Patience Quote by Mary Roach

“In some ways therapists have it harder than surgeons, who can often correct the issue with one operation. There’s no quick fix for emotional…

— Daria Snadowsky

“Two other patients were waiting for their doctors, which only added to my sense of indignity and embarrassment at finding myself with the roles…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

“Sometimes psychological abuse can become so life altering, survivors sink into serious depths of depression.”

— Shannon Thomas

The #1 problem most patients face is the inability to love themselves

— Bernie Siegel

Every patient of mine who undergoes surgery has to see a psychologist first.

— Paul Nassif

I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks.

— Francesca Annis

“What Richard Selzer, M.D. once wrote of surgery is true of therapy: only human love keeps this from being the act of two madmen.”

— Thomas Lewis

“Perhaps the most fulfilling thing in medicine is sitting with a patient who has been saddled with a chronic disease for years and had…

— Deepak Chopra

Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.

— Irving Kirsch

“When you are in psychological distress and someone really hears you without passing judgement on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without…

— Carl R. Rogers

[I] could see how nervous everybody was in the beginning and how silent it was when we had trouble with the artificial heart [during…

— William DeVries

“. I was often surprised by the dispassionate way patients’ symptoms were discussed and by how much time was spent on trying to manage…

— Bessel A. van der Kolk