Dhru Purohit

But that's the biggest problem is that if people so choose to want to explore to get off, there's not the proper guidance and approach that's there.

I'm so glad you said that because I'm a hundred percent on board on that.

And it reminds me of a story of an integrative physician who's been on this and psychiatrist has been on this podcast shared.

If I could just share this story, it's a very short one is a dear friend of mine.

Dr. Omid Naeem, very sweet guy has helped a lot of people in my network through his integrative psychiatry approach.

He was sharing a story of early in his, um,

uh career uh in psychiatry he was a resident in the uh psychiatric department and he remembers being witness to this very telling story that that highlights exactly what you're saying a woman came in

And she was expressing the fact that she felt really down and really depressed and that she wasn't feeling good.

And that, you know, her friends tried to help her out, but ultimately she thought, let me go see a doctor and see if there's anything that I can do about it.

And the psychiatrist who was working with her, you know, was asking some questions, going through stuff.

And then ultimately, you know, he was saying like, is there anything recently that ended up happening, you know, to you, life circumstances?

And what she had shared is that she recently found out that her longtime partner had cheated on her.

And the person that they had cheated on with

that that person had tested positive for HIV.

And now she was in this boat, don't remember exactly the specifics, where she was also trying to figure out, did she have exposure to this situation?

And he was thinking, even early on in his career,

of like, and this woman ultimately ended up being given, I believe, an SSRI, if I remember the story correctly.

It's like, is this person depressed or are they going through a really f***ed up situation that any one of us in that same exact situation would be experiencing the same...

emotions and feelings and anguish and hurt and heartbreak and anger.

So are you depressed with the serotonin deficiency or are you going through something really messed up as a human being and you need a lot of support and a lot of love in this process?