Birdbrain?

Hit show #BabyReindeer was an emotionally compelling experience, candidly addressing important issues. Watch with caution.

I wonder how the cast and crew deal with making something like this. There are resonances with practicing therapy in treating severe trauma, though big

I often wonder about the impact to the actors who sacrifice so much to portray horrific life events.

Can actors get PTSD from playing certain roles? Can acting help actors work through things, a la drama therapy? How does an actor's personal history affect the roles they are

This brilliant heartfelt piece about IVF by ⁦Kristen Soltis Anderson⁩ should be widely read. It is one of the best depictions of infertility I have read and immediately reminded me of our own experience and the Biblical depiction in Samuel 1:1-20 nytimes.com/2024/02/27/opi…

Are GLP-1 agonists 'fire prevention for the brain?' In 2018 Lena Brundin, Liza Bergkvist & Patrik Brundin MD PhD published this in News and Views in Nature Medicine and it may be time for us to re-read their thoughts in the wakeof the NEJM on lixisenatide for Parkinson's. The power of

Erm...

CNN #funny

The sheer mere diversity of humanity can cause information overload.

Why do people answer literally rhetorical questions?

Turning 54 soon - but missed 50 due to the you-know-what-when-everything-stopped-for-a-few-years-and-we-kind-of-haven't-dealt-with-it-yet.

Is it a good idea to juxtapose past and future and celebrate 50 and 54 together?

Why is everyone (so to speak) obsessed with purpose nowadays?

There's a lot to be said for meandering.

Baseless accusation and deployment of past injuries may interfere with clear cognition in intimate conversations.

I have a confession. I don't like every Beatles song. Some are too tinny and loud for me. But I like so many.

I can imagine all the possibilities you are imagining. That's my jam. Well, maybe not all... lol.

Posting this one again for folks interested in the lost art of the 'Psychodynamic Formulation'

1. Summarizing Statement
2. Description of Non-Dynamic Factors
3. Psychodynamic Explanation of Central Conflicts
4. Predicting Responses to the Therapeutic Situation

For me, I'd

Good interview with mathematician Edward Frenkel about Love & Math (a book he wrote, which is really good) - starting with trying to study in an oppressive political regime rife with anti-Semitism.

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When I first started Psychiatry Residency after two years of General Surgery, like the first or second day, one of the higher-ups started pointlessly (imho lol) grilling me on the criteria for Major Depressive Disorder during rounds.

The week before I'd been operating and taking

The latest Doorknob Comments Podcast is live!

George Grombacher offers expert advice drawn on long years of personal and client experience, discussing his own process of arriving at healthy relationship with financial life George Grombacher

We discuss not only the psychology of