Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

And so the reason that doctors don't necessarily counsel patients for stress, again, not a personal feeling, doctors would love to, but to be a good doctor in terms of primary care, doctors have to work 27 hours a day to fulfill the basic requirements of their job.

And no one has 27 hours a day to do their work, right?

And no one has 27 hours a day to do their work, right?

You have to sleep, you have to eat, you need to spend time with your family.

You have to sleep, you have to eat, you need to spend time with your family.

And so there are impossible, impossible demands placed on doctors to do all of these things that are well outside the bounds of what a regular human can do.

And so there are impossible, impossible demands placed on doctors to do all of these things that are well outside the bounds of what a regular human can do.

And then in addition to that, so that's why stress often just falls on the wayside.

And then in addition to that, so that's why stress often just falls on the wayside.

Because if you're thinking about, you know, a patient's cholesterol and cancer screening and

Because if you're thinking about, you know, a patient's cholesterol and cancer screening and

heart disease and which meds they need and what referrals they need.

heart disease and which meds they need and what referrals they need.

It's kind of like, I call it the doorknob question.

It's kind of like, I call it the doorknob question.

You know, like when someone's hand is on the doorknob, like anything else, it's like, oh, actually I am kind of stressed.

You know, like when someone's hand is on the doorknob, like anything else, it's like, oh, actually I am kind of stressed.

And then you say, oh, just try to relax.

And then you say, oh, just try to relax.

Again, no one's fault.