dcnovice
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Shrinks are mad. You spake of these creatures of utter wretch often, even I have noticed this. Can you not think for yourself, resaon, deduce bake, cake and so on Oh, dear God. I see an oncologist for my cancer, a pulmonologist for my lung issues, and a psychiatrist for clinical depression that's probably as old as I am and rooted in brain chemistry. I don't know why the last is so stigmatized. On second thought, I do. It's because ignorance abounds around mental health. Because I seek appropriate medical help, I can't think for myself? Can't reason? Can't deduce? Can't bake? (Okay, I'll give you that last one.) Between shrink visits, I edit a magazine, manage a complex medical life, contribute my talents to the community, co-chair a retreat ministry, and (stamina permitting) volunteer at the coolest historic house in D.C. All that takes a fair bit of reason and cognition. I'm dismayed--but not surprised--to learn that the stigma lives on.
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No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up. JANE WAGNER, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
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