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- 0:00Foreign.
- 0:05Welcome
- 0:06back,
- 0:06my
- 0:06friends,
- 0:06to
- 0:07another
- 0:07episode
- 0:07of
- 0:07Pearls
- 0:08and
- 0:08Prep.
- 0:08Npz.
- 0:09Here,
- 0:10your
- 0:10preceptor
- 0:10in
- 0:11your
- 0:11pocket,
- 0:11your
- 0:11go
- 0:12to
- 0:12place
- 0:12for
- 0:12pearls
- 0:13that
- 0:13prep
- 0:13you
- 0:13to
- 0:14practice
- 0:14well.
- 0:15Knock
- 0:15knock,
- 0:15knock,
- 0:16knock.
- 0:17At
- 0:17your
- 0:17door
- 0:18in
- 0:18the
- 0:18outpatient
- 0:19Clinic
- 0:19is
- 0:19a
- 0:1934
- 0:20year
- 0:20old
- 0:20man.
- 0:21We're
- 0:21going
- 0:21to
- 0:21call
- 0:21him
- 0:22Dustin.
- 0:23This
- 0:23is
- 0:23a
- 0:23mock
- 0:24case
- 0:24study,
- 0:25but
- 0:25a
- 0:25very
- 0:25real
- 0:26world
- 0:26type
- 0:26of
- 0:27ambiguous
- 0:27case
- 0:28that
- 0:28is
- 0:29full
- 0:29of
- 0:30juicy
- 0:30pearls
- 0:31and
- 0:32interesting
- 0:32takes.
- 0:33So
- 0:34Dustin's
- 0:34at
- 0:34your
- 0:35door.
- 0:35He's
- 0:35an
- 0:35IT
- 0:36technician.
- 0:37He's
- 0:38telling
- 0:38you
- 0:38that
- 0:38he's
- 0:39not
- 0:39really
- 0:39able
- 0:39to
- 0:39leave
- 0:40his
- 0:40house
- 0:40anymore.
- 0:41And
- 0:41his
- 0:41exact
- 0:42quote
- 0:42in
- 0:43his
- 0:43chief
- 0:43complaint
- 0:43that
- 0:44you
- 0:44later
- 0:44record
- 0:44is,
- 0:45I
- 0:45can't
- 0:46go
- 0:46to
- 0:46the
- 0:46store,
- 0:46I'll
- 0:47be
- 0:47attacked,
- 0:48like
- 0:48by
- 0:48ninjas
- 0:49or
- 0:49something.
- 0:50Okay,
- 0:51we're
- 0:51going
- 0:51to
- 0:51get
- 0:51into
- 0:51that
- 0:52in
- 0:52a
- 0:52moment.
- 0:52That's
- 0:52if
- 0:53that
- 0:53sounds
- 0:53a
- 0:53little
- 0:53weird.
- 0:55It
- 0:55should
- 0:55be.
- 0:56But
- 0:56here's
- 0:56a
- 0:56little
- 0:56context
- 0:57for
- 0:58why
- 0:58he
- 0:58might
- 0:58think
- 0:59that.
- 0:59And
- 0:59then
- 1:00we're
- 1:00going
- 1:00to
- 1:00get
- 1:00into
- 1:00the
- 1:00diagnostic
- 1:01speculation
- 1:02and
- 1:02key
- 1:03questions.
- 1:03We
- 1:04might
- 1:04want
- 1:04to
- 1:04ask
- 1:04Dustin
- 1:05to
- 1:07start
- 1:07to
- 1:07gain
- 1:08a
- 1:08command
- 1:09on
- 1:09these
- 1:09diagnoses
- 1:11when
- 1:11they
- 1:12are
- 1:12sitting
- 1:12in
- 1:12front
- 1:12of
- 1:13us.
- 1:13Right.
- 1:13When
- 1:13we
- 1:13have
- 1:14this
- 1:14ambiguity
- 1:14sitting
- 1:15in
- 1:15front
- 1:15of
- 1:15us
- 1:15in
- 1:16a
- 1:16clinic,
- 1:16it's
- 1:17really
- 1:17important
- 1:17that
- 1:17we're
- 1:18prepared
- 1:18and
- 1:18we're
- 1:19ready
- 1:19to
- 1:20tackle
- 1:20the
- 1:20ambiguity
- 1:21and
- 1:21ask
- 1:21the
- 1:21right
- 1:22question.
- 1:22So
- 1:22here's
- 1:22a
- 1:23little
- 1:23background
- 1:23on
- 1:23Dustin.
- 1:24Okay.
- 1:24Six
- 1:24months
- 1:25ago,
- 1:25Dustin
- 1:25was
- 1:26mugged
- 1:26at
- 1:26knifepoint
- 1:27outside
- 1:27of
- 1:28a
- 1:287
- 1:2811.
- 1:29Okay.
- 1:29It's
- 1:29kind
- 1:30of
- 1:30important
- 1:30to
- 1:30know,
- 1:30right?
- 1:31Since
- 1:31then,
- 1:32he's
- 1:32avoided
- 1:32sores
- 1:33and
- 1:33public
- 1:33places
- 1:34more
- 1:34broadly,
- 1:35he
- 1:35has
- 1:36a
- 1:36persistent
- 1:36belief
- 1:37when
- 1:37you
- 1:37interview
- 1:37him
- 1:38that
- 1:38trained
- 1:38attackers
- 1:39are
- 1:39waiting
- 1:39for
- 1:39him
- 1:40in
- 1:40parking
- 1:41lots.
- 1:42Sometimes
- 1:42he'll
- 1:43say
- 1:43ninjas,
- 1:44but
- 1:44he
- 1:45clarifies
- 1:45really
- 1:46that
- 1:46these
- 1:47are
- 1:47people
- 1:47who
- 1:47are
- 1:47skilled
- 1:48at
- 1:48hurting
- 1:48others
- 1:50very
- 1:50effectively.
- 1:51Okay.
- 1:52He
- 1:52does
- 1:53check
- 1:53locks
- 1:53on
- 1:53his
- 1:54car
- 1:54about
- 1:54five
- 1:55times
- 1:55before
- 1:55he
- 1:55drives,
- 1:56counts
- 1:57to
- 1:57seven
- 1:57silently
- 1:58before
- 1:58he
- 1:58enters
- 1:59any
- 1:59building
- 1:59because
- 2:00he
- 2:00thinks
- 2:00if
- 2:00he
- 2:00doesn't,
- 2:01something,
- 2:01quote,
- 2:02very
- 2:02bad
- 2:02might
- 2:03happen.
- 2:03Okay.
- 2:04He
- 2:04also
- 2:05is
- 2:05a
- 2:05bit
- 2:05of
- 2:05a
- 2:05worrier
- 2:06when
- 2:06you
- 2:06ask
- 2:07him.
- 2:07Throughout
- 2:07his
- 2:07life,
- 2:08he
- 2:08worries
- 2:08about
- 2:08getting
- 2:09fired
- 2:09or
- 2:09written
- 2:10up
- 2:10or
- 2:10the
- 2:10health
- 2:11of
- 2:11his
- 2:11mother,
- 2:12that
- 2:12his
- 2:12car
- 2:12may
- 2:12break
- 2:13down
- 2:13randomly
- 2:13at
- 2:14inconvenient
- 2:14times
- 2:15in
- 2:15inconvenient
- 2:16places.
- 2:17He's
- 2:18a
- 2:18bit
- 2:18of
- 2:18a
- 2:18worrier.
- 2:19He
- 2:19has
- 2:19two
- 2:19to
- 2:19three
- 2:19nightmares
- 2:20a
- 2:20week
- 2:21of
- 2:21being
- 2:21grabbed
- 2:22from
- 2:22behind.
- 2:22He
- 2:23kind
- 2:23of
- 2:23wakes
- 2:23up
- 2:23in
- 2:23a
- 2:23sweat,
- 2:24he's
- 2:24startled
- 2:25very
- 2:25easily
- 2:27and
- 2:29so
- 2:29no,
- 2:30no
- 2:30hallucinations.
- 2:31He,
- 2:32you
- 2:32know,
- 2:32he's
- 2:32pretty
- 2:33organized
- 2:33in
- 2:33his
- 2:33speech
- 2:34and
- 2:34his
- 2:34functioning.
- 2:35His
- 2:35functioning
- 2:35is
- 2:36otherwise
- 2:36pretty
- 2:37solid
- 2:37right
- 2:38now.
- 2:38So
- 2:38based
- 2:38on
- 2:39what
- 2:39we
- 2:39know
- 2:40about
- 2:40Dustin.
- 2:41What
- 2:41are
- 2:41your
- 2:42thoughts,
- 2:42my
- 2:42friends?
- 2:43Feel
- 2:43free
- 2:43to
- 2:43pause
- 2:44this.
- 2:45Discuss
- 2:45it
- 2:45with
- 2:45your
- 2:46peers.
- 2:46Get
- 2:46out,
- 2:46get
- 2:47out
- 2:47into
- 2:47zoom
- 2:48sessions
- 2:49if
- 2:49you
- 2:49need
- 2:49to,
- 2:49the
- 2:50breakout
- 2:50sessions.
- 2:51But
- 2:52this
- 2:52is
- 2:52a
- 2:52very
- 2:52interesting
- 2:53case
- 2:53because
- 2:54I
- 2:54think
- 2:54it
- 2:54speaks
- 2:55to
- 2:56situations
- 2:56you're
- 2:57going
- 2:57to
- 2:57see
- 2:57all
- 2:57of
- 2:57the
- 2:57time
- 2:58in
- 2:58practice
- 2:59where
- 2:59there's
- 3:00little
- 3:01trickles
- 3:02of
- 3:02many
- 3:02different
- 3:03DSM
- 3:03diagnoses
- 3:04at
- 3:04once.
- 3:04And
- 3:05of
- 3:05course,
- 3:06it
- 3:06is
- 3:07more
- 3:07than
- 3:07possible
- 3:08that
- 3:08several
- 3:08of
- 3:08these
- 3:09diagnoses
- 3:10are
- 3:10co
- 3:10occurring.
- 3:12But
- 3:12it's
- 3:12really
- 3:12important
- 3:13to
- 3:13get
- 3:13to
- 3:13the
- 3:14root
- 3:14of
- 3:15the
- 3:16diagnosis
- 3:17as
- 3:17well.
- 3:17Okay,
- 3:18like
- 3:18what
- 3:18is
- 3:18the
- 3:19root
- 3:19problem
- 3:19here?
- 3:20And
- 3:20we
- 3:20can
- 3:21tell
- 3:21right
- 3:21away
- 3:21the
- 3:21root
- 3:22problem
- 3:22is
- 3:22that
- 3:22he
- 3:22is
- 3:23avoidant.
- 3:23He's
- 3:23not
- 3:24going
- 3:24to
- 3:24stores,
- 3:25he
- 3:25can't,
- 3:25you
- 3:26know,
- 3:26so
- 3:26this
- 3:26is
- 3:26certainly
- 3:26disrupting
- 3:27his
- 3:27ability
- 3:28to
- 3:28function.
- 3:29But
- 3:29his
- 3:29use
- 3:30of
- 3:30the
- 3:30term
- 3:30ninja
- 3:31can
- 3:31really
- 3:32throw
- 3:32us
- 3:32off.
