“Everyone wants to tell you what to do and what’s good for you. They don’t want you to find your own answers, they want you to believe theirs. I want you to stop gathering information from the outside and start gathering it from the inside.”
from the Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
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Progress.
Inevitably it means change and supposedly inventing better ways of doing things. And as a society we’ve done just that. But there have been side effects.
Since we’re more “human-doings” than “human-beings,” we’ve focused on utilizing our advances to cram more work into our day instead of using our new-found efficiency to create more time to spend with our families and friends and to pursue volunteer and recreational activities.
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The relationship between a psychiatrist and patient must be different from that between two friends. Friends share problems and concerns with each other because of the mutual give-and-take foundation on which friendships are based.
A psychiatrist-patient relationship is very different. A patient comes to and pays a psychiatrist for professional services. While a psychiatrist is probably going to be more effective by showing some human qualities and not being a completely blank slate, there is still a necessary professional veil that the psychiatrist must wear.
What I was always taught and still believe to be solid advice is that a psychiatrist should not disclose any significant personal information to a patient unless the intent is for that disclosure to help the patient. That’s been a great barometer that I’ve used with myself over the years. If I find myself beginning to talk about my own life, I stop myself and double-check my intentions.
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