Dr. Benjamin Linus (drlinus) wrote in valarnet, @ 2012-03-05 09:01:00 |
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Entry tags: | alice liddell, ben linus, juliet burke, spock |
a crisis can be a breakthrough
I began with a new patient today and, without going into too much detail and breaching confidentiality, they admitted to me that two previous "doctors" had placed them on ten different psychotropic medications. Some of them experimental. None of them effective. They came to me because, after two years, they're frightened. They've been taking some potentially dangerous and totally unnecessary risks. Now, while I won't tell you what the patient suffers from, I will say that it falls into the category of life experiences, things we all go through. Not psychosis. And their story is one I hear every day, although the thought of ten medications in two years is a particularly disturbing thought.
This person wanted to be well, but in some ways they wanted to be ill even more. They needed an explanation for not being able to cope. They were afraid of the pain, like all of us.
If I do nothing else with my life, I want to teach the few people the universe puts in my path that there is value in suffering. Personally, I've always found it very empowering.