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Depression, my story part one- The Pretender
January 21, 2008 in Depression, Medicine, Mental Illness, mind, Neurology, psychology | Tags: anxiety, child neurology, Depression, Jesus Christ, LDS, medical school, Medicine, Mormon, psychiatry, psychology, residency, self esteem, self worth, social phobia | 8 comments
I have always been shy, well, not just shy, but painfully, exceptionally, extraordinarily shy. I have a deep, irrational fear of rejection, the technical term is social phobia. One on one, given time to feel out absolutely no threat, I can interact with others very well. In a new situation, or particularly with groups, I am paralyzed. It has haunted and hamstrung me most of my life, but never at anytime more than when I decided I might have the ability, the drive, and the heart to be a physician. Read the rest of this entry »
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