Zen Psychiatry
By Elana Miller, MD
Sometimes I'm surprised I wasn't born with gills.It's like I was meant to spend more time in water than on land. I didn't discover this until I was thirteen or so, when I started high school and …
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Recently, as part of my mindfulness practice, I decided to experiment with saying "yes" to everything.It was an exercise recommended specifically for the "aversive" Buddhist personality type, with …
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I was born with a problem. Well, I suppose I'm not sure I was born with it, but it sure did manifest early on.My mom tells me a story of when I was only a few months old. I was sitting in my crib, …
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I didn't set out to become an integrative psychiatrist.Like most doctors out there, I went through medical school and residency learning a "disease-based" approach of how the human body works. …
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Let me ask you a question.Imagine you have a daughter (or if you have a daughter, imagine her). She's about 5, and one day she's bitten by a dog.Now she's terrified of all dogs, and you notice …
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Wondering if you could use some therapy? Well, you probably could.This doesn't mean anything is wrong with you. Many people have a misunderstanding that being in therapy means you're "crazy" or so …
