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When Thinking Starts to Feel Harder
Hello ,
I don’t know if this will be familiar, but I’ve been thinking about how often doctors talk about decisions feeling harder than they used to.
Not big,
dramatic decisions.
Just everyday thinking.
I remember a stretch of time where, on the surface, everything looked fine.
I was working.
Functioning. Doing what needed to be done.
But my thinking felt heavy.
Simple questions took a lot of energy.
I would go over the same things late at night, then again the next day, without really getting anywhere. Things like whether to drop a session, or keep going as I...
When Thinking Starts to Feel Harder (Part II)
Hello ,
I wrote last week about how thinking has started to feel heavier than it used to. Not in huge, dramatic ways, but in the small, everyday decisions. What I’ve been reflecting on since is why that happens.
Partly because it keeps coming up in conversations with doctors. And partly because I’ve felt it myself. What I’ve come to see is that this kind of mental tiredness isn’t about lack of sleep or ability. It’s about how long the brain has been holding responsibility without release.
That sense that thinking takes more effort than it used to.
Decisions feel heavier.
Things which once felt straightforward now require far more...
Anxiety, But not the Obvious One.
Hello ,
This week I learnt that a GP I once knew has died.
We hung out a few times.
He was my age.
I didn’t know him well, but it stopped me in my tracks in a way I didn’t expect.
And it’s strange how that happens. Someone you barely knew, but who suddenly feels close because their life mirrors your own in some way.
It stirred a kind of anxiety in me, but not panic or overwhelm. More the subtle kind that hums away in the background, even when, on paper, everything is fine. As some of you know, my mum nearly died last year after a heart attack.
She had her first stent inserted when she was only 51...
Listen. Silent. Same letters. Different Experience.
Hello ,
Someone once pointed out a really interesting anagram to me.
Listen and silent.
Different words.
Same letters.
It struck me more than I expected Lately I have been wrestling with something in my own work. There are parts of my current clinical role that do not fully sit right with me.
Nothing dramatic. Nothing unsafe. Just a low level misalignment that I can feel when I allow myself to be honest. And alongside that, I have been telling myself I just need...
You know something isn’t quite right. The question is…
Hello ,
II don’t often talk about intuition in my social media posts. If I’m being completely honest, part of me worries it sounds a bit fluffy.
A bit too intangible for platforms that like bullet points, data and clean conclusions. But in here, with you, I feel more comfortable saying this out loud. Because I suspect you’ll understand what I mean, even if we wouldn’t necessarily use the word intuition in our daily clinical practice.
Most doctors I know would describe themselves as logical thinkers. I certainly would have, for most of my career. We like evidence. We like to be able to explain ourselves. We like decisions that can be...
