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depression

Knuckle cracking real-time talk here.

October 1, 2014 by Dr. V

This is not about Sophia Yin. I feel the need to say that before launching into a discussion about suicide and depression in the animal community, because the horrible news that she took her own life and the ripples it is causing in the veterinary world is the reason I'm talking about it today. But it's not about her or her situation, which none of us will ever really know; Dr. Yin's legacy is the work she did during her life, and it should remain that way. This is not about one ... Read more »

Filed Under: Be The Change, Daily Life, Health, Musings, Picks of the Litter Tagged With: depression, it's ok to laugh too, mental health

Phenomenal Cosmic Power

August 11, 2014 by Dr. V

A week ago, I called my husband on a business trip in China for the urgent assistance in locating my DVD of Aladdin. "Why do you need it this very second?" he asked. "You haven't watched that in like 15 years." "I know," I said, "But our daughter is singing a song from Aladdin in summer camp this week and she really, really needs to see this movie." She'd seen it once before, years prior; my son hadn't seen it ever. It was an unforgivable omission, one I felt an almost irresistible ... Read more »

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: depression, robin williams

We love you to death

February 27, 2014 by Dr. V

Veterinary medicine, the happiest field on earth, land of puppy butts and kitty snuggles and Pet Doctor Barbies in hotpants, or so they told me when I was 10. Or perhaps it is the land of crushing student debt, clients frustrated that they are priced out of affordable care, and the unending mental strain of not being able to make every client happy and whole at the price they want you to provide it for. Maybe it's somewhere in between, but to be honest it seems to me like it's leaning a ... Read more »

Filed Under: Daily Life, Musings Tagged With: depression, new grads, suicide

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