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Pretty REMARKABLE. Thanks 🙏🏼 for doing this. I know great great things will come out of this for current and future health care professionals and surgeons and academic folks as well. CONGRATULATIONS

Absolutely incredible, inspirational, and powerful message I and so many others resonate with. Thank you for sharing your story! This speech should truthfully be shared with our population as a whole. This was incredibly brave to allow your vulnerability to be so openly seen and heard. I am in awe of your strength.💙

Your bravery is going to save lives, bravo. When I started speaking about mental health in the workplace 5 years ago, my entire life changed. As a sober woman of 30 years I TOO wanted to leave this Earth as a young adult. Working in the medical industry as a Director Of Operations, Practice Administrator and now a speaker/author/consultant for physicians, I 100% know about the toxicity w/in the healthcare industry. We can change the culture when more people like this wonderful doctor have the courage to speak about it.

I am a physician who pretty much went through the exact same thing… I wish I had heard this a year ago, as the fear, shame, and feeling of being utterly alone I felt was unbearable. Thank you for being brave enough to share this… it helps me with my own journey

Shocking. Shocking is that as of 4/2024 this video only has 850 likes. Thank you for Carrie for coming forward and being so vulnerable for the benefit of all us "professionals" who need just as much care as support as anyone else. My upmost respect to you.

No closed captions or transcript?? Do better.

I knew Carrie since our adolescence at the Bollettieri Tennis Academy. Her intelligence and non-pareil talents self-evident, she was kindly and sociable. Really quite flawless a being. It took exceptional courage to share of her struggles, selflessly doing so as to comfort others likewise struggling. Onward and upward!

Fantastic. Breath-taking.

Thank you for sharing your experience and truth. You really made me feel like Im normal lol but the truth is we all have a mask on at work for patients. Especially when you tell yourself it could be worse. Thank you for your boldness with sharing this truth. ❤

👍👍👍👍👍 A very powerful and catalytic story to combat the stigma of addiction for Physcians. Thank you for sharing.

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Wow, that took an immense amount of courage and honesty to lay that out. But how necessary and needed….if it helps just one struggling surgeon go get help and avoid the downward spiral it is so worth it

I'm an academic surgeon in the later stages of my career, and Dr. Cunningham's description comparing addiction with general surgery residency is spot on. The residency experience, itself, is a multi-year traumatic event that I don't think anyone ever recovers from. As she said, we're just good at covering it up.

Thank you, Dr. Cunningham, for your humility, bravery, and wisdom. You were brilliant and your vulnerability is a beacon of hope.

So courageous, wise and powerful - from a family physician who has struggled with depression and anxiety through her career, and who is better for reaching out for help

amazing

Your words have touched my soul. Thank you for your courage. I'm in awe of your raw honesty & bravery. My hope is that the ripple effect of your story will result in a tsunami of culture change. "Get into the arena"

Thank you so much for sharing your story and making this call to action. I may not be a medical professional myself, but this message resonates with so many other professions and lives. Depression IS a mental illness; a disease. We CAN treat it if we work together and help each other!

This is the clear definition of a brave hero. An incredible example of telling everyone who you are and yes, we are not perfect. The flaws is what makes us. Thank you for sharing your life’s ups and downs and how you are handling everything.

I'm not a doctor, but found Dr. Cunningham's speech incredibly impactful. I shared the line about perfection with my sons as I think it's a powerful mantra that all humans should follow. Dr. Cunningham helped me appreciate what surgeons face, a profession I've not thought about until I've needed surgery. When I have had surgery, I would just never have dawned on me to try to be more compassionate and grateful when interacting with surgeons. I will do so in the future :)

thank you for your courage and for leading by example by sharing your vulnerability and humanity with us, it's very much appreciated by me and many others. You are truly a hero and leader and change agent. Please continue speaking the truth of your life experiences and your sharing encourages me (and many others) to do the same! thank you 💗

Powerful

Unbelievably POWERFUL and took courage beyond this world. I salute you and feel soo inspired by your words. ❤

Cc: Minsters of health, Government and community

When she said "I am not going to sugar coat"❤

Thank you for your courage. I hope this brings change to our profession so more can heal without shame. Sending you good vibes and peace as you continue in your journey.

Amazing, courageous- you are a hero. It is clear that our trainees need to be taught better coping skills- starting much earlier in life. Training is stressful but the stress does not go away when you become an attending- it’s just different. All the responsibility is on us now - we have to tell patients about complications and take the fallout. Our culture of never showing weakness just does not work in the long run- we hate to hear that we are human- we are supposed to be better. It’s not sustainable. Must make constructive coping strategies part of the curriculum. Or make seeing a therapist a required “rotation” So that we get used to it before we need it and are forced into it!

This was so powerful, brave and meaningful. Thank you.

Amazed to find out that 300 to 400 surgeons in the US commit suicide each year .

Thank-you for sharing your courage, and your heart felt truth. Very inspirational - SF

“Training itself is the risk factor for depression!” I think that this is the key - not only of surgical training, but much of our overachieving, productivity- obsessed society! While physician - help organizations sound good this is a systemic issue! How can we expect different outcomes in a system so full of stress and so scarce in social interactions and relaxing activities? How can physicians who are trained like robots be expected to care for themselves? Education may lead to knowledge and competence, but only culture can help with wisdom, and compassion (including self-compassion).

Incredible, powerful speech! Thank you so much for your voice and the support you have given to thousands who have and unfortunately will go through the dark times in our wonderful but taxing field!

I am in awe of this brave and giving woman.

Amazing, inspiring, and powerful 👏. Thank you Dr. Cunningham for your strength, love, and courage. Thank you for using your platform to give a voice to the voiceless.

Carrie, my respect for allowing us into your vulnerabilities! In our weakness are we strong! Much love and prayers to you and your family.

Bravo Dr. Cunningham. You'd be the surgeon I would want to perform my surgery. Your leadership as a surgeon is unparalleled.

This should have millions views. This speech applies to everyone not just surgeons

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Thank you for a powerful talk. You were real, and many people out here see you as our champion.

Simply the most astonishingly beautiful, brave, inspiring story that I have ever heard, touchingly delivered - I shed tears with you all the way, and came out the other side an even less perfect man! Now that your Genie is out of the box, there should be no stopping you now...

thank you

Just came here from the Guardian article. Thank you immensely for being brave enough to use your platform to relay such an important message. ❤

I’m Anthony, a neurologist and an alcoholic. I’ve been in sober in AA for 2.5 years. Thank you for using your platform so that others can get the help they need without fear of punishment

Carrie, my respect for you just continues to grow. I know how brave you are, and I also know the costs associated with such bravery. Your generosity in sharing your story is as inspiring as it is profound.

The masks are coming back! You folks are now spreading mis-information.

As someone who has worked in physician health for almost 10 years; this is the most eloquent synthesis of the myriad of issues with medical training and the path to and through it I have ever seen! I am in awe of you Dr. Cunningham.

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Happy Sunday Lord Jesus bless you bless all your friend bless all your family bless all 🇺🇲