Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

He played the guitar that day and felt immeasurably better the next day.

Not a lot of time, five minutes.

And he came in on Wednesday morning and he was like, Aditi,

He's been playing the guitar since he was very young, loves it, feels such a sense of purpose and meaning and joy from guitar playing.

That was amazing.

I can't believe you suggested this.

I played my guitar for five minutes.

It totally felt so great.

Just a couple of songs, but he saves it for Saturday so that he can work all week and not have that joy.

It like made me feel like I was playing for an hour.

And it was so interesting because I thought, wow, like he's been, you know, withholding a sense of joy and pleasure that he could get every single day again.

It felt, it was, you know, it was baffling to me.

And I've had so many similar stories with patients where they're like, oh, I love, I don't know, whatever it is, yoga, or I, you know, I love painting.

Not a lot of time, five minutes.

He's been playing the guitar since he was very young, loves it, feels such a sense of purpose and meaning and joy from guitar playing.

Oh, but I can only do that on, you know, Sunday.

Like, but what do you mean?

Just a couple of songs, but he saves it for Saturday so that he can work all week and not have that joy.

Why can't you just have a little thing that you just doodle or just paint when you come home from work for a week?

It felt, it was, you know, it was baffling to me.