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
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.
Perhaps the most powerful lecture I have ever listened to. So necessary given the atmosphere of medicine and the stresses facing surgical professionals
Carrie, your choice to use your power and your voice to share your most vulnerable self will stay with me for a long time, and I hope this talk and your work for change in medicine and surgery will be a watershed moment for the field, based on who you are and where you speak from.
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...
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.
“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).
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.
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.
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.
This is an amazing , very powerful speech ! It takes a lot of strength to do this. I agree this is the way to live life, face your fears however difficult , scary and painful it is, learn from it, reach out for help, and be compassionate with yourself. You are a hero!
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!
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 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.
What a moving and informative lecture. The courage and fortitude required to deliver this message was not a small thing. Thank you so much for sharing this.
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 💗
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 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!
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.
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!
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
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
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. ❤
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
As an 85 year old retired aerospace engineer, I was taught that everything is data and that data is everything. So pay attention. In aerospace we take man where he really doesn't belong; that is to say, to fly faster, fly further, and fly higher. To leave earth. In order to achieve these goals we bring our environment with us. Along the way we developed technology that eliminates the necessity to bring humans along to control our advanced tech. You can see where this is leading us... For advanced robotics can go wherever our tech leads us and beyond. There is no limit.
But there is such a thing as living too long. And at 85 the actuarial tell me that for someone born in 1938, that my life span will end in about 5 years. I remember going to the National Gallery of Art and gazing at the European Old Masters oil paintings and sculpture, from the thirteenth through the sixteenth centuries. And noticing that as I went from painting to painting, that very little changed. It was especially noticeable in the farmyard scenes. Thus life had a predictableness day after day, month after month, century after century. I suspect that there was a certain quiet peacefulness and tranquility to the pace of their lives, primitive though they may have been. Juxtapose that against our present day hectic lives and you wonder what price we pay for our modern day progress. My point is that I'm on the home stretch of my life and I'm forced to drastically slow down by age and ailments. My hopes and fears, they're all behind me. And my expectations, such as they are, are more realistic and modest. What I can say is that life with all its trials and tribulations, was /is absolutely worth it! As was said in that wonderful movie, Midnight Run, staring Robert De Nero and Charles Grodin, towards the end of the film, "See ya in the next life!' So will we all.
“Juxtapose that against our present day hectic lives and you wonder what price we pay for our modern day progress.” That’s the key!! This is especially true in the US where economic and other pressures are much more intense compared to other countries!
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!
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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
Just came here from the Guardian article. Thank you immensely for being brave enough to use your platform to relay such an important message. ❤
This should have millions views. This speech applies to everyone not just surgeons
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.
Powerful, beautiful, and needed more than any other medical lecture I can ever remember attending. Thank you for your courage and compassion.
Perhaps the most powerful lecture I have ever listened to. So necessary given the atmosphere of medicine and the stresses facing surgical professionals
Carrie, my respect for allowing us into your vulnerabilities! In our weakness are we strong! Much love and prayers to you and your family.
Thank you for the powerful honesty and incredibly valuable advice 🙏🏼
Hi yuhjk
glad to see that you watched this!
Carrie, your choice to use your power and your voice to share your most vulnerable self will stay with me for a long time, and I hope this talk and your work for change in medicine and surgery will be a watershed moment for the field, based on who you are and where you speak from.
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...
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.
“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).
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.
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.
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.
Need to finish changing mental health disclosure laws for state licensing and credentialing applications!
Yes!
This is an amazing , very powerful speech ! It takes a lot of strength to do this. I agree this is the way to live life, face your fears however difficult , scary and painful it is, learn from it, reach out for help, and be compassionate with yourself. You are a hero!
Bravo Dr. Cunningham. You'd be the surgeon I would want to perform my surgery. Your leadership as a surgeon is unparalleled.
Every physician should watch this powerful, courageous, and important speech.
Thank you for a powerful talk. You were real, and many people out here see you as our champion.
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!
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. Thank you, Dr. Cunningham, for sharing your vulnerability. Very powerful.
This was so powerful, brave and meaningful. Thank you.
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.
What a moving and informative lecture. The courage and fortitude required to deliver this message was not a small thing. Thank you so much for sharing this.
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 so much Dr. Cunningham for your bravery and honesty, this has been tremendously helpful. Your healing just by sharing your journey.
Thank you for sharing your story, for your courage and honesty.
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 💗
So powerful! Thank you for your courage - so many will benefit by it.
Thank you for sharing your story. It was brave, courageous, vulnerable and will help more people than you will ever know.
Thanks for your heartfelt comments and insights. I'm a friend of Bill's also.
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.
Unbelievably POWERFUL and took courage beyond this world. I salute you and feel soo inspired by your words. ❤
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!
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.
Thank-you for sharing your courage, and your heart felt truth. Very inspirational - SF
Very kind of you to share your story and create awareness.
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!
Breathtaking. Thank you for sharing.
There is a PHP or PHS in every state BUT California. We go straight to the Board, and they are NOT sympathetic.
👍👍👍👍👍 A very powerful and catalytic story to combat the stigma of addiction for Physcians. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your Courage, you're amazing ❤️
Thank you for this incredible story. We are all better off for it.
Remarkable share. You save one life, you save the world. Thank you
Thank you, Dr. Cunningham, for your humility, bravery, and wisdom. You were brilliant and your vulnerability is a beacon of hope.
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
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 career WILL change from this lecture. It will change most likely for the good. Keep doing this work!
Powerful, vulnerable, courageous.
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. ❤
When she said "I am not going to sugar coat"❤
thank you
Thanks❤
I am in awe of this brave and giving woman.
Thank you
Powerful
amazing
Very powerful
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
As an 85 year old retired aerospace engineer, I was taught that everything is data and that data is everything. So pay attention. In aerospace we take man where he really doesn't belong; that is to say, to fly faster, fly further, and fly higher. To leave earth. In order to achieve these goals we bring our environment with us. Along the way we developed technology that eliminates the necessity to bring humans along to control our advanced tech. You can see where this is leading us... For advanced robotics can go wherever our tech leads us and beyond. There is no limit.
But there is such a thing as living too long. And at 85 the actuarial tell me that for someone born in 1938, that my life span will end in about 5 years. I remember going to the National Gallery of Art and gazing at the European Old Masters oil paintings and sculpture, from the thirteenth through the sixteenth centuries.
And noticing that as I went from painting to painting, that very little changed. It was especially noticeable in the farmyard scenes. Thus life had a predictableness day after day, month after month, century after century.
I suspect that there was a certain quiet peacefulness and tranquility to the pace of their lives, primitive though they may have been.
Juxtapose that against our present day hectic lives and you wonder what price we pay for our modern day progress.
My point is that I'm on the home stretch of my life and I'm forced to drastically slow down by age and ailments. My hopes and fears, they're all behind me. And my expectations, such as they are, are more realistic and modest.
What I can say is that life with all its trials and tribulations, was /is absolutely worth it! As was said in that wonderful movie, Midnight Run, staring Robert De Nero and Charles Grodin, towards the end of the film, "See ya in the next life!'
So will we all.
“Juxtapose that against our present day hectic lives and you wonder what price we pay for our modern day progress.” That’s the key!! This is especially true in the US where economic and other pressures are much more intense compared to other countries!
Cc: Minsters of health, Government and community
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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!
No closed captions or transcript?? Do better.