Do psychiatrists have issues too?

Question

So if they do how are they able to manage others issues? Is it just that human beings are better able to help someone else instead of themselves...?

Answer 1

YES , THEY HAVE ISSUES.

Psychiatrists are required to go through full analysis as part of being fully qualified. so they are supposed to have learned their underlying issues before they ever see a patient. Whether they have dealt with them sufficiently is not testable.

psychologists also have issues, as far as i know they are not required to be fully analyzed, but many do have their own therapists.

Either way, they are human.   Things happen in their lives, they sometimes have really bad days, problems with their SOs, etc.

they don't actually manage other people's issues. They don't tell people (usually)  simple things like

"tell you mother this, and everything will work out swell."

they talk, they discuss problems and try to illuminate underlying causes. Some give you more info than others.

maybe their are meds for the patient/client, maybe not.

They may make suggestions, give options.

they frequently give homework.

====   "Is it just that human beings are better able to help someone else instead of themselves?"

I don't know if there is an answer to that question. certainly, i don't think I can address all the relevant factors to answer that meaningfully.

  

Answer 2

everybody has issues.

but therapists and such have gone to many schools to evaulate people and their problems

sometimes i think they tend to solve everybody elses problems before their own, and that destroys their life

Answer 3

Every normal person has issues but each person must learn to view the issues others have from the perspective of distance since one cannot bear the burdens of the world and, at the same time, maintain sanity.  Human beings have been created with the desire to help others but, as I'm sure you've noticed, this doesn't apply to everyone and this is where personality types become apparent.  

The issues I've noticed, with friends who are psychiatrists is that all, but one, have a very strange sense of humour!  The jokes they think are, hysterically, amusing don't ever register with me (perhaps I'm the odd one out?).

Note on a prior reply:  Most therapists do not go to therapy, the percentage may be 20%.  Many therapists have friends in the same area of work so discussing personal issues may be somewhat more focused than that of friends who are friends without the same educational degree.  When I was in my teens, friends and I provided therapy for one another although, at the time, we weren't aware of the terminology.

Answer 4

that is something i have asked myself....they must as you say they are only human.

the other month my psychologist seemed to be in a strange sort of 'intolerant' mood and rather blunt. I'm guessing that she must have been having a few issues of her own, which i totally understand. Although i wish she would have said so as i left my sess thinking i was a pile of 'pooh!' Her attitude really changed my persception of things for the worse.

However the following week things were back to normal, so to speak......but i guess her issues did have an impact on my feelings......don't mean that to sound needy just what it says, an impact

Answer 5

Most psychologists go to therapy themselves. Partly because they don't have the same stereotypes of therapy as other people (I've actually heard someone say that only seriously crazy people need therapy, which isn't the case at all.) The other reason that they go is so they can work out their issues before it interferes with their work. It would be difficult to help someone if all you can think about is something that your partner did to make you mad.

Also, I think that people gain insight from having someone else look into their issues with them. It isn't so easy to see that what you are doing is maladaptive, but when another person does it, it's very obvious. So psychologists still could be able to help others in ways that they sometimes can't help themselves.

Answer 6

Psychiatrists prescribe drugs to people with chemical imbalances in their brain. Psychologists just talk to people or use therapy (not involving drugs) to treat their patients. Do you wish to change your question now?