- 3:32I'll
- 3:33be
- 3:33honest,
- 3:33when
- 3:33I
- 3:33see
- 3:34that
- 3:34or
- 3:34hear
- 3:35that,
- 3:35I'm
- 3:35thinking
- 3:36psychosis
- 3:36right
- 3:37away
- 3:37because
- 3:37that's
- 3:37very
- 3:38bizarre.
- 3:39That
- 3:39is
- 3:39not
- 3:40a
- 3:40typical
- 3:41way
- 3:41to
- 3:41describe
- 3:42a
- 3:42fear.
- 3:43Okay.
- 3:43But
- 3:44it
- 3:44would
- 3:44be
- 3:44wrong
- 3:44of
- 3:45me
- 3:45to
- 3:46assume
- 3:46that
- 3:47so
- 3:47literally
- 3:48right
- 3:48away
- 3:48because
- 3:49maybe
- 3:49that
- 3:49is
- 3:50just
- 3:50a
- 3:50semantic
- 3:51distinction
- 3:52that
- 3:52Dustin
- 3:52is
- 3:53using
- 3:53to
- 3:53describe
- 3:53an
- 3:54image
- 3:54in
- 3:54his
- 3:54head.
- 3:55And
- 3:55if
- 3:55you
- 3:56really
- 3:57have
- 3:57elicit
- 3:57it
- 3:58out
- 3:58of
- 3:58him,
- 3:58you
- 3:59may
- 3:59find
- 3:59that
- 3:59he's
- 4:00really
- 4:00just
- 4:00thinking
- 4:01of
- 4:01masked
- 4:01individuals
- 4:02who
- 4:02were
- 4:02ready
- 4:03to
- 4:03attack
- 4:03him.
- 4:04I
- 4:04would
- 4:04really
- 4:05be
- 4:05curious
- 4:05when
- 4:05he
- 4:06was
- 4:06mugged
- 4:06at
- 4:06knifepoint,
- 4:08how
- 4:08those
- 4:09perpetrators
- 4:10were
- 4:10dressed,
- 4:10if
- 4:10he
- 4:10has
- 4:10any
- 4:11recollection
- 4:11of
- 4:11that.
- 4:11And
- 4:12of
- 4:12course,
- 4:12in
- 4:13practice
- 4:13you
- 4:13have
- 4:13to
- 4:13do
- 4:14that
- 4:14very
- 4:14gingerly
- 4:15because
- 4:15he
- 4:15may
- 4:16not
- 4:16be
- 4:16ready
- 4:16to
- 4:17relive
- 4:17that
- 4:17so
- 4:18easily
- 4:19when
- 4:19you
- 4:19ask
- 4:19him
- 4:19for
- 4:19specific
- 4:20details.
- 4:21As
- 4:21we
- 4:21know,
- 4:22trauma
- 4:23can
- 4:23be
- 4:23very
- 4:23fragmented
- 4:24and
- 4:25strange
- 4:25and
- 4:26triggering.
- 4:27So
- 4:27this
- 4:27is
- 4:28the
- 4:28art
- 4:28and
- 4:29science
- 4:29of
- 4:29what
- 4:29we
- 4:29do.
- 4:30We
- 4:30don't
- 4:30want
- 4:31to
- 4:31trigger
- 4:31his
- 4:31amygdala
- 4:32to
- 4:32the
- 4:32point
- 4:32where
- 4:32he
- 4:32shuts
- 4:33down
- 4:33in
- 4:33front
- 4:33of
- 4:33us
- 4:34and.
- 4:34But
- 4:34just
- 4:35enough
- 4:35to
- 4:35where
- 4:36he
- 4:36can
- 4:36safely
- 4:38reprocess
- 4:38that
- 4:39detail.
- 4:39Maybe
- 4:39just
- 4:40to
- 4:40give
- 4:40us
- 4:40some
- 4:40diagnostic
- 4:41clarity.
- 4:42But
- 4:42I
- 4:42would
- 4:42certainly
- 4:43be
- 4:43curious
- 4:43to
- 4:44understand
- 4:45if
- 4:46the
- 4:46people
- 4:47who
- 4:47mugged
- 4:47him
- 4:47at
- 4:48knife
- 4:48point
- 4:49were
- 4:49dressed
- 4:50in
- 4:51a
- 4:51garb
- 4:51similar
- 4:52to
- 4:52a
- 4:52ninja.
- 4:53Okay,
- 4:54do
- 4:54they
- 4:54have
- 4:54like
- 4:54that
- 4:55ski
- 4:55mask
- 4:56with
- 4:56just
- 4:56the
- 4:56eye
- 4:57slits
- 4:57showing?
- 4:58Are
- 4:59they
- 4:59kind
- 4:59of
- 4:59lean,
- 4:59dressed
- 5:00in
- 5:00black?
- 5:01Are
- 5:02they
- 5:02acrobatic?
- 5:03Are
- 5:03they
- 5:03agile?
- 5:04You
- 5:04know,
- 5:04I
- 5:04think
- 5:05of
- 5:05ninjas
- 5:05like
- 5:05in
- 5:05Hollywood
- 5:06movies,
- 5:07but
- 5:07get
- 5:07the.
- 5:08I
- 5:08get
- 5:08an
- 5:08idea.
- 5:08If
- 5:09this
- 5:09is
- 5:09just
- 5:09his
- 5:10nomenclature,
- 5:11his
- 5:11way
- 5:11he's
- 5:12the
- 5:12way,
- 5:12he's
- 5:13the
- 5:13shorthand
- 5:13he's
- 5:13using
- 5:14to
- 5:14describe
- 5:14something.
- 5:15Or
- 5:15are
- 5:15these
- 5:15actual
- 5:16ninjas
- 5:16which
- 5:16have
- 5:16A
- 5:17more
- 5:17bizarre
- 5:17and
- 5:18fictitious
- 5:18connotation,
- 5:19which
- 5:20would
- 5:20be
- 5:20much
- 5:20more
- 5:21consistent
- 5:21with,
- 5:21like,
- 5:21a
- 5:22delusional
- 5:22disorder
- 5:23or
- 5:23psychotic
- 5:23disorder.
- 5:24Right.
- 5:24We
- 5:24already
- 5:24established
- 5:25the
- 5:25fact
- 5:25that
- 5:25he
- 5:26has
- 5:27organized
- 5:27speech.
- 5:28He's
- 5:29clear,
- 5:29linear,
- 5:30logical.
- 5:31He's
- 5:31not
- 5:31disheveled.
- 5:32He's
- 5:33able
- 5:33to
- 5:33speak
- 5:34and
- 5:34talk.
- 5:34You
- 5:34know,
- 5:35we
- 5:35don't
- 5:35see
- 5:35a
- 5:35lot
- 5:35of
- 5:35negative
- 5:35symptoms.
- 5:36He's
- 5:36denying
- 5:36auditory
- 5:37hallucinations.
- 5:38So
- 5:38we're
- 5:38not
- 5:38worried
- 5:38about
- 5:38schizophrenia
- 5:39per
- 5:40se.
- 5:40But
- 5:40could
- 5:40this
- 5:41be
- 5:41a
- 5:41delusional
- 5:41disorder?
- 5:42Does
- 5:42he
- 5:43feel
- 5:43like
- 5:44ninjas
- 5:44are
- 5:44out
- 5:45to
- 5:45get
- 5:45him?
- 5:45And
- 5:45I
- 5:46will
- 5:46tell
- 5:46you,
- 5:46if
- 5:46it
- 5:46is
- 5:46a
- 5:47delusional
- 5:47disorder,
- 5:48what
- 5:48you
- 5:48can
- 5:48expect
- 5:49is
- 5:49a
- 5:50fixed,
- 5:51unshakable
- 5:51conviction.
- 5:52Okay?
- 5:53You
- 5:53would
- 5:53expect
- 5:54a
- 5:54patient
- 5:54who
- 5:54genuinely
- 5:55believes
- 5:55and
- 5:55then
- 5:56just
- 5:56will
- 5:56attack,
- 5:56and
- 5:57they
- 5:57cannot
- 5:58entertain
- 5:58the
- 5:58possibility
- 5:59that
- 5:59this
- 5:59is
- 5:59irrational.
- 6:00Okay.
- 6:00In
- 6:01other
- 6:01words,
- 6:01it's
- 6:01not
- 6:01ego
- 6:02dystonic.
- 6:02Okay.
- 6:03It's
- 6:03not
- 6:03something
- 6:03that
- 6:04bothers
- 6:04him
- 6:04in
- 6:05ptsd.
- 6:05It's
- 6:05very
- 6:05ego
- 6:06dystonic.
- 6:06Right.
- 6:08Patients
- 6:08don't
- 6:08really
- 6:09want
- 6:09to
- 6:09have
- 6:09these.
- 6:10These.
- 6:12These
- 6:12worries
- 6:12or
- 6:13concerns
- 6:13about
- 6:13what
- 6:14might
- 6:14happen
- 6:14if
- 6:14they
- 6:14go
- 6:14to
- 6:15the
- 6:15store.
- 6:16In
- 6:17ocd,
- 6:17they're
- 6:17also
- 6:18usually
- 6:18ego
- 6:19dystonic,
- 6:19where
- 6:20they're
- 6:20bizarre
- 6:21thoughts,
- 6:21but
- 6:21they're
- 6:22unwanted.
- 6:22They
- 6:22don't
- 6:23want
- 6:23to
- 6:23think
- 6:23about
- 6:24this
- 6:24stuff.
- 6:24They're
- 6:24intruding
- 6:25in
- 6:25their
- 6:25mind,
- 6:26and
- 6:26they
- 6:26realize
- 6:26it's
- 6:27bizarre
- 6:27and
- 6:27uncomfortable
- 6:28and
- 6:28there's
- 6:28a
- 6:28stigma
- 6:29to
- 6:29even
- 6:29share
- 6:29them,
- 6:30but
- 6:30they
- 6:31nonetheless
- 6:31feel
- 6:32very
- 6:32distressed
- 6:32by
- 6:32it.
- 6:33But
- 6:33in
- 6:33delusional
- 6:34disorder,
- 6:34you
- 6:35believe
- 6:35that
- 6:35ninjas
- 6:36are
- 6:37going
- 6:37to
- 6:37attack
- 6:38you,
- 6:38and
- 6:38it's
- 6:38usually
- 6:39fixed.
- 6:39Again,
- 6:39it's
- 6:40unshakable,
- 6:40and
- 6:41it
- 6:41usually
- 6:42is
- 6:43beyond
- 6:43an
- 6:44isolated
- 6:44event.
- 6:45In
- 6:45other
- 6:45words,
- 6:46in
- 6:46my
- 6:46experience,
- 6:47and
- 6:47I
- 6:47think
- 6:47the
- 6:48evidence
- 6:48would
- 6:48confirm
- 6:49this,
- 6:50delusional
- 6:51thought
- 6:52processes
- 6:53are
- 6:54more
- 6:55broad.
- 6:56They're
- 6:56fixed,
- 6:57but
- 6:57they're
- 6:57more
- 6:57broad.
- 6:58Right.
- 6:58And
- 6:59the
- 6:59patient
- 6:59will
- 6:59usually
- 6:59have
- 7:00more
- 7:00of
- 7:00a
- 7:00story
- 7:00beyond,
- 7:01oh,
- 7:01ninjas
- 7:01are
- 7:02going
- 7:02to
- 7:02attack
- 7:02me
- 7:02at
- 7:02the
- 7:02store.
