Stand up psychiatry

I went to my psychiatrist appointment last week. I walked into his office and said, “How are ya doin doc?”
He answered, “Well, better than you.”

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Some psychiatrists look really depressed. I guess with all the sad stories they have to listen to…

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We are all too human.

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I read it in a psychodynamic diagnostics book that a therapist is handicapped in profession unless he/she has a depressed personality.

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My therapist shared alot of her problems made it easy to connect

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Doc said he has a shy personality. So I understood kind of difficulties he might have faced.

Another I met two or three times struggled with something. Anxiety, depression. I am not sure about it. He has written about briefly in a book on REBT.

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What is rebt?
Never heard of it

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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. Precursor and contemporary of cognitive behavior therapy.

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