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Do psychiatrists judge you for what you tell them?
No. And not because we're saints. Because nothing you say is new. Intrusive thoughts, the drinking, the rage at your kids, the thing you did during the worst month of your life: a clinician a few years into practice has heard every version, and what registers is diagnostic information, not shock.
Educational information; not an individual medical assessment.
No. And not because we're saints. Because nothing you say is new. Intrusive thoughts, the drinking, the rage at your kids, the thing you did during the worst month of your life: a clinician a few years into practice has heard every version, and what registers is diagnostic information, not shock.
Honesty is also the mechanism; the symptom you edit out is usually the one that would have changed the plan. And if a clinician has made you feel judged before, that was a clinician problem, not a you problem. Find one who listens first. They exist. We hire for it.
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