Desensitization

desensitization:
decreasing a response to a stimulus after repeated exposure
death of feeling
denying that my empathy and sympathy have evolved
diminished as well
do not shock me anymore, my patients

does this mean that medicine has changed me?

A member of UUSOM Class of 2020, Harjit Kaur, MD immigrated to Utah from Punjab with her family. She graduated with a BS in Biomedical engineering and is continuing her Psychiatry residency with the U of U health. She loves to eat, build relationships and eat some more.

Rubor Participation
2020 Poem, "Desensitization" web edition
2018 Essay, "My Mother's Son"