- 7:03It's
- 7:03part
- 7:03of
- 7:03a
- 7:04narrative
- 7:04or
- 7:05an
- 7:05arc,
- 7:05a
- 7:05story
- 7:05arc
- 7:06that
- 7:07involves
- 7:07ninjas
- 7:08thwarting
- 7:08that
- 7:09person
- 7:09more
- 7:09broadly
- 7:10throughout
- 7:10their
- 7:10lives,
- 7:11maybe
- 7:12hijacking
- 7:12parts
- 7:12of
- 7:12their
- 7:13brain.
- 7:13Now,
- 7:13it's
- 7:14not
- 7:14to
- 7:14the
- 7:14point
- 7:14where
- 7:15they
- 7:15can't
- 7:15function.
- 7:16These
- 7:16people
- 7:16are
- 7:16usually.
- 7:18Their
- 7:18functioning
- 7:18is
- 7:18otherwise
- 7:19preserved,
- 7:21and
- 7:21the
- 7:21delusion
- 7:22is
- 7:22circumscribed,
- 7:23but
- 7:24it
- 7:24is
- 7:24often
- 7:25very
- 7:25bizarre.
- 7:26It's
- 7:26very
- 7:27fixed,
- 7:27it's
- 7:27very
- 7:27stubborn.
- 7:28And
- 7:28the
- 7:29patient
- 7:29doesn't
- 7:29feel
- 7:30this
- 7:31sense
- 7:31of
- 7:31distress
- 7:32or
- 7:32recoil
- 7:33at
- 7:33the
- 7:33delusion
- 7:33necessarily.
- 7:34It's
- 7:35sort
- 7:35of
- 7:35stated
- 7:36as
- 7:36a
- 7:36matter
- 7:36of
- 7:36fact,
- 7:37as
- 7:37a
- 7:37way
- 7:37of
- 7:37being.
- 7:38It's
- 7:38kind
- 7:38of
- 7:38integrated
- 7:39in
- 7:39their
- 7:39lives
- 7:39in
- 7:40this
- 7:40fixed,
- 7:40hard
- 7:41way,
- 7:41as
- 7:42opposed
- 7:42to
- 7:42the
- 7:42resistance
- 7:43that
- 7:43you
- 7:43naturally
- 7:44see
- 7:44and
- 7:44feel
- 7:44with
- 7:45people
- 7:45who
- 7:45come
- 7:45to
- 7:46you
- 7:46with
- 7:46ocd.
- 7:46Right?
- 7:47These
- 7:47are
- 7:47really
- 7:47intrusive,
- 7:48unwanted,
- 7:48ego
- 7:49dystonic
- 7:49thoughts
- 7:50that
- 7:50the
- 7:50patients
- 7:51recognize
- 7:51for
- 7:51the
- 7:52most
- 7:52part
- 7:52in
- 7:52OCD
- 7:53are
- 7:53irrational,
- 7:53at
- 7:54least
- 7:54partially,
- 7:54but
- 7:55they
- 7:55can't
- 7:55seem
- 7:55to
- 7:56stop
- 7:56it,
- 7:56and
- 7:56they
- 7:57feel
- 7:57the
- 7:58need
- 7:58to.
- 8:00To.
- 8:00To
- 8:01neutralize
- 8:01it
- 8:02in
- 8:02the.
- 8:02In
- 8:02the
- 8:03form
- 8:03of
- 8:03a
- 8:03compulsion.
- 8:04Okay.
- 8:05And
- 8:05that
- 8:06would
- 8:06be
- 8:06more
- 8:06consistent
- 8:06with
- 8:07ocd,
- 8:08Right?
- 8:08And
- 8:09sure
- 8:09enough,
- 8:09Dustin
- 8:10is
- 8:11counting
- 8:11to
- 8:11seven
- 8:12before
- 8:12he
- 8:12enters
- 8:12a
- 8:12building.
- 8:13So
- 8:13that
- 8:13is
- 8:13a
- 8:14compulsion.
- 8:14I
- 8:14am
- 8:14very
- 8:15suspicious
- 8:15now
- 8:16of
- 8:16ocd,
- 8:17and
- 8:17I'm
- 8:17going
- 8:17to
- 8:17go
- 8:17down
- 8:17that
- 8:18rabbit
- 8:18hole
- 8:18with
- 8:18him
- 8:18now
- 8:19because
- 8:19he
- 8:19endorsed
- 8:20a
- 8:20clear
- 8:20compulsion.
- 8:21That
- 8:21compulsion,
- 8:22counting
- 8:22to
- 8:22seven
- 8:23before
- 8:23he
- 8:23enters
- 8:23a
- 8:23building,
- 8:24is
- 8:24clearly
- 8:25associated
- 8:25with
- 8:26trying
- 8:26to
- 8:26neutralize
- 8:27an
- 8:27obsessional
- 8:28thought
- 8:28process.
- 8:29And
- 8:29lo
- 8:30and
- 8:30behold,
- 8:30you
- 8:30have
- 8:31a
- 8:31pretty
- 8:31concrete
- 8:32OCD
- 8:32symptom.
- 8:33And
- 8:33that
- 8:33sounds
- 8:34very
- 8:34functionally
- 8:35impairing
- 8:35because
- 8:35he's
- 8:36unable
- 8:36to
- 8:36really
- 8:37go
- 8:37places
- 8:38because
- 8:38of
- 8:38this
- 8:39thought
- 8:39process.
- 8:40But
- 8:40your
- 8:40job
- 8:41is
- 8:41really
- 8:42to
- 8:42figure
- 8:42out,
- 8:43is
- 8:43he
- 8:44having
- 8:44a
- 8:44disturbing
- 8:45thought
- 8:45of
- 8:45a
- 8:46ninja
- 8:46that
- 8:46he
- 8:46recognizes
- 8:47is
- 8:47irrational.
- 8:48Like,
- 8:48does
- 8:49he
- 8:49actually
- 8:49believe
- 8:49in
- 8:50ninjas?
- 8:50And
- 8:50if
- 8:50he
- 8:51tells
- 8:51you,
- 8:51oh,
- 8:51no,
- 8:51absolutely
- 8:52not.
- 8:52I
- 8:52know
- 8:53this
- 8:53is
- 8:53absurd.
- 8:54This
- 8:54is
- 8:54crazy,
- 8:55right?
- 8:55I
- 8:56know
- 8:56ninjas
- 8:56don't
- 8:56exist,
- 8:57but
- 8:57I
- 8:57just
- 8:58have
- 8:58this
- 8:58image
- 8:58of
- 8:58a
- 8:59ninja
- 8:59I
- 8:59can't
- 8:59get
- 8:59out
- 8:59of
- 9:00my
- 9:00mind
- 9:00and
- 9:00I
- 9:00have
- 9:00to
- 9:01count
- 9:01to
- 9:01seven
- 9:02before
- 9:02I
- 9:02go
- 9:03into
- 9:03any
- 9:03store,
- 9:04because
- 9:05this
- 9:05thought
- 9:06pro.
- 9:06This
- 9:06thought
- 9:06or
- 9:07image
- 9:07of
- 9:07a
- 9:07ninja
- 9:08just
- 9:08drives
- 9:08me
- 9:08nuts.
- 9:09And
- 9:09it's
- 9:09the
- 9:09only
- 9:10way
- 9:10I
- 9:10feel
- 9:10like
- 9:10I
- 9:11can
- 9:11guarantee
- 9:11my
- 9:11safety,
- 9:12even
- 9:12though
- 9:12I
- 9:12know
- 9:13I'll
- 9:13probably
- 9:13be
- 9:14safe.
- 9:14But
- 9:14just
- 9:15in
- 9:15case,
- 9:16I'm
- 9:16going
- 9:16to
- 9:16have
- 9:16to
- 9:16do
- 9:17this
- 9:17anyway
- 9:17to
- 9:17neutralize
- 9:18any
- 9:18residual
- 9:19anxiety.
- 9:20Bam.
- 9:20That
- 9:20is
- 9:21definitely
- 9:21more.
- 9:24That
- 9:24is.
- 9:24That
- 9:24is
- 9:25more
- 9:25akin
- 9:25to
- 9:25ocd
- 9:26right
- 9:26there,
- 9:27as
- 9:27opposed
- 9:27to
- 9:28delusional
- 9:28disorder,
- 9:29where,
- 9:29again,
- 9:30um,
- 9:30the.
- 9:30The
- 9:31idea
- 9:31is
- 9:32very
- 9:32fixed.
- 9:32And
- 9:33you're
- 9:33stating,
- 9:33matter
- 9:34of
- 9:34fact,
- 9:34that
- 9:34you
- 9:34believe,
- 9:35you
- 9:35know,
- 9:35maybe
- 9:35the
- 9:36government
- 9:36hires
- 9:36ninjas
- 9:37to
- 9:37spy
- 9:37on
- 9:37you
- 9:38or
- 9:38attack
- 9:38you
- 9:38at
- 9:39random
- 9:39times
- 9:39or
- 9:39thwart
- 9:40you
- 9:40or
- 9:40keep
- 9:40you
- 9:41from
- 9:41the
- 9:41grocery
- 9:41store,
- 9:42because
- 9:43maybe
- 9:43those
- 9:43ninjas
- 9:44don't
- 9:44want
- 9:44you
- 9:44to
- 9:44eat
- 9:44healthy
- 9:45food
- 9:45and
- 9:45they
- 9:45don't
- 9:45want
- 9:45you
- 9:45to
- 9:46live
- 9:46to
- 9:47your
- 9:47life
- 9:47expectancy.
- 9:48And
- 9:48so
- 9:48again,
- 9:49it's
- 9:49part
- 9:49of
- 9:49this
- 9:49broader,
- 9:50bizarre
- 9:50arc
- 9:51that
- 9:51is
- 9:52otherwise
- 9:52not
- 9:52that
- 9:53impairing,
- 9:53but
- 9:54the
- 9:54patient
- 9:54doesn't
- 9:55seem
- 9:55to
- 9:55question
- 9:55it
- 9:56or
- 9:56be
- 9:56disturbed
- 9:56by
- 9:56it.
- 9:57Okay?
- 9:58And
- 9:58so
- 9:58with
- 9:59this
- 9:59patient
- 9:59in
- 9:59particular,
- 10:00I'm
- 10:00very
- 10:00suspicious
- 10:01that
- 10:02there's
- 10:02an
- 10:02OCD
- 10:02process
- 10:03going
- 10:03on.
- 10:03I'm
- 10:04very
- 10:04suspicious
- 10:05that
- 10:05this
- 10:05was
- 10:05trauma
- 10:06provoked.
- 10:07Right.
- 10:07He
- 10:07clearly
- 10:08has
- 10:08six
- 10:08months
- 10:09ago
- 10:10a
- 10:10very
- 10:10significant
- 10:11event
- 10:11where
- 10:11he
- 10:12has
- 10:12a
- 10:12perceived
- 10:12threat
- 10:13to
- 10:13life
- 10:13of
- 10:13being
- 10:14mugged
- 10:14at
- 10:14knifepoint.
