Posted by Deneb on May 23, 2006, at 19:41:26
In reply to Re:The workshop *may trigger* your essay  » Deneb, posted by TexasChic on May 23, 2006, at 17:52:37
Thanks for making me feel a little better. I appreciate what you're trying to do. I'm feeling better about it now. It seems a bit more distant now that I'm home. It seems dreamlike.
After the APA workshop, I went to this other workshop about burnout among psychiatrists. It was pretty boring. A lot of people left in the middle of the lecture. It was mostly about priorities, and values. I learned that status is a big thing among psychiatrists, as is money. I thought they would touch on the high suicide rate among psychiatrists, but they didn't. I thought they would talk more the extent of the problem of burnout among psychiatrists, but they didn't.
Fallsfall, and AuntieMel went to a symposium on borderline personality disorder. I should have gone to that instead. However, now that I think about it, I think I would be too tired to sit through three hours of that. After that workshop on burnout, I went straight to my hostel and crashed. I was super tired.
I went to my room and discovered that my three roommates had APA bags too! It turns out that two of them are medical students and one is a doctor. They came from Finland to attend the APA meeting. They do research on schizophrenia and the doctor was presenting something on brain structures and schizophrenia. Isn't that just the strangest coincidence?
Anyways, I totally crashed into bed and slept until 4:30 p.m. I was feeling pretty bad because of what happened at the workshop too.
Then Fallsfall and AuntieMel gave me a call and asked me out to dinner. That brightened me up again. I met up with them at the convention centre and we took the subway. We ate at this Asian restaurant. I thought it was pretty good (for once, lol). They were busy, which was a good sign. I guess I'm pretty picky when it comes to foods.
Fallsfall and AuntieMel said dinner was on them. That was really sweet of them to do that. Thank-you Fallsfall and AuntieMel! I hope to return the favour someday.
Oh, I forgot to mention that on Saturday night, Larry took us to Swiss Chalet. I'd never eaten there before, even though there's one close by my home. You can tell I don't get out much. LOL. Larry gave us lucky coins he got from Chinatown. They're giant. Thank-you Larry!
Deneb*
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