Physician Heal Thyself

Matthew Gibson, MD
1 min readMar 6, 2023

Is there a word that describes when you feel like you can’t use Imposter Syndrome because you don’t feel like you deserve to use that about yourself…

An encaustic painting of a diseased plant over a blue background, with the description “Blame it all on my roots.”
Encaustic Art by the Author

Physician, Heal Thyself

Therapist who can’t emote

Why even fucking try

When garbage is all he wrote

Rows of vials rest on my shelf

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Matthew Gibson, MD

I write for both me and you-Holistic Healer (Family Med/Psych), recovering People Pleaser | Encaustic Art | Poetry | Eclectic Spirituality | Sex Ed |