The Highly Sensitive MD
Are you a doctor or doctor in training who’s found yourself more emotionally affected by your patients, more startled by your pager buzzing, more overwhelmed by the sights, sounds and smells of the hospital and more obsessed and exhausted by the desire to get everything right? If so, you may be a highly sensitive MD.The Highly Sensitive MD Podcast explores what happens when highly sensitive people (HSPs) become doctors - why we choose medicine, how our sensitivity shows up in training and practice, why we are more prone to burnout (but also make the best doctors), and finally, how we can thrive in medicine by better understanding and embracing our sensitivity. The podcast is hosted by Dr. Sonia Singh, a board-certified internist, HSP and author of “Morning Report” (NEJM, 2017) and “Open Letter to a Burned Out Intern” (Annals of Internal Medicine, 2020). Her mission is to show other highly sensitive doctors that they are not alone, there is nothing wrong with them, and their sensitivity is one of their greatest gifts.
The Highly Sensitive MD
An HSP Gets an MD (Part 1): External Validation, Imposter Syndrome & Refusing to Wear Pants
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Sonia Singh MD
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Season 1
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Episode 2
In Part 1 of this episode I share some of my own journey as a highly sensitive person and a few anecdotes and recurring themes:
- early signs of high sensory processing sensitivity
- overwhelm from highly stimulating environments (including college)
- my 30 year quest for external validation and how medical education encouraged it
- imposter syndrome and why I was resisted letting it go
Contact:
Email: soniasingh@junipermodernprimarycare.com
Instagram: @soniasinghMD
Twitter: @soniasinghMD