Some thoughts about psychiatry

[Sharp-edge]

Some of you may remember other posts of mine that I comment other medical  specialties that I face during my training. Now it's the time for psychiatry. It's easier to post here. I can post my thoughts without worries. I never think bad of someone, but people tend to misunderstand.

We had 2 patients. Both of them were men and the one guy was rather hot. He was a footballer. He suffers from mania. When he's depressed he's still he looks calm. When he gets in the pase of mania he brings havoc. I worried about his mother, I think that he could easily hurt her during that phase. I was thinking would he ever get better?

The second one was a boy (he was somehwere 18 but he looked "boyish"). He was sleeping with his father every night, in the same bed. I don't know if I'm brainwashed by all these daddy-son-uncle-whatever porn but I thouht something sexual was going on. My second thought was that his father was abusing me. But I think because I'm gay I tend to reflect that that would happen to them. He was so afraid. We got to listen that he has terrible hallucinations about someone putting blades on his neck and that only when he father hugs him these thoughts go away. I just wanted to hug him tight when I heard these. I don't think I would ever make a good psychiatrist because I would get emotional, especially with guys. But I'm glad I'm having this training. All I did afterwards was to hug my boyfriend because I know he was traumatised by something that involved his father so all that made me think of him.

[BootmanLA]

Honestly, these are medical training questions that should be addressed with your professors. Nobody here is likely to have a relevant, informed opinion about whether patient #1 might or might not hurt his mother, and nobody here is likely to have a relevant, informed opinion about the experiences of patient #2.