- 10:15And
- 10:15his
- 10:15nightmares
- 10:16are
- 10:17consistent
- 10:18with
- 10:18that
- 10:18traumatic
- 10:19event.
- 10:19He's
- 10:20waking
- 10:20up
- 10:20in
- 10:20a
- 10:20sweat.
- 10:21He's
- 10:21excessively
- 10:22startled.
- 10:22He's
- 10:23being
- 10:23grabbed
- 10:23from
- 10:23behind.
- 10:24It
- 10:24would
- 10:24definitely
- 10:25be
- 10:25helpful
- 10:25to
- 10:25ask
- 10:26the
- 10:26patient,
- 10:26you
- 10:27know,
- 10:27how.
- 10:27How
- 10:28long
- 10:28have
- 10:28these
- 10:28nightmares
- 10:28been
- 10:29going
- 10:29on?
- 10:29So
- 10:29you
- 10:29want
- 10:29to
- 10:30really
- 10:30try
- 10:30and
- 10:31see
- 10:32if
- 10:32there
- 10:32is
- 10:32a
- 10:33concrete
- 10:33association
- 10:34between
- 10:34the
- 10:34nightmares
- 10:34and
- 10:35being
- 10:35mugged.
- 10:35I
- 10:35would
- 10:35imagine
- 10:36there
- 10:36is.
- 10:37And
- 10:37then,
- 10:37of
- 10:37course,
- 10:38not
- 10:38to
- 10:38state
- 10:38the
- 10:38obvious,
- 10:39you.
- 10:39But
- 10:39you
- 10:39want
- 10:40to
- 10:40make
- 10:40sure
- 10:40that
- 10:41these
- 10:41newfound.
- 10:42This
- 10:43newfound
- 10:44behavior
- 10:44of
- 10:44avoiding
- 10:45supermarkets
- 10:46happened
- 10:47exactly
- 10:47after
- 10:48this
- 10:48trauma,
- 10:48or
- 10:48has
- 10:48this
- 10:49been
- 10:49happening
- 10:49his
- 10:49whole
- 10:49life?
- 10:49Is
- 10:50he
- 10:50agoraphobic?
- 10:51Does
- 10:51he
- 10:51avoid
- 10:52large
- 10:52places
- 10:52or
- 10:53large
- 10:53crowds
- 10:53more
- 10:53broadly
- 10:54where
- 10:54he
- 10:54can't
- 10:54escape?
- 10:55Well,
- 10:55that's
- 10:55a
- 10:55whole
- 10:55other
- 10:56diagnostic
- 10:57rabbit
- 10:57hole.
- 10:57But
- 10:58usually
- 10:58a
- 10:58patient
- 10:59will
- 10:59say,
- 10:59no,
- 10:59this
- 10:59is
- 11:00kind
- 11:00of
- 11:00new.
- 11:00I
- 11:00was
- 11:00able
- 11:01to
- 11:01go
- 11:01to
- 11:01stores,
- 11:02but
- 11:02after
- 11:02this
- 11:03happened,
- 11:03I'm
- 11:03very
- 11:03wary.
- 11:04Right,
- 11:04but
- 11:05it
- 11:05doesn't
- 11:05quite.
- 11:06It.
- 11:07This
- 11:07doesn't
- 11:07quite
- 11:08address
- 11:08the
- 11:08ninja
- 11:08comment.
- 11:09And
- 11:09you
- 11:09really
- 11:09want
- 11:10to
- 11:11get
- 11:11nitty
- 11:12gritty
- 11:12with
- 11:12the
- 11:12semantics
- 11:13of
- 11:13ninja,
- 11:14and
- 11:14you
- 11:14really
- 11:14want
- 11:14him
- 11:15to.
- 11:15You
- 11:15really
- 11:16want
- 11:16to
- 11:16figure
- 11:16out,
- 11:16does
- 11:16this
- 11:17guy,
- 11:18you
- 11:18know,
- 11:18is
- 11:18he
- 11:18bothered
- 11:19by
- 11:19that
- 11:19ninja
- 11:20thing?
- 11:20Does
- 11:21he
- 11:21actually
- 11:21believe
- 11:21in
- 11:22ninjas?
- 11:22Or
- 11:22is
- 11:23he
- 11:23describing.
- 11:24Is
- 11:24he
- 11:24using
- 11:24it
- 11:24as
- 11:25shorthand
- 11:25to
- 11:25describe
- 11:26folks
- 11:27who
- 11:27are
- 11:27more
- 11:28clad
- 11:28in
- 11:28black
- 11:29and
- 11:31resemble
- 11:31ninjas,
- 11:32but
- 11:32he's
- 11:32aware
- 11:32that
- 11:32real
- 11:33ninjas
- 11:33don't
- 11:33exist?
- 11:34That's
- 11:34a
- 11:34very
- 11:34important,
- 11:36very
- 11:36important
- 11:37way
- 11:37to
- 11:37put
- 11:37it.
- 11:38And
- 11:38again,
- 11:38getting
- 11:39an
- 11:39accurate
- 11:39trauma
- 11:41depiction
- 11:41of
- 11:41what
- 11:42happened
- 11:42that
- 11:42day
- 11:42is
- 11:42also
- 11:43very
- 11:43important
- 11:43because
- 11:44maybe
- 11:44the
- 11:45people
- 11:45who
- 11:45attacked
- 11:45him
- 11:45really
- 11:46did
- 11:46look
- 11:46like
- 11:46ninjas.
- 11:47And
- 11:49again,
- 11:49he's
- 11:49using
- 11:49it
- 11:50as
- 11:51shorthand
- 11:51now.
- 11:52Could
- 11:52this
- 11:52be
- 11:52generalized
- 11:53anxiety
- 11:53disorder?
- 11:54I
- 11:54find
- 11:54it
- 11:55very
- 11:55unlikely.
- 11:56And
- 11:56again,
- 11:56I
- 11:57think
- 11:57the
- 11:57word
- 11:57generalized
- 11:58anxiety
- 11:59disorder,
- 12:00that.
- 12:00That.
- 12:00That
- 12:01phrase
- 12:01or
- 12:02that
- 12:02diagnosis
- 12:03was
- 12:03perfectly
- 12:05named
- 12:05in
- 12:05the
- 12:05DSM
- 12:06because
- 12:06it's
- 12:06general.
- 12:07Right?
- 12:07Nothing
- 12:07about
- 12:07what
- 12:08we're
- 12:08talking
- 12:08about
- 12:08right
- 12:08now
- 12:09is
- 12:09general.
- 12:10Pretty
- 12:10much
- 12:10the
- 12:11opposite
- 12:11of
- 12:12a
- 12:13general
- 12:13worry
- 12:13is
- 12:14being
- 12:14worried
- 12:14about
- 12:14a
- 12:14ninja.
- 12:15Right?
- 12:15That
- 12:16is
- 12:16the
- 12:16most
- 12:16specific
- 12:16kind
- 12:17of
- 12:17worry
- 12:17versus
- 12:17the
- 12:18general
- 12:18worry.
- 12:18He's
- 12:19not
- 12:19coming
- 12:19to
- 12:19you
- 12:19because
- 12:20he's
- 12:20on
- 12:20edge
- 12:20all
- 12:20of
- 12:21the
- 12:21time
- 12:21about
- 12:22many
- 12:22different
- 12:22things.
- 12:22He
- 12:23definitely
- 12:23talked
- 12:24about
- 12:24that,
- 12:24that
- 12:25he
- 12:25is
- 12:25a
- 12:25worrier
- 12:26in
- 12:26his
- 12:26past,
- 12:26and
- 12:26that's
- 12:27kind
- 12:27of
- 12:27his
- 12:27personality.
- 12:28But
- 12:28why
- 12:28he's
- 12:29coming
- 12:29to
- 12:29you
- 12:29today,
- 12:29it's
- 12:30very
- 12:30specific.
- 12:31It
- 12:31sounds
- 12:31like
- 12:31avoidance.
- 12:32And
- 12:32there's
- 12:33a
- 12:33very
- 12:34specific
- 12:34reason
- 12:34he
- 12:35states
- 12:37that
- 12:37he.
- 12:37There's
- 12:38a
- 12:38very
- 12:38specific
- 12:38reason
- 12:39that
- 12:39he's
- 12:40implicating
- 12:40in
- 12:40his
- 12:40avoidance
- 12:41ninjas
- 12:42or
- 12:42being
- 12:43assaulted
- 12:43or
- 12:43harmed
- 12:43more
- 12:44broadly,
- 12:44we
- 12:44can
- 12:44figure
- 12:45out
- 12:45again,
- 12:46what
- 12:46is
- 12:47how
- 12:48he
- 12:48characterizes
- 12:48that
- 12:49threat
- 12:49and
- 12:49perceives
- 12:49that
- 12:50threat
- 12:50to
- 12:50get
- 12:50us
- 12:50more
- 12:50diagnostic
- 12:51clarity.
- 12:52But
- 12:52this
- 12:52is
- 12:52not
- 12:52a
- 12:53generalized
- 12:53worry
- 12:54complaint.
- 12:54Again,
- 12:55it
- 12:55might
- 12:55be
- 12:55comorbid.
- 12:56It's
- 12:56often,
- 12:57it
- 12:57often
- 12:57is
- 12:57comorbid
- 12:58with
- 12:58a
- 12:58lot
- 12:58of
- 12:58these
- 12:58diagnoses.
- 13:00There's
- 13:00definitely
- 13:00a
- 13:00higher
- 13:01incidence
- 13:01of
- 13:01comorbidity
- 13:02once
- 13:02these
- 13:03initial
- 13:03diagnoses
- 13:04are
- 13:04here.
- 13:05But
- 13:05it's
- 13:05not
- 13:06really
- 13:06the
- 13:06reason
- 13:06he's
- 13:06coming
- 13:07to
- 13:07you.
- 13:07And
- 13:07it
- 13:07probably
- 13:08shouldn't
- 13:08be
- 13:08your
- 13:09main
- 13:09area
- 13:10of
- 13:10focus
- 13:10either,
- 13:11because
- 13:12he's
- 13:13not
- 13:13coming
- 13:13to
- 13:13you
- 13:14to
- 13:15restore
- 13:15his,
- 13:16his
- 13:16functional
- 13:17impairment.
- 13:17From
- 13:17a
- 13:18GAD
- 13:18perspective,
- 13:18this
- 13:19sounds
- 13:19more
- 13:19like
- 13:19traumatic
- 13:20avoidance,
- 13:21maybe
- 13:21delusional,
- 13:22maybe
- 13:22ocd.
- 13:23Right.
- 13:24And
- 13:24so
- 13:25now
- 13:26getting
- 13:26a
- 13:26little
- 13:26deeper
- 13:26into
- 13:27this,
- 13:28you,
- 13:29you
- 13:29really
- 13:30want
- 13:30to
- 13:30look
- 13:30into
- 13:31gad,
- 13:31right?
- 13:32And
- 13:32I
- 13:33don't,
- 13:33I
- 13:33don't
- 13:33think
- 13:33it
- 13:33is
- 13:34gad.
- 13:34Um,
- 13:35now
- 13:35maybe
- 13:36folks
- 13:36with
- 13:36GAD
- 13:37are
- 13:37worried
- 13:37they
- 13:38will
- 13:38get
- 13:38mugged
- 13:38when
- 13:39they
- 13:39walk
- 13:39down
- 13:39the
- 13:39street.
