So here recently, I had to update my CPR and defense skills.
I honestly forget just how dumb people can be. And that’s pretty bad, because I don’t necessarily consider myself the brightest crayon in the box, either.
I had the pleasure of brushing up on these skills in the presence of Dr. White, and I’ll have [...]
I wrestled with presenting this story for two reasons:
1) I have not yet written the blog post I mentioned I would be posting.
and..
2) it’s all about boundaries AGAIN!
But then I had a growth moment and realized that if you’re working child and adolescent psych and there are no boundary issues with a patient, that child [...]
So I know I just posted about boundaries, but thanks to my friendly workplace, I’ve been given more examples tell you about. Sorry I’m not changing up content. I’m going to post two separate incidences as two posts, mainly because the second one is more of a respect issue than it is a boundaries. Although, [...]
A common issue in psychiatry is boundaries. Most of our patients either have none, or over do it. Each patient is different, so there isn’t really a set of diagnoses who adhere to one extreme or the other, although there are some trends.
The kids that tend to hang out with us the longest, however, have [...]
So if there is one thing working this long in the system I have worked has taught me, it is that there are a lot of stupid people in the world. Not necessarily low IQ stupid, but just no common sense/no interpersonal skills/oblivious stupid. Through the aid of my good friends, I have learned to [...]
So I was going to wait until next week to post this, but the Gods of Stumble Upon made me nearly fall off of my stool with laughter by showing me the best lyric analysis I’ve ever seen in my life. So I’m going to discuss my thoughts on lyric analysis and hopefully remember to [...]
Lots of people are of the opinion that those who work in psychiatry are generally there because deep down, they know something is wrong with them.
My response to that, is who doesn’t have something wrong with them? And secondly, who is to say this thing and that thing that makes me different from your every [...]