Sunday, November 29, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
You drive me crazeeee...
Going into my 4th week of psychiatry, after having seen many depressive, bipolar, and schizophrenic patients, I've realised that mental health problems are REAL. They are severely debilitating, and destructive. Many were previously successful, well educated, outgoing... Its like something inside snapped and suddenly everything changes..
Maybe only 2 or 3 in every batch of medical students might consider psychiatry as a speciality.. but in fact, these patients need the most help.. What's the use of a healthy body when the mind is messed up?
Imagine living with a constant voice in your head..
"Look at Old John, getting up to brush his teeth.. boy, does he walk slow..." "now pouring a cup of coffee like he always does" "He is worthless, no wonder he has no friends"
"Cut your wrist, end it all now"
Or with scary thoughts which you belief strongly to be true
"I must avoid all bright lights or the government will get me" "If i don't burn the house, they will kill me" 0_O "The lamp post is on, this means they are watching me"
Imagine living with this for yearssss....
It is also scary that there is only a fine line between a delusion and certain spiritual belief and it is the psychiatrists who will judge whether you are crazy or not.. so many movies potray the psychiatrist as the bad guy.. tsk tsk.. (watch the move: the changeling.. really good)
When I was in Dumfries, I saw loads of drug and alcohol abusers. I've always had a bad impression of them, associating them with crimes, thinking that it was their choice and their fault they lives are a mess now..But the main enemy is the substance itself. Some of them are quite nice people, and you would think they are so normal, until u start taking a drug or alcohol history.. Don't get me wrong, I still am quite afraid of substance abusers, but my heart really goes out to those who really, truly wants to start over and cleanse their life free of these substances..
Next time you want to laugh at some crazy mad guy talking to himself, think again... Just calling them mad is just mean.. these are real diseases..
P.s. this doesnt mean I want to be psychiatrist.. hehe
Maybe only 2 or 3 in every batch of medical students might consider psychiatry as a speciality.. but in fact, these patients need the most help.. What's the use of a healthy body when the mind is messed up?
Imagine living with a constant voice in your head..
"Look at Old John, getting up to brush his teeth.. boy, does he walk slow..." "now pouring a cup of coffee like he always does" "He is worthless, no wonder he has no friends"
"Cut your wrist, end it all now"
Or with scary thoughts which you belief strongly to be true
"I must avoid all bright lights or the government will get me" "If i don't burn the house, they will kill me" 0_O "The lamp post is on, this means they are watching me"
Imagine living with this for yearssss....
It is also scary that there is only a fine line between a delusion and certain spiritual belief and it is the psychiatrists who will judge whether you are crazy or not.. so many movies potray the psychiatrist as the bad guy.. tsk tsk.. (watch the move: the changeling.. really good)
When I was in Dumfries, I saw loads of drug and alcohol abusers. I've always had a bad impression of them, associating them with crimes, thinking that it was their choice and their fault they lives are a mess now..But the main enemy is the substance itself. Some of them are quite nice people, and you would think they are so normal, until u start taking a drug or alcohol history.. Don't get me wrong, I still am quite afraid of substance abusers, but my heart really goes out to those who really, truly wants to start over and cleanse their life free of these substances..
Next time you want to laugh at some crazy mad guy talking to himself, think again... Just calling them mad is just mean.. these are real diseases..
P.s. this doesnt mean I want to be psychiatrist.. hehe
Saturday, November 7, 2009
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