- 13:40That
- 13:40is
- 13:40certainly
- 13:40common
- 13:41with
- 13:41gad.
- 13:41Right.
- 13:42A
- 13:42classic
- 13:42example
- 13:43of
- 13:43a
- 13:43worry
- 13:43that
- 13:44is
- 13:44unlikely
- 13:44to
- 13:44happen,
- 13:45but
- 13:45we
- 13:45still
- 13:45are
- 13:46always
- 13:46on
- 13:46edge
- 13:46about
- 13:47it
- 13:47anyway.
- 13:47We
- 13:48can't
- 13:48seem
- 13:48to
- 13:48stop
- 13:48worrying
- 13:49about
- 13:49it
- 13:49anyway,
- 13:50even
- 13:50though
- 13:51we
- 13:51know
- 13:51it's
- 13:52unlikely.
- 13:52But
- 13:52it's
- 13:53still
- 13:53possible.
- 13:53It's
- 13:53a
- 13:54plausible
- 13:54worry.
- 13:54Right.
- 13:54It's
- 13:55not
- 13:55bizarre.
- 13:55Ninjas
- 13:56are
- 13:56bizarre.
- 13:57That's
- 13:57when
- 13:57you
- 13:57should
- 13:57go,
- 13:57hmm,
- 13:58this
- 13:58definitely
- 13:59sounds
- 13:59like
- 13:59delusional
- 13:59disorder.
- 14:00Sounds
- 14:00a
- 14:01little
- 14:01ocd,
- 14:01like
- 14:01an
- 14:02unwanted
- 14:02bizarre
- 14:03thought
- 14:03and
- 14:03ocd.
- 14:04But
- 14:04if
- 14:05you're
- 14:05worried
- 14:06that
- 14:06you're
- 14:06just
- 14:06going
- 14:06to
- 14:06get
- 14:06mugged,
- 14:07that
- 14:07might
- 14:07be
- 14:08more
- 14:08GAD
- 14:08or
- 14:08ptsd.
- 14:09Of
- 14:10course,
- 14:10it's
- 14:10very
- 14:10important
- 14:10to
- 14:11ask
- 14:11the
- 14:11patient,
- 14:11how
- 14:11many
- 14:11times
- 14:12in
- 14:12your
- 14:12life
- 14:12have
- 14:12you
- 14:12been
- 14:13mugged?
- 14:13Have
- 14:13you
- 14:14ever
- 14:14been
- 14:14exposed
- 14:14to
- 14:15situations
- 14:15where
- 14:15someone
- 14:16around
- 14:16you
- 14:16was
- 14:16mugged
- 14:17and
- 14:17it
- 14:17really
- 14:17left
- 14:18an
- 14:18impression
- 14:18on
- 14:18you?
- 14:19Are
- 14:19there
- 14:19any
- 14:19other
- 14:19times
- 14:20in
- 14:20your
- 14:20life
- 14:21that
- 14:21you
- 14:21can
- 14:21share
- 14:21with
- 14:22me
- 14:22where
- 14:22your
- 14:22life
- 14:23or
- 14:23was
- 14:23in
- 14:24serious
- 14:24jeopardy
- 14:25and
- 14:25you
- 14:25know,
- 14:26so
- 14:26those
- 14:27are
- 14:27things
- 14:27I
- 14:27would
- 14:27want
- 14:27to
- 14:28know
- 14:28to
- 14:28understand.
- 14:29Why
- 14:29are
- 14:29we
- 14:29worried
- 14:30about
- 14:30being
- 14:30mugged?
- 14:31And
- 14:31if
- 14:31it's
- 14:31not
- 14:31just
- 14:32about
- 14:32being
- 14:32mugged,
- 14:32but
- 14:33they're
- 14:33also
- 14:33worried
- 14:33they're
- 14:34going
- 14:34to
- 14:34go
- 14:34bankrupt
- 14:34and
- 14:34they're
- 14:35going
- 14:35to
- 14:35get
- 14:35fired
- 14:36and
- 14:36that
- 14:36their
- 14:37car
- 14:37is
- 14:37going
- 14:37to
- 14:37break
- 14:37down?
- 14:38Now,
- 14:39usually
- 14:39in
- 14:39your
- 14:40interview,
- 14:40there's
- 14:40enough
- 14:40of
- 14:41these
- 14:41worries
- 14:41coming
- 14:42out
- 14:42that
- 14:43you
- 14:43recognize
- 14:44the
- 14:44main
- 14:44problem
- 14:44here
- 14:45is
- 14:45that
- 14:45everything
- 14:45is
- 14:46non
- 14:46specific.
- 14:46It's
- 14:47generalized.
- 14:48That's
- 14:48when
- 14:48you
- 14:48go
- 14:48down
- 14:48the
- 14:49GAD
- 14:49rabbit
- 14:49hole.
- 14:50But
- 14:50when
- 14:51you
- 14:51know
- 14:51this
- 14:51is
- 14:52you
- 14:52don't
- 14:52need
- 14:52to
- 14:52really
- 14:53overthink
- 14:53this,
- 14:53my
- 14:53friends,
- 14:54because
- 14:54you're
- 14:55going
- 14:55to
- 14:55kind
- 14:55of
- 14:55know
- 14:55when
- 14:55you
- 14:56see
- 14:56it
- 14:56in
- 14:56clinic,
- 14:56is
- 14:57this
- 14:57a
- 14:57general
- 14:57problem
- 14:57or
- 14:58a
- 14:58very
- 14:58specific
- 14:59problem
- 14:59in
- 14:59front
- 14:59of
- 14:59me?
- 15:00You
- 15:00should
- 15:00implicitly
- 15:01know
- 15:01that
- 15:01and
- 15:01implicitly
- 15:02answer
- 15:02that.
- 15:03And
- 15:03sometimes
- 15:03it's
- 15:03important
- 15:04to
- 15:04just
- 15:04ask
- 15:04yourself,
- 15:05what
- 15:05is
- 15:05this
- 15:05not
- 15:06right?
- 15:06So
- 15:07in
- 15:07the.
- 15:07In
- 15:07the
- 15:07middle
- 15:07of
- 15:08the
- 15:08fog,
- 15:08when
- 15:08you're
- 15:09trying
- 15:09to
- 15:09make
- 15:09a
- 15:09diagnosis,
- 15:10don't
- 15:10just
- 15:10think,
- 15:11what
- 15:11am
- 15:11I
- 15:11seeing?
- 15:11But
- 15:12really
- 15:12think
- 15:12to
- 15:13yourself,
- 15:13what
- 15:13am
- 15:13I
- 15:13not
- 15:13seeing?
- 15:14Well,
- 15:14I'm
- 15:14not
- 15:15hearing
- 15:15a
- 15:15lot
- 15:15of
- 15:15general
- 15:16worry
- 15:16here.
- 15:16This
- 15:16is
- 15:17very
- 15:17specific
- 15:17to
- 15:17being
- 15:18assaulted
- 15:19by
- 15:19specific
- 15:20figures
- 15:21dressed
- 15:21in
- 15:21black
- 15:22with
- 15:22eyelets
- 15:23and
- 15:24whatever
- 15:25else.
- 15:25Ninja.
- 15:25I
- 15:25think
- 15:25ninjas
- 15:26carry
- 15:26swords
- 15:27or
- 15:28throwing
- 15:29stars.
- 15:30And
- 15:30so
- 15:31we're
- 15:31looking
- 15:32at
- 15:32something
- 15:32very
- 15:33specific
- 15:33here.
- 15:34Okay.
- 15:34And
- 15:35so
- 15:35I
- 15:35think
- 15:36we
- 15:36can
- 15:36throw
- 15:36GAD
- 15:37into
- 15:37the
- 15:37dustbin.
- 15:38It
- 15:38could
- 15:38be
- 15:38comorbid.
- 15:39That's
- 15:39a
- 15:39different.
- 15:40That's
- 15:40maybe
- 15:40a
- 15:40different
- 15:41appointment,
- 15:42but
- 15:42right
- 15:42now
- 15:42we
- 15:42can
- 15:43throw
- 15:43that
- 15:43in
- 15:43the
- 15:43dustbin.
- 15:44Um,
- 15:45so
- 15:45I
- 15:45think
- 15:45that's
- 15:45really
- 15:45important.
- 15:46I
- 15:46think
- 15:46the
- 15:46compulsions
- 15:47and
- 15:47the
- 15:47rituals
- 15:47here
- 15:48are
- 15:48really
- 15:48key.
- 15:48I
- 15:49would
- 15:49definitely
- 15:49ask
- 15:49the
- 15:50patient,
- 15:50how
- 15:50long
- 15:50is
- 15:50this
- 15:51taking
- 15:51you?
- 15:52Every.
- 15:53Every
- 15:53day.
- 15:53You
- 15:54know,
- 15:54the
- 15:54DSM
- 15:54has
- 15:55this.
- 15:56It's
- 15:57not
- 15:57really
- 15:57an
- 15:57official
- 15:57cutoff,
- 15:58but
- 15:58it
- 15:58suggests
- 15:59about
- 15:59an
- 15:59hour
- 15:59or
- 16:00more
- 16:00is
- 16:00indic.
- 16:01It.
- 16:01It.
- 16:02It's
- 16:02indicative
- 16:03of
- 16:03ocd.
- 16:04It's
- 16:05not
- 16:05a
- 16:05hard
- 16:05requirement,
- 16:06but
- 16:06it
- 16:06is
- 16:06a
- 16:08more
- 16:08of
- 16:09a,
- 16:09I
- 16:09think,
- 16:09a
- 16:09yardstick
- 16:10for
- 16:10you
- 16:10to
- 16:11think
- 16:11about.
- 16:12Right.
- 16:12If
- 16:12your
- 16:12patient
- 16:13is
- 16:13spending
- 16:14way
- 16:14too
- 16:14much
- 16:15time
- 16:17engaged
- 16:17in
- 16:18rituals
- 16:18or
- 16:18compulsions,
- 16:19it's
- 16:20definitely
- 16:20more
- 16:21plausible
- 16:22they
- 16:22are
- 16:22suffering
- 16:23from
- 16:23ocd.
- 16:23So
- 16:24I
- 16:24would
- 16:24ask
- 16:24Dustin,
- 16:25how.
- 16:25How
- 16:25often
- 16:25are
- 16:26you
- 16:26checking
- 16:26locks?
- 16:26How
- 16:26much
- 16:26time
- 16:27does
- 16:27this
- 16:27take?
- 16:27Is
- 16:27there
- 16:28any
- 16:28other
- 16:28part
- 16:28of
- 16:29your
- 16:29routine
- 16:29where
- 16:29you
- 16:30spend
- 16:30a
- 16:30lot
- 16:30of
- 16:30time
- 16:30trying
- 16:31to
- 16:31guarantee
- 16:31your
- 16:31safety?
- 16:32Of
- 16:32course
- 16:32that
- 16:33gets
- 16:33really
- 16:33muddy
- 16:34because
- 16:34this
- 16:34is
- 16:34also
- 16:35a
- 16:35trauma
- 16:35response.
- 16:36Right.
