00.000-04:00Some of the people I am closest to are Psychiatris...Some of the people I am closest to are Psychiatrists.<BR/>My college girl friend,she happens to be my bestest friend is a Psychiatrist and practises in Australia.<BR/>And she is the most well balanced, great looking, 'normal' in every sense of word!<BR/>'normal' does vary with every one but as far as I am concerned, most Psychiatrists fit my definition of normal.shraddhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549183128453714957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-54031192382784524232008-06-04T10:40:00.000-04:002008-06-04T10:40:00.000-04:00Roy: sorry to hear about the constipation problem,...Roy: sorry to hear about the constipation problem, I didn't know. I hope it all comes out okay.<BR/><BR/>"Regular Doctor" you people are overly fussy: Internist/ Primary Care Doc/Family Doc/GP/ Marcus Welby. The person you call when you have the flu (or constipation). I didn't say "medical" doc because we shrinks are medical docs. Actually, roomie is a specialist in geriatrics, but I believe for the folks she sees, she is the main doc and other specialists are 'consultants' but I don't know this for a fact.<BR/><BR/>Oy.<BR/><BR/>Still Dreaming: Thank you! I'm always happy to hear someone liked my novel.Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227988351623862689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-15531390847452848962008-06-04T09:33:00.000-04:002008-06-04T09:33:00.000-04:00I was wondering that myself, Still Dreaming, "regu...I was wondering that myself, Still Dreaming, "regular doctor"?<BR/><BR/>I took that to mean in comparison to being a psychiatrist. Is that not a "regular doctor"? Are we irregular doctors?<BR/><BR/>Or, perhaps, Dinah meant that her doctor friend practices on a regular basis, as opposed to having, say, Wednesdays off.<BR/><BR/>Or, maybe she meant that the doctor has a consistent bathroom regimen and is not bound up.<BR/><BR/>And, to The Girl with the Blue Stethoscope, that is a nice thing to say. We should be targeting medical students more, trying to get them to listen or read our stuff, so that they see that they can remain regular AND become a psychiatrist.<BR/><BR/>Now I'm off to eat my bran muffin.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08735111026336537653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-31428937206753345022008-06-04T09:18:00.000-04:002008-06-04T09:18:00.000-04:00This is my first-ever blog post, entering the 21st...This is my first-ever blog post, entering the 21st century sort of.<BR/><BR/>I think what I said was that you don't look like a psychiatrist--you look normal. Not the same thing as "being" normal (whatever that means). Not sure what psychiatrists are exactly supposed to look like either, but some definitely do--you know it when you see it!<BR/><BR/>With love from your not-so-normal but-regular-doctor former roommate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-90372398318672425512008-06-04T01:43:00.000-04:002008-06-04T01:43:00.000-04:00I should also add that you three are a good advert...I should also add that you three are a good advertisement for a career in psychiatry for those of us who don't have exposure to psychiatrists in any kind of regular way, and who want evidence that normal and happy people can go into psychiatry and remain normal and happy. :)The Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02368935358031860432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-30956568677504466272008-06-04T01:14:00.000-04:002008-06-04T01:14:00.000-04:00I always think of "normal" in psychological terms ...I always think of "normal" in psychological terms not as mainstream and boring but as seeing the world as it really is, seeing yourself as you really are (& how you relate to others and the world), and feeling comfortable in your own skin.<BR/><BR/>I view my psychiatrist as "normal". He's not mainstream because he's way more intelligent than average. He also has an elitist taste in music, art, furniture, automobiles, food (and fine wine) (he's a foodie). He went into psychiatry because his sister is mentally ill and his father was Borderline P.D. <BR/><BR/>In the past I considered myself normal but I have too much distress and discomfort in my own skin at this point to feel I am normal now. I actually think I have gotten closer to being normal while going through all this growth & distress because I see the world and myself in it more clearly now. However, now I can also see more clearly how great the gap is between myself and people who were treated lovingly as children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-65962394338525172682008-06-03T23:41:00.000-04:002008-06-03T23:41:00.000-04:00A regular doctor? Is that something like a "norma...A regular doctor? Is that something like a "normal" doctor???<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>In all seriousness though. I really like what you said. And as usual, I have a couple thoughts. First of all, I generally answer the am I normal question the same way you do. I also however tend to describe myself as "not normal". But somehow, I think that makes me normal. I know, it doesn't make sense. <BR/><BR/>I feel like it is too late for me to make much sense. Especially with a subject as complex as this. Perhaps I'll try again tomorrow. <BR/><BR/><BR/>ps I read your book, and it was awesome. It's pretty much exactly my favourite style of book, so that helped, plus I loved the tone.Awake and Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13257495492315814077noreply@blogger.com