Ugh, I agree--I get so sick of people telling me to do something but not telling me *how* to do it (or telling me to do things that just don't help).


Maybe this will sound weird, but I feel the same way about my patients (I'm a doctor but not in psych)--I genuinely care about all of them as individuals, with all of their foibles and mishaps and struggles. The idea that caring for one patient means I've got less to go around for the rest has never occurred to me. I can't explain it very well but it's something I feel very clear about.