- 16:36And
- 16:37then
- 16:37I
- 16:37would
- 16:37ask
- 16:37him
- 16:37on
- 16:38top
- 16:38of
- 16:38that,
- 16:39if
- 16:39you
- 16:39think
- 16:39it
- 16:39is
- 16:39a
- 16:39trauma
- 16:40response
- 16:40and
- 16:40you're
- 16:40kind
- 16:41of
- 16:41conflating
- 16:41the
- 16:41two,
- 16:42I
- 16:42would
- 16:42ask
- 16:42him,
- 16:42well,
- 16:43did
- 16:43you
- 16:43have
- 16:43any
- 16:43of
- 16:44these
- 16:44kinds
- 16:44of
- 16:44behaviors
- 16:44before
- 16:45you
- 16:45were
- 16:45assaulted
- 16:46where
- 16:46you
- 16:46were,
- 16:47you
- 16:48know,
- 16:48checking
- 16:48the
- 16:48oven
- 16:48to
- 16:49make
- 16:49sure
- 16:49it
- 16:49was
- 16:49turned
- 16:50off
- 16:50multiple
- 16:50times
- 16:50per
- 16:51night,
- 16:51or
- 16:52counting
- 16:52your
- 16:52steps
- 16:53or
- 16:53washing
- 16:53hands
- 16:54compulsively.
- 16:54Are
- 16:54there
- 16:55any.
- 16:55Is
- 16:55there
- 16:55any
- 16:55trace
- 16:56of
- 16:56that
- 16:56prior
- 16:56to
- 16:57your
- 16:57assault
- 16:58at
- 16:58the
- 16:587
- 16:5811?
- 16:59And
- 16:59usually
- 17:00if
- 17:00OCD
- 17:01is
- 17:01a.
- 17:02And
- 17:02it,
- 17:03you
- 17:03know,
- 17:03a
- 17:03long
- 17:03time
- 17:04problem,
- 17:04and
- 17:04usually
- 17:05it
- 17:05is
- 17:05the
- 17:05age
- 17:06of
- 17:06onset
- 17:07is
- 17:07usually
- 17:07a
- 17:07lot
- 17:07younger,
- 17:08they
- 17:08will
- 17:08tell
- 17:08you,
- 17:08oh,
- 17:08yeah,
- 17:09that's
- 17:09always
- 17:09been
- 17:09a
- 17:09problem.
- 17:10But
- 17:10maybe
- 17:10it's
- 17:11been
- 17:11flared
- 17:11up
- 17:12by
- 17:12the
- 17:12trauma
- 17:12now
- 17:13and
- 17:13the
- 17:13process,
- 17:14the
- 17:14obsessional
- 17:15process
- 17:15now
- 17:15is
- 17:15taking
- 17:16on
- 17:16the
- 17:16content
- 17:16of
- 17:16a
- 17:16traumatic
- 17:17theme.
- 17:18And
- 17:18so
- 17:18again,
- 17:19two
- 17:19can
- 17:19absolutely
- 17:21reoccur
- 17:21together
- 17:23a
- 17:23hundred
- 17:23percent,
- 17:24right?
- 17:24A
- 17:25hundred
- 17:25percent.
- 17:25It
- 17:26will
- 17:26help
- 17:26you
- 17:26a
- 17:26lot
- 17:27here
- 17:27to
- 17:27of
- 17:27course,
- 17:28go
- 17:28over
- 17:29the
- 17:29other
- 17:29DSM
- 17:305
- 17:30criteria
- 17:31for
- 17:31PTSD
- 17:32to
- 17:32see
- 17:33if
- 17:33he's
- 17:33or
- 17:35re
- 17:36experiencing
- 17:36what
- 17:37happened
- 17:37to
- 17:37him
- 17:37during
- 17:37the
- 17:38day.
- 17:38Maybe
- 17:39he
- 17:39is
- 17:39having
- 17:39these
- 17:39disassociative
- 17:41episodes
- 17:41that
- 17:41are
- 17:42almost
- 17:43similar
- 17:43to
- 17:44psychosis
- 17:44in
- 17:45how
- 17:45they're
- 17:45experienced,
- 17:46where
- 17:47he
- 17:47kind
- 17:47of
- 17:47zones
- 17:48out
- 17:48and
- 17:48he's,
- 17:49he
- 17:49just
- 17:49feels
- 17:50that
- 17:50trauma
- 17:50fragmentation.
- 17:51The
- 17:51sensory
- 17:53processing
- 17:54just
- 17:54gets
- 17:54kind
- 17:54of
- 17:55jumbled
- 17:55up
- 17:56and
- 17:56he
- 17:56feels
- 17:56like
- 17:56he's
- 17:57being
- 17:57attacked
- 17:57by
- 17:57a
- 17:57ninja
- 17:58in
- 17:58the
- 17:58moment.
- 17:58It's
- 17:58not
- 17:58happening.
- 17:59He's
- 17:59not
- 17:59necessarily
- 18:00seeing
- 18:00ninjas
- 18:00in
- 18:01a
- 18:01psychotic
- 18:01sense,
- 18:02but,
- 18:02but
- 18:02again,
- 18:03it
- 18:03could
- 18:03be
- 18:04enough
- 18:04of
- 18:05a
- 18:05disorientation
- 18:06of
- 18:06his
- 18:06present
- 18:07consciousness
- 18:08where
- 18:08it
- 18:09almost
- 18:09looks
- 18:09like
- 18:10psychosis.
- 18:10It
- 18:11almost
- 18:12looks
- 18:12like
- 18:12he's
- 18:13losing
- 18:13touch
- 18:13with
- 18:14reality
- 18:14when
- 18:14he
- 18:14isn't.
- 18:15And
- 18:15so
- 18:16you
- 18:16really
- 18:16have
- 18:16to
- 18:16get
- 18:17clear
- 18:17about
- 18:17that
- 18:18when
- 18:19that's
- 18:19happening,
- 18:19how
- 18:20often
- 18:20it's
- 18:20happening,
- 18:20what
- 18:21it
- 18:21looks
- 18:21like.
- 18:22That's
- 18:23also
- 18:23very
- 18:24important.
- 18:24A
- 18:24lot
- 18:24of
- 18:24people
- 18:25with
- 18:25PTSD
- 18:25too,
- 18:26they'll
- 18:27say
- 18:27things
- 18:27that
- 18:27sound
- 18:28borderline
- 18:28psychotic,
- 18:29but
- 18:29they're
- 18:29not
- 18:29really
- 18:31there.
- 18:31Turns
- 18:31out
- 18:31they're
- 18:32very
- 18:32hyper
- 18:32vigilant,
- 18:33they're
- 18:33easily
- 18:33startled.
- 18:34They're.
- 18:34They
- 18:34have
- 18:34hyper
- 18:34arousal
- 18:35where
- 18:36they,
- 18:37they
- 18:38think
- 18:38they
- 18:38might
- 18:38see
- 18:38things.
- 18:39It's
- 18:39almost
- 18:39like
- 18:40an
- 18:40exaggerated
- 18:40response
- 18:41where
- 18:41you
- 18:42get
- 18:42bit
- 18:42by
- 18:42a
- 18:42snake
- 18:43and
- 18:43then
- 18:43next
- 18:43time
- 18:44you're
- 18:44in
- 18:44the
- 18:44forest,
- 18:45everything
- 18:45looks
- 18:46like
- 18:46a
- 18:46snake.
- 18:46Even
- 18:47if
- 18:47it
- 18:47used
- 18:47to
- 18:47look
- 18:48more
- 18:48like
- 18:48a
- 18:48stick
- 18:48to
- 18:49you.
- 18:49Of
- 18:49course
- 18:49there's
- 18:50an
- 18:50evolutionary
- 18:51component
- 18:51to
- 18:51that
- 18:52that's
- 18:52protected
- 18:52us
- 18:53for
- 18:53millions
- 18:53of
- 18:54years.
- 18:54But
- 18:55I
- 18:55found
- 18:55that
- 18:55with
- 18:56a
- 18:56lot
- 18:56of
- 18:56trauma
- 18:56folks,
- 18:57it's
- 18:58not
- 18:58that
- 18:58they
- 18:58are
- 18:59seeing
- 18:59and
- 18:59hearing
- 18:59things
- 19:00you
- 19:00don't
- 19:00see
- 19:00or
- 19:00hear,
- 19:01they're
- 19:01just
- 19:02in
- 19:02this
- 19:02hyper
- 19:03arousal
- 19:03state
- 19:04where
- 19:04they
- 19:04will
- 19:04frequently
- 19:05err
- 19:05on
- 19:06the
- 19:06side
- 19:06of
- 19:06I'm
- 19:07about
- 19:07to
- 19:07be
- 19:07harmed,
- 19:07as
- 19:08opposed
- 19:08to,
- 19:08ooh,
- 19:08that's
- 19:08an
- 19:09innocent
- 19:09stick,
- 19:09I'm
- 19:09fine.
- 19:10And
- 19:10so
- 19:11definitely
- 19:11take
- 19:11your
- 19:12time
- 19:12just
- 19:13to
- 19:13make
- 19:13sure
- 19:13that
- 19:14they're
- 19:14not
- 19:14psychotic.
- 19:15Because
- 19:16when
- 19:16you
- 19:16already
- 19:16hear
- 19:17the
- 19:17word
- 19:17ninja,
- 19:18you,
- 19:19you
- 19:19definitely,
- 19:19your
- 19:19daggers
- 19:20are
- 19:20out.
- 19:20You're
- 19:20waiting
- 19:21to
- 19:21diagnose
- 19:22that.
- 19:22And
- 19:23it
- 19:23very
- 19:24well
- 19:24could
- 19:24be
- 19:24the
- 19:25case.
- 19:25So
- 19:25you
- 19:25have
- 19:25to
- 19:25kind
- 19:25of
- 19:26put
- 19:26all
- 19:26of
- 19:26this
- 19:27on
- 19:27the
- 19:27table,
- 19:28right?
- 19:29And
- 19:29so
- 19:29that's.
- 19:30To
- 19:30me,
- 19:30that's
- 19:30very
- 19:31helpful
- 19:31as
- 19:31well.
- 19:33Two
- 19:33big
- 19:34pearls,
- 19:34GAD
- 19:34and
- 19:35ocd.
- 19:35They're
- 19:36usually
- 19:36Things
- 19:36that
- 19:36develop
- 19:37gradually,
- 19:38right.
- 19:38Even
- 19:38delusional
- 19:39disorder,
- 19:39these
- 19:39are
- 19:39more
- 19:40gradual,
- 19:41slow
- 19:41burn
- 19:41diagnoses.
- 19:44So
- 19:45I
- 19:45would
- 19:45argue
- 19:46again
- 19:46that
- 19:46the
- 19:47speed
- 19:47by
- 19:47which
- 19:47this
- 19:48is
- 19:48happening
- 19:49and
- 19:49the
- 19:49degree
- 19:49of
- 19:49impairment
- 19:50that
- 19:50is
- 19:50happening
- 19:51this
- 19:51quickly
- 19:52is
- 19:52more
- 19:52suggestive
- 19:53of
- 19:53trauma
- 19:54and
- 19:55not
- 19:56gad,
- 19:57OCD
- 19:57or
- 19:57delusional
- 19:58disorder.
- 19:59And
- 20:00so
- 20:00think
- 20:00about
- 20:00the
- 20:01timeline.
