Should Doctors Hug Their Patients?
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34 Comments
My first therapist hugged me I only saw her a few times and remember how odd it was. I agree with this point of view.
There are moments to be cold, moments to be warm, and moments to reset.
My therapist was 8, almost 9 moths pregnant when I went to my last session, they decided to take years off for their child. That last session I hugged my therapist and thanked them.
There is no field of medicine wherein treatments and therapies have weaker evidence of efficacy than psychiatry…but Dr. Mike seems especially reluctant to push back on anything this guy says, strangely.
I remember when my therapist once hugged me. This was during a time where I was extremely lonely and had no one.. I had feelings for her for like.. few weeks. It felt really shitty.
Was a touch starved goff ball..
Your objectivity means nothing when you treat me like a robot. I can get the same amount of help (zero) from a chatbot.
I wouldn’t think it would be healthy for a psychiatric patient.. I have heard of in hospital treatment patient that used to go outside, at the moon to actually run away and elope. The assessment along with the guidelines let’s be the best for all concerned.
My PCP used to always shake hands with patients. Ever since Covid, it is now a fist bump 👊🤜🤛
Hmm, not sure, a Dr. touching a patient is different than buying gifts for a patient. Dr's touch patients everyday…….
Or how about this? You lead from the front, you be a good leader and understand not one person, not one soul in this world is the same. And it is up to that leader to identify that it is not up to the patient. And this is why so many people that have bad luck with the american psychiatric system.
If i ever need to talk to someone, it will not be to someone with those glasses…
I wouldn’t trust anyone with his taste in frames 👓
on another note, my therapist lets me hug her sometimes when i really frickin need it. I dont see her as my friend, shes my therapist, but i apprechiate the gesture that helps in that specific moment especially because 75% of the year i am NOT a huggy person
Ive got a question. How do you deal with accidental bumping into them in public. I live in a tiny town, thats inevitable.
That man needs to fire his wardrobe ppl yesterdsy
Are you saying I'm not my therapists favorite patient? I thought that was the whole goal of therapy 😢
I would be completely unable to listen to this person until they explained their glasses.
We have free coffee for the patients where I work. You would be surprised how important it is for some people. We once ran low on sugar; one couldn't concentrate. He asked for a one-hour period if we were planning on buying more sugar.
His psychiatrist told him to wear those glasses to make him not so serious at all times
Blippy went legit I guess?
Would never trust a gay psychiatrist with freaking burn your retinas orang framed glasses
This guy isnt just any doctor he's The Doctor
This guy isnt just any doctor he's The Doctor
I talk to my therapist online but she’s southern and I do believe she would probably hug me if she could
Doctor who is that you?
So dr who is a psychologist now
I'll bring my own coffee then!
I honestly feel more can be done if you have a partner who can be your therapist. I took intro and intermediate classes to better understand my spouse. I noticed they never seemed to make progress and they were definitely the type to not bring something up when it happened weeks ago.
You see a therapist once a month, that person can know all the knowledge of the brain, the chemicals, how statistical people handle things but they will never know you. Im with my spouse 365, 18hr/7days.
When they had an episode i had to be the one to witness it and be there. You can bring it up in 2 weeks at your next session but does that really benefit you?
You might have to break frame once or twice, but it might also mean you have to stop being their psychiatrist..
This guy wants to look like a Bond villain. How will he want to overthrow the British government?
Of course , the relationship changed I kept telling you I didn't want to be touched but you kept touching me
I'll tell you what's really breaking the frame think of those stupid orange glasses do you know what glasses are steel aluminum matte black have you heard of these colors another NBA player you're not wearing safety glasses take all those stupid looking frames you quack this one
Everyone making jokes about dudes choice of glasses, I think it's a brilliant pick for a psychiatrist.
It gives the patient a prominent feature to focus on and implies objectivity while still feeling personal.
A strangers gaze can feel judgemental to a lot of psychiatric patients, by drawing attention to his glasses, he might help some to feel more comfortable.
Then again, dude might just have a peculiar choice in fashion an the glasses mean d*ck.
Psychiatrist have solved nothing. Fking hug the person. Boo hoo they feel different about you. Better than seeing them as lab equipment
Why he look like matt smith