med student. taking anonymous feedback at the link

Australia
Joined April 2009
The outcome I would like to joke about this evening is that I develop a brain-emotions model, drawing on evolution, probability theory, lessons from psychoanalysis and psychiatry, that is so simple it is hard to imagine life without it.
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men are such a hot female concept. heartbreaking that the concept does not survive real world application
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Sadly, the only way to change a feeling is to feel it.
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Replying to @buttonslives
Maybe even the most intense betrayal we can feel is when we betray ourselves
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“you can’t fix him” I don’t wanna fix him! I wanna FUCK him! I’m a pervert not a psychologist
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The hate Aella gets seems uniquely American. I can't imagine it coming from anywhere else.
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Mine is yumming other people's yucks
my kink is yucking other people's yums
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Incredible thread "What is particularly terrifying when this psychic structure falls apart is that the patient feels stalked by the darkest and most painful parts of themselves and their memories that they would much rather repress yet they cannot escape."
Interpretations are traditionally discouraged in decompensated patients in favor of more supportive interventions. I'm inching towards disagreement with this, at least sometimes. Some thoughts:
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“Psychiatric treatment is often enough a frustrating affair, for the patient, for the clinician, for the caregivers, basically for everyone involved…” On imperfect tools psychiatrymargins.com/p/mayb…
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Dr Mary-Frances O'Connor describes grief as the process of attachment change. Without it, without the ability to change attachment, we'd be stuck forver attached to our first caregivers.
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Can't stand Huberman but credit to him he gets some interesting guests.
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The reason I love everyone is because I don't like anyone and I'm always so confused why no-one recognises this.
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Mum died two weeks ago, in the best possible circumstances with amazing care. I have this weird feeling today like I have expended all my gratitude and love for everyone involved and I'm ready for like ... fights 🤣
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This essay encapsulates much of my med school experience to date:
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I have a big new story out today about a psychologist and meditation teacher who set out to research the benefits of meditation. Instead, she found the practice could sometimes cause harm. Here's what happened next.
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