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Wellbeing

29th May 202129th May 2021Leave a Comment on Wellbeing

I’ve really been doing pretty well over lockdown, at least I thought I was. I’m not so sure now, and I’m finding myself wondering what I mean by ‘doing well’. It is with some dismay that I realise that for me this means not relapsing into severe depression, or requiring even more noxious psychotropic drugs,…

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Can a psychiatrist be a real doctor?

19th January 202119th January 20211 Comment on Can a psychiatrist be a real doctor?

This is a question that is asked seriously by some, and tongue in cheek by others (usually other doctors). Yet we too go through the slog of medical school, followed by two years as foundation doctors in a variety of specialties, including those in acute hospital settings. At this point, some embark on the long…

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Crazy socks for docs

20th May 20196th October 2019Leave a Comment on Crazy socks for docs

It’s come round again, and so have all those feelings which made me feel so ashamed last year. Ashamed, but also slightly uneasy (a bad combination); and it may just be that the cape acquired at grumpyoldwomen.com is fitting me rather better. But crazy socks for docs has this effect on me, and I’m not…

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