Psychiatry
Yesterday I spent 6-7 hours studying without interruption. I'm currently studying for my psychiatry exam. This is the first subject that interests me. (Imagine: I've already taken the pains of studying medicine for more than five years, and now finally a subject has come that interests me! What should this be called? Masochistic personality disorder, perhaps? ;-)) In addition to the standard textbooks, I've borrowed yet another book focusing on personality disorders only. Since I know a lot of people with peculiar traits, I can relate to this subject well and therefore it's especially interesting for me. Let's see if I've already memorized the 9 diagnostic criteria of schizoid personality disorder: 1. enjoys only a few activities 2. emotional coldness, flat affect 3. inability to display warmth and anger 4. no apparent reaction to criticism or praise 5. little interest in sex 6. loner 7. prefers dealing with his/her phantasy world 8. lack of social contacts 9. p