- 20:01And
- 20:01it's
- 20:01very
- 20:02important
- 20:02that
- 20:02you
- 20:02study
- 20:03the
- 20:04age
- 20:04of
- 20:04onset,
- 20:04the
- 20:05median
- 20:05age
- 20:05of
- 20:05onset
- 20:06of
- 20:06all
- 20:06of
- 20:06these
- 20:06DSM
- 20:07criteria.
- 20:07Again,
- 20:07OCD
- 20:08is
- 20:08much
- 20:08younger,
- 20:10and
- 20:11schizophrenia
- 20:12and
- 20:12bipolar
- 20:13and
- 20:13gad.
- 20:14It's
- 20:14very
- 20:14important
- 20:15you
- 20:15familiarize
- 20:15yourself
- 20:16and
- 20:16understand,
- 20:16like,
- 20:17wait
- 20:17a
- 20:17minute,
- 20:17is
- 20:18this
- 20:18the
- 20:18typical
- 20:18age
- 20:18of
- 20:19onset
- 20:19that
- 20:19I
- 20:20would
- 20:20normally
- 20:21see
- 20:21this?
- 20:22And
- 20:22if
- 20:22it's
- 20:22really
- 20:23atypical,
- 20:23right.
- 20:23If
- 20:24you
- 20:24have
- 20:24a
- 20:24patient
- 20:24who's
- 20:24like
- 20:2555
- 20:25years
- 20:25old
- 20:26or
- 20:2645
- 20:26years
- 20:27old,
- 20:27and
- 20:27for
- 20:27the
- 20:28first
- 20:28time
- 20:28in
- 20:28their
- 20:28life
- 20:29they're
- 20:29starting
- 20:29to
- 20:30see
- 20:30devils
- 20:31dancing
- 20:31on
- 20:32their,
- 20:32on
- 20:32their
- 20:32piano
- 20:33at
- 20:33night,
- 20:34you
- 20:34might
- 20:35want
- 20:35a
- 20:35medical
- 20:35workup
- 20:36right
- 20:36away,
- 20:36right?
- 20:37Because
- 20:37that's
- 20:37unusual.
- 20:38No
- 20:39family
- 20:39history.
- 20:39Even
- 20:40more
- 20:40so
- 20:40do
- 20:40that
- 20:41medical
- 20:41workup.
- 20:41It's
- 20:42not
- 20:42normal.
- 20:43So
- 20:43know
- 20:43your
- 20:43age
- 20:43of
- 20:44onsets.
- 20:45That's
- 20:45very
- 20:45important.
- 20:47And
- 20:47then
- 20:47ask
- 20:47good
- 20:48questions,
- 20:49right?
- 20:50Ask
- 20:50good
- 20:50questions.
- 20:51Ask
- 20:51the
- 20:52patient.
- 20:52Do
- 20:52you
- 20:52really
- 20:52believe
- 20:53ninjas
- 20:53will
- 20:53attack
- 20:54you?
- 20:54Or
- 20:54is
- 20:54this
- 20:54thought
- 20:55something
- 20:55that
- 20:55you
- 20:55can't
- 20:56get
- 20:56out
- 20:56of
- 20:56your
- 20:56head
- 20:57even
- 20:57though
- 20:57part
- 20:58of
- 20:58you
- 20:58knows
- 20:58it
- 20:58doesn't
- 20:59really
- 20:59make
- 20:59any
- 20:59sense.
- 21:00Right?
- 21:03That's
- 21:03a
- 21:03key
- 21:04question.
- 21:05What
- 21:05else
- 21:05do
- 21:05you
- 21:06worry
- 21:06about?
- 21:06I
- 21:06love
- 21:06asking
- 21:07them
- 21:07that.
- 21:07Right.
- 21:07And
- 21:07people
- 21:08who
- 21:08don't
- 21:08have
- 21:08GAD
- 21:08are
- 21:09like,
- 21:09eh,
- 21:09not
- 21:09really
- 21:10anything.
- 21:10I've
- 21:10been
- 21:10pretty
- 21:11chill
- 21:11up
- 21:11until
- 21:11I
- 21:11was
- 21:12attacked
- 21:12a
- 21:12few
- 21:12months
- 21:12ago.
- 21:13Right.
- 21:13So
- 21:14that's,
- 21:14that's
- 21:14the
- 21:14patient
- 21:15orienting
- 21:15you
- 21:15back
- 21:15to
- 21:16ptsd
- 21:17or
- 21:17if
- 21:17they
- 21:17have
- 21:18delusional
- 21:18disorder,
- 21:19you'll
- 21:19find
- 21:20they're
- 21:20often
- 21:20not
- 21:21really
- 21:21worried
- 21:22that,
- 21:22that
- 21:22much,
- 21:23but
- 21:24they,
- 21:24their
- 21:25concerns
- 21:25are
- 21:25circumscribed
- 21:26to
- 21:26that
- 21:27delusion
- 21:27specifically
- 21:28and
- 21:28the
- 21:28themes
- 21:28related
- 21:29to
- 21:29that
- 21:29delusion.
- 21:30But
- 21:30outside
- 21:30of
- 21:30that,
- 21:31you
- 21:31don't
- 21:31necessarily
- 21:31get
- 21:31a
- 21:32lot
- 21:32of
- 21:32worry.
- 21:32Okay?
- 21:34And
- 21:35so
- 21:35that's
- 21:35really
- 21:35important.
- 21:36That's
- 21:36really,
- 21:37really
- 21:37important.
- 21:38I
- 21:38don't
- 21:38want
- 21:38to
- 21:38throw
- 21:39GAD
- 21:39out
- 21:39completely.
- 21:40I
- 21:40know
- 21:40I
- 21:40told
- 21:40you
- 21:41to
- 21:41throw
- 21:41it
- 21:41into
- 21:41the
- 21:41dustbin,
- 21:42but
- 21:42it
- 21:42is
- 21:43kind
- 21:43of
- 21:43important
- 21:44because
- 21:45a
- 21:45lot
- 21:45of
- 21:45people
- 21:45don't
- 21:46go
- 21:46to
- 21:46the
- 21:46store
- 21:46or
- 21:47they,
- 21:47they
- 21:47don't
- 21:47like
- 21:48to
- 21:48go
- 21:48in
- 21:48public
- 21:48because
- 21:49they,
- 21:49they
- 21:49assume
- 21:49the
- 21:50worst
- 21:50case
- 21:50scenario
- 21:50is
- 21:51going
- 21:51to
- 21:51happen.
- 21:51And
- 21:52so,
- 21:53yes,
- 21:53this
- 21:53is
- 21:54so
- 21:54specific
- 21:54that
- 21:54you
- 21:54can
- 21:55kind
- 21:55of
- 21:55toss
- 21:55GAD
- 21:56into
- 21:56the
- 21:56dustbin.
- 21:57At
- 21:57the
- 21:57same
- 21:57time,
- 21:57if
- 21:57they
- 21:58have
- 21:58a
- 21:58lot
- 21:58of
- 21:58concerns,
- 21:59like
- 21:59this,
- 22:00they
- 22:00don't
- 22:00go
- 22:00to
- 22:00concerts
- 22:01because
- 22:01they're
- 22:01afraid
- 22:01of,
- 22:02you
- 22:02know,
- 22:03mass
- 22:03shootings
- 22:03or
- 22:04they
- 22:04don't
- 22:05travel.
- 22:05They're
- 22:05afraid
- 22:05of
- 22:06airplane
- 22:06crashes.
- 22:08You
- 22:08may
- 22:08notice
- 22:09a
- 22:09theme
- 22:09of
- 22:10this
- 22:10patient
- 22:10is
- 22:11routinely
- 22:11worried
- 22:12about
- 22:12the
- 22:12worst
- 22:12case
- 22:13scenario.
- 22:14And
- 22:14so
- 22:16that
- 22:16almost
- 22:17looks
- 22:17delusional
- 22:18in
- 22:18a
- 22:18sense.
- 22:18Like,
- 22:18why
- 22:18do
- 22:19you
- 22:19feel
- 22:19like
- 22:19you're
- 22:20always
- 22:20about
- 22:20to
- 22:20get
- 22:20harmed?
- 22:21But
- 22:21GAD
- 22:22patients
- 22:22are
- 22:23going
- 22:23to
- 22:23kind
- 22:23of
- 22:23help
- 22:23you.
- 22:23They're
- 22:24going
- 22:24to
- 22:24say,
- 22:24I
- 22:25don't
- 22:25know.
- 22:25I
- 22:25know
- 22:25it's
- 22:26like,
- 22:26I
- 22:27know
- 22:27it's
- 22:27safe
- 22:27intellectually
- 22:28to
- 22:28fly.
- 22:28I
- 22:28just
- 22:29can't
- 22:29get
- 22:29myself
- 22:29to
- 22:29do
- 22:29it.
- 22:30I
- 22:30know
- 22:30intellectually
- 22:31I'll
- 22:31probably
- 22:31be
- 22:31okay
- 22:32at
- 22:32that
- 22:32concert.
- 22:32I
- 22:33just
- 22:33don't,
- 22:33you
- 22:33know,
- 22:33I
- 22:34can't
- 22:34muster
- 22:34up
- 22:34the
- 22:34courage
- 22:35to
- 22:35go
- 22:35because
- 22:35of
- 22:35all
- 22:36the
- 22:36stuff
- 22:36that
- 22:36could
- 22:36happen
- 22:37and
- 22:37has
- 22:37happened.
- 22:38Right.
- 22:38So
- 22:39the
- 22:39fact
- 22:39that
- 22:40we're
- 22:40only
- 22:40talking
- 22:41about
- 22:41ninjas
- 22:42is
- 22:42why
- 22:42I
- 22:42don't
- 22:42like
- 22:43GAD
- 22:43here.
- 22:44But
- 22:44if
- 22:44we
- 22:44were
- 22:44talking
- 22:44about
- 22:45ninjas
- 22:45and
- 22:47car
- 22:47wrecks
- 22:48and
- 22:48bankruptcies
- 22:49and
- 22:50a
- 22:50lot
- 22:50of
- 22:50other
- 22:50worst
- 22:50case
- 22:51scenarios,
- 22:51even
- 22:52if
- 22:52they
- 22:52were
- 22:52all
- 22:52kind
- 22:52of
- 22:52bizarre
- 22:53out
- 22:53of
- 22:53context,
- 22:54I
- 22:54may
- 22:54be
- 22:55a
- 22:55little
- 22:55more
- 22:55open
- 22:55to
- 22:56gad,
- 22:56But
- 22:57I
- 22:57don't
- 22:57think
- 22:57it
- 22:57quite
- 22:58fits
- 22:58the
- 22:59picture
- 22:59here,
- 23:00actually.
- 23:01So
- 23:01I
- 23:01hope
- 23:01you
- 23:02enjoyed
- 23:02this.
- 23:02I
- 23:02know
- 23:02I
- 23:03did.
- 23:03Um,
- 23:04I
- 23:04love
- 23:04those
- 23:05sweet
- 23:05spots
- 23:05in
- 23:05psychiatry
- 23:07that,
- 23:07you
- 23:07know,
- 23:07they
- 23:07come
- 23:07to
- 23:08your
- 23:08office
- 23:08and
- 23:08they
- 23:08could
- 23:09be
- 23:09nine
- 23:09different
- 23:09diagnoses
- 23:10at
- 23:10once,
- 23:11and
- 23:11you
- 23:11really
- 23:11don't
- 23:11know
- 23:12what
- 23:12they
- 23:12are.
