Dr. Alok Kanojia

He had been in the clinic for eight years, had depression, was a dude in his 40s.

He came in and he would tell me about why he was sad every day.

Like every week he'd come in, he's like, I got written up at work.

People are complaining because I snapped at them.

One of the patients is complaining because I didn't give him benzos.

And so he'd come in every week.

He'd talk about why he was depressed.

I'd be like, why are you depressed, bro?

And he'd like tell me some story about something bad that happened in his life.

And then we did this for six months.

And like I didn't know because I'm like learning psychotherapy, right?

So I'm like I'm supposed to be supportive and I'm supposed to be like, okay, like that must be hard for you.

How does that make you feel?

That must be so hard for you.

How does that make you feel?

That must be so hard for you.

We do this dance for like six months.

And then one day he comes in and I'm kind of getting frustrated.

And I'm like, hey, is this helping?

And he's like, what do you mean?