tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post7865552719326726354..comments2024-03-24T07:19:28.136+00:00Comments on Lake Cocytus: ObsessionThe Shrinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009039342346247138noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-5342192579689315302008-03-10T12:15:00.000+00:002008-03-10T12:15:00.000+00:00Re-reading this now - brilliant post, I still agre...Re-reading this now - brilliant post, I still agree.<BR/><BR/>:)Calaverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02827844632460123157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-6403038041835467502007-08-23T12:36:00.000+01:002007-08-23T12:36:00.000+01:00I love this post, and I totally agree.I used to th...I love this post, and I totally agree.<BR/><BR/>I used to think it was the other way around. I used to think that it was all the weird, obsessive people who applied to medicine.<BR/><BR/>I never even stopped to think that maybe it's some sort of natural sorting process that occurs. Of course doctors need to be meticulous and obsessive.<BR/><BR/>Wahey.<BR/><BR/>So now if someone tells me I'm being weird, I'll just say that it's medicine that made me like that!Calaverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02827844632460123157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-23360494972800590642007-08-18T11:07:00.000+01:002007-08-18T11:07:00.000+01:00During my nursing degree I was bumping up my bursa...During my nursing degree I was bumping up my bursary by working weekends as a support worker to autistic children. Much of what I was doing involved trying to break the ritualised behaviour that a lot of these kids had.<BR/><BR/>Something that I noticed in myself when trying to teach the children that they don't *have* to do things in a specifical, ritualised order, was that I had my own little rituals that I was doing myself.<BR/><BR/>For example, when we picked up the child from his parents' home, I'd open the door, put his bag on the seat beside him, then close the door for him, even though he was capable of doing it himself. My colleague pointed out that the child was expecting it as part of his rituals, so I decided to make him do it instead. Surprisingly, it actually took several weeks for me to stop doing it automatically as part of my own little ritual behaviour.<BR/><BR/>I guess we're not just all a little bit obsessive-compulsive, but we're also all a little bit autistic too.Spirit of 1976https://www.blogger.com/profile/10314554889217669727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-28833364355559884892007-08-18T01:41:00.000+01:002007-08-18T01:41:00.000+01:00The flip-side of the tendancy towards a profession...The flip-side of the tendancy towards a profession of obsessiveness is that when we encounter a medical student or doctor who doesn't have a drive to make sure that every detail is just right, we can consider them insufficiently motivated. I certainly don't respect medical students or doctors who, in my own words, "can't even manage to arrive on time" (there's a definate negative connotation to that phrase). <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, as someone who lies between a diagnosis of F60.5 and F42.1, I'd add that all my traits were firmly in place by early adolesecence. I'd put forward the view that students capable of achieving the marks required to enter med school are often obsessive studiers or very good rote-learners, which necessarily sets them up for the thought processes required in practicing medicine.Milk and Two Sugarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17960085813041665939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-5975521621213633922007-08-17T11:37:00.000+01:002007-08-17T11:37:00.000+01:00Me too, on all counts. Being obsessive has saved m...Me too, on all counts. Being obsessive has saved my bacon at work many times prior to becoming a medical student. When I'm a doctor, I have no reason to think that a reasonable amount (i.e. still able to function!) will be anything but a good safeguard.The Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02368935358031860432noreply@blogger.com