The OSA Insider
The OSA Insider
University of Maryland School of Medicine Office of Student Affairs
Episode 101: From Adaptive to Maladaptive: When Good Habits Go Bad
10 minutes Posted Jul 24, 2023 at 3:15 pm.
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As we start a new academic year, Dr. Frayha has been reflecting on the habits that help us survive, and even thrive, in medical school and beyond. How many of these habits are adaptive at first, and then become maladaptive? Why don't we take stock of these habits more often, and assess whether a given behavior (perfectionism, people-pleasing, desire for control, hypervigilance, the list goes on) is still serving us or our patients? In this episode, she shares some guidance around creating opportunities to reevaluate our own ways of being and working, and deciding with intention which habits we should continue versus which ones we should leave behind.