- 23:13And
- 23:13you
- 23:14only
- 23:14can
- 23:14know
- 23:15through
- 23:15careful,
- 23:16intentional
- 23:17questioning
- 23:17of
- 23:18your
- 23:18patient,
- 23:18eliciting
- 23:19good
- 23:19information,
- 23:20getting
- 23:20collateral,
- 23:22and
- 23:23really
- 23:23assessing
- 23:24what
- 23:24is
- 23:24the
- 23:24root
- 23:25problem
- 23:25here
- 23:26and
- 23:26how
- 23:26does
- 23:27the
- 23:27patient
- 23:27perceive
- 23:28it.
- 23:28Right.
- 23:28Which
- 23:29I
- 23:29think
- 23:29is
- 23:29even
- 23:29the
- 23:29most
- 23:30important
- 23:30thing.
- 23:31Right.
- 23:31It's
- 23:31not
- 23:32just
- 23:32enough
- 23:32to
- 23:32know
- 23:32ninjas,
- 23:33the
- 23:33content
- 23:34of
- 23:34what
- 23:34they're
- 23:34saying,
- 23:35but,
- 23:35like,
- 23:36why
- 23:36do
- 23:36they
- 23:36specifically
- 23:37think
- 23:37this
- 23:37way?
- 23:38Right.
- 23:39Is
- 23:39it
- 23:39trauma
- 23:40or
- 23:40is
- 23:40it
- 23:41part
- 23:41of
- 23:41a
- 23:41bigger
- 23:41story?
- 23:43Right.
- 23:43That's
- 23:43really
- 23:44important.
- 23:44Do
- 23:45they
- 23:45believe
- 23:45this
- 23:45intensely
- 23:46or
- 23:46they
- 23:46do.
- 23:46Do
- 23:47they
- 23:47recognize
- 23:47this
- 23:47is
- 23:48kind
- 23:48of
- 23:48weak
- 23:49and
- 23:49thready
- 23:49and
- 23:50unrealistic?
- 23:51Right.
- 23:52Also
- 23:53super
- 23:53important
- 23:54and
- 23:54super
- 23:54interesting.
- 23:56And
- 23:56it
- 23:56really
- 23:56relies,
- 23:57I
- 23:57can't
- 23:57emphasize
- 23:57enough.
- 23:58It
- 23:58really
- 23:58relies
- 23:58on
- 23:59you
- 23:59being
- 23:59able
- 23:59to
- 23:59ask
- 24:00really
- 24:00good
- 24:00questions.
- 24:01And
- 24:01having
- 24:01an
- 24:01understanding
- 24:02of
- 24:02age
- 24:02of
- 24:02onset
- 24:03is
- 24:04really
- 24:04important.
- 24:05Having
- 24:05an
- 24:05understanding
- 24:06of
- 24:06the
- 24:06other
- 24:06components
- 24:07in
- 24:07that
- 24:07DSM
- 24:08diagnosis
- 24:09to
- 24:09make
- 24:09sure
- 24:09you're
- 24:10ruling
- 24:10stuff
- 24:10out.
- 24:11And
- 24:11if
- 24:11you
- 24:12start
- 24:12to
- 24:12see
- 24:12the
- 24:12cluster
- 24:13of
- 24:13PTSD
- 24:13kind
- 24:14of
- 24:14align
- 24:14into
- 24:15this
- 24:15constellation
- 24:16in
- 24:16the
- 24:16sky,
- 24:17then
- 24:17then,
- 24:17yes,
- 24:18that's
- 24:18the
- 24:18Big
- 24:18Dipper.
- 24:19That's
- 24:19the
- 24:19one.
- 24:19Right.
- 24:20And
- 24:20then
- 24:21if
- 24:21you
- 24:21start
- 24:21to
- 24:21see
- 24:21another
- 24:22constellation
- 24:23align
- 24:24well,
- 24:24that's
- 24:25also.
- 24:26That
- 24:26also
- 24:26might
- 24:26be
- 24:26the
- 24:27one.
- 24:27And
- 24:27I
- 24:27think
- 24:27in
- 24:27this
- 24:27case
- 24:28we
- 24:28saw
- 24:28PTSD
- 24:29and
- 24:30ocd.
- 24:31Both
- 24:31constellations
- 24:32can
- 24:32be
- 24:32in
- 24:33the
- 24:33night
- 24:33sky
- 24:33at
- 24:33the
- 24:34same
- 24:34time
- 24:34and
- 24:34it's
- 24:34okay
- 24:35for
- 24:35you
- 24:35to
- 24:35choose
- 24:35both
- 24:35of
- 24:36them.
- 24:36And
- 24:37at
- 24:37the
- 24:37end
- 24:37of
- 24:37the
- 24:37day,
- 24:38this
- 24:38is
- 24:38all
- 24:38about
- 24:38treating
- 24:39the
- 24:39patient
- 24:39anyway,
- 24:40right?
- 24:40So
- 24:40SSRIs
- 24:41are
- 24:41first
- 24:42line
- 24:43for
- 24:43OCD,
- 24:44high
- 24:44dose.
- 24:45Typically
- 24:45PTSD
- 24:46involves
- 24:46kind
- 24:47of
- 24:47high
- 24:47dose
- 24:47SSRIs
- 24:48depending
- 24:49on
- 24:49the
- 24:49patient.
- 24:49Of
- 24:50course,
- 24:50psychotherapy
- 24:51is
- 24:51extremely
- 24:51key.
- 24:51It's
- 24:52gold
- 24:52standard.
- 24:53But
- 24:53either
- 24:53way,
- 24:53you're
- 24:54not
- 24:54going
- 24:54to
- 24:54be
- 24:54that
- 24:54wrong
- 24:55if
- 24:55you
- 24:55pick
- 24:55an
- 24:55SSRI
- 24:56here
- 24:56to
- 24:56treat
- 24:57some
- 24:57of
- 24:57that
- 24:58hyperarousal,
- 24:59the
- 25:00amygdala,
- 25:01you
- 25:01know,
- 25:01overreacting
- 25:03in
- 25:03real
- 25:04time.
- 25:04You're
- 25:04going
- 25:05to
- 25:05do
- 25:05pretty
- 25:05good
- 25:06with
- 25:06a
- 25:06Zoloft
- 25:07or
- 25:07a
- 25:07Lexapo
- 25:08or
- 25:08a
- 25:08Prozac,
- 25:09depending
- 25:09on
- 25:09the
- 25:09context.
- 25:10So
- 25:11yeah.
- 25:11Thank
- 25:11you
- 25:11all
- 25:12for
- 25:12joining
- 25:13this
- 25:13discussion
- 25:13today.
- 25:14And
- 25:14I
- 25:14cannot
- 25:15emphasize
- 25:15this
- 25:15enough,
- 25:16my
- 25:16friends.
- 25:19The
- 25:19difference
- 25:19between
- 25:20a
- 25:21good
- 25:21clinician
- 25:22and
- 25:22a
- 25:22great
- 25:23clinician
- 25:23is
- 25:25are
- 25:25the
- 25:25ones
- 25:25who
- 25:25really
- 25:26understand
- 25:26the
- 25:26how
- 25:26and
- 25:27the
- 25:27why
- 25:27of
- 25:27what
- 25:27they're
- 25:27doing.
- 25:28And
- 25:28patients
- 25:28can
- 25:29smell
- 25:29that
- 25:29a
- 25:29mile
- 25:30away.
- 25:30I
- 25:31built
- 25:31an
- 25:31entire
- 25:31Patreon
- 25:32clinical
- 25:33library
- 25:33with
- 25:34visual
- 25:34sticky,
- 25:35beautiful,
- 25:38beautiful
- 25:38materials
- 25:39for
- 25:39you
- 25:39to
- 25:40really
- 25:40soak
- 25:40this
- 25:40up
- 25:41and
- 25:41know
- 25:41it
- 25:41like
- 25:42the
- 25:42back
- 25:42of
- 25:42your
- 25:42hand
- 25:43and
- 25:43be
- 25:43the
- 25:43difference
- 25:44between
- 25:44the
- 25:44good
- 25:45and
- 25:45the
- 25:45great
- 25:45clinician.
- 25:46Not
- 25:46just
- 25:46to
- 25:46memorize
- 25:47algos
- 25:47and
- 25:48medications,
- 25:49but
- 25:49to
- 25:49really
- 25:50appreciate
- 25:50and
- 25:50understand
- 25:51the
- 25:52how
- 25:52and
- 25:52why
- 25:53of
- 25:53your
- 25:53meds
- 25:53and
- 25:54your
- 25:54diagnosis.
- 25:55That's
- 25:55the
- 25:55key.
- 25:55That's
- 25:55what's
- 25:56going
- 25:56to
- 25:56separate
- 25:56you,
- 25:56give
- 25:56you
- 25:57the
- 25:57confidence
- 25:57to
- 25:57achieve
- 25:58great
- 25:58outcomes
- 25:58in
- 25:58your
- 25:59clinic,
- 25:59make
- 26:00your.
- 26:00Make
- 26:00your
- 26:00patients
- 26:01lives
- 26:01smoother
- 26:01and
- 26:02really
- 26:02shine
- 26:02as
- 26:03a
- 26:03clinician
- 26:03that
- 26:03they
- 26:03trust
- 26:04and
- 26:04understand
- 26:05and
- 26:05to
- 26:05get
- 26:05really
- 26:06precise
- 26:06and
- 26:06love
- 26:07your
- 26:07field.
- 27:02That's
- 27:02why
- 27:02we
- 26:08built
- 27:03this
- 27:03library.
- 27:04I.
- 27:04I
- 27:04would
- 27:05be
- 27:05genuinely
- 27:05terrified
- 27:06to
- 27:06think
- 27:07of
- 27:07who
- 27:07I
- 27:07would
- 27:07be
- 27:07as
- 27:07a
- 27:08clinician
- 27:08without
- 27:08this
- 27:09library.
- 27:09It's
- 27:09my
- 27:09go
- 27:10to
- 27:10reference
- 27:10point.
- 27:11It
- 27:11makes
- 27:11everything
- 27:12make
- 27:12sense
- 27:12in
- 27:12the
- 27:12most
- 27:13beautiful
- 27:13way.
- 27:14Highly
- 27:14recommend
- 27:15you
- 27:15go
- 27:15to
- 27:15the
- 27:15show
- 27:15notes
- 27:16before
- 27:16you
- 27:16go
- 27:17to
- 27:17bed
- 27:17tonight
- 27:17and
- 27:17become
- 27:18a
- 27:18member
- 27:18and
- 27:18tell
- 27:18all
- 27:19your
- 27:19friends
- 27:19because
- 27:19it's
- 27:19getting
- 27:20popular
- 27:20quickly.
- 27:21We
- 27:21love
- 27:21it.
- 27:21We'd
- 27:21love
- 27:22to
- 27:22have
- 27:22you.
- 27:22Until
- 27:22next
- 27:23time,
- 27:23my
- 27:23friends.
- 27:24We
- 27:24will
- 27:24see
- 27:24you
- 27:24here
- 27:25at
- 27:26Pearls
- 27:26and
- 27:26Prep.
- 27:27Bye
- 27:27bye.