Oh, @dysfunctional !

I find so much encouragement and support in you, and this post is only one out of the many reasons I feel this way :)

You have written here a most enlightening heartfelt account. I am so pleased you have highlighted this aspect of being a psychologist in the positive consequences part of your article:

A good professional should never judge what one has done and at the same time not justify him or her.

This is something that is important both for psychologists and the general public to be aware of.

As for the negative consequences I was really pleased to see the following:

1

Again, due to the ability to over-think and analyze the psychologist might become a person who hates chaos, who always tries not to “feed” information about him or herself to others.

2

You will not mistake if you consider the psychologist as a sponge which absorbs every emotion or event happening to them.

These are things I am always battling against @dysfunctional, but still struggle with! Particularly the first one :/

I have found this post very useful and insightful and I also hope this can be the first of many :)

Have a wonderful day & thank you so much for sharing this article with us!

All the best to you always.