Doctor Mike

And to me, I was like, well, is this just a selection bias?

They're coming to see you because they read your book and they think you're awesome and that you're going to help them.

do their subjective issues go away once they're seeing the person who quite literally he said he could heal any condition with his diet.

Don't you think like you're pre-selecting people who are almost in a cult like fashion following your advice and will get better at higher rates than if you brought your diet to my community health center.

And that person didn't quite get what I was saying, but I'm curious.

Do you think that could be impacting how well the therapy is landing to a better level, but perhaps for not the right reasons?

Or does that not matter at all?

And they were saying that because they were getting help, not because they're like, oh, you got another patient.

Yeah, I try and check that, almost like saying check my privilege in that regard when I see a patient who recognizes me from social media and perhaps are way more attentive and listening or making lifestyle changes because they're aware of what I do and they're like, oh, I trust you way more than I would just any other physician, which shouldn't be the case.

But is it bad that they're trusting me more or is it going to lead them to make healthier lifestyle changes?

The movie Good Will Hunting is one of my favorite movies.

I was just having a podcast the other day debating on whether or not it was a good movie.

I can't believe I was having that debate with another Dr. Mike.

And I love the Robin Williams character who gave Matt Damon's character therapy.

Thoughts on the movie, thoughts on the visualization of the therapy that was given.

Do you think he shared too much of his personal life?

Perhaps maybe not with that line because that was so for the patient.

But talking about his father being a mean drunk or any of these other aspects, like is it ever too far to start sharing aspects of traumas that you've had?

What about from just the aspect of creating empathy and fostering that connection?

Frequently, if someone has lost a parent or in kind of a similar but very disconnected form of loss or grief, a professional athlete that got injured and can no longer play their sport of choice.