Many days, often many weeks, go by and no one touches me. Not a handshake. Not a friendly pat on the arm, not a hug nor a kiss. Alone. Yesterday, Dr. Siddiqui asked for a second time, “You live alone?” surprised as I get off the table on which he removed the tumor and onto my […]
Fear of death--restricted to mature readers
Legacy
When I lived in D.C. for 17 years, I followed local custom and saw a therapist. The District of Columbia has the highest percentage of people in therapy than any community in the U.S. The late Dr. Paul Weisberg, a brilliant and often helpful psychiatrist with an astonishingly eccentric streak, predicted in 1981 at a […]