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[doctor_seward]

This is the Diary of Dr. John Seward, taken by Phonograph.

Should I be unavailable to attend to your needs please leave what message you will via recording and I shall respond promptly.


Should recording by phonograph fail to please, or in the case of urgency, hold over telegram immediately.

Comments

call;

[psyd-seward.livejournal.com]

I shall. It's considerably different practising in a general medical setting than an asylum..

[It was challenging, yes. But actually considerably more lax. Seward actually has more free time that he doesn't know what to do with, considering his time spent as a Superintendent was a twenty-four hour job..]

My professor has taken an interest in helping me when he can as I've found this schedule to be quite an adjustment.

What is the opinion of the prosecutor on the matter?

call;

[awakenings]

How different is it? We never had an asylum back in Romdeau, I'm afraid. We had counseling psychologists but their patients would be briefly housed in the regular hospital.

[She pauses.]

On Yaha, you mean? I don't think it would be fair of me to voice his opinions but he's been threatened by him before.

call;

[psyd-seward.livejournal.com]

It would take me some time to explain, but the asylum is essentially a fortified institution or a facility designed to house the mentally afflicted. Once the affliction becomes too much for handling recovery is rarely expected, and as such the lunatic would then be handed over to me lest they prove to be a danger to themselves or others.

I find hostility in the brooding madman so often that perhaps I've grown numb to the signs in those of a more...tamer sort.

While there are varying degrees of madness I am still unused to seeing my patients leave without them having been formally discharged.

I see. I shall take that into consideration. I've been alone with him and have not been advanced upon in any way...But I've come to notice there are moments that I question his moral character.

call;

[awakenings]

You're a braver man than most to do something like that.

As I said, just...be careful. He's subtle and I can't in any good conscience just let someone help him without knowing the risks.

call;

[psyd-seward.livejournal.com]

[A soft sound at the compliment. He was flattered.]

To treat the diseases of the brain is heavier work than some might account for.

If...help is what is needed then perhaps his being committed may benefit him. I have been considering the possibility of opening my own practice once I've completed the rigorous requirements of the City..Even as lenient as they've been there's still certain things that have been demanded of me given my lapse in knowledge regarding internal medicines.

The Core granted me my desk from back home, so I've all my certification and the necessary papers to be proven as legitimate should that be needed.

call;

[awakenings]

They should understand that the mind is half of what makes us. Without it, we're nothing more than empty shells walking through life. To work with the diseases that might plague it is a field of work that is both admirable and strenuous, I imagine.

I think that would be best, personally. He needs help.

[There's a brief pause on her end.]

That's a lucky gift, then. It should help you get ahead of many people in your field, to have actual valid certification.

call;

[psyd-seward.livejournal.com]

Indeed..It is a connection that many fail to realize.

It has its merits.

[Not that there seemed to be many people in his field here. Which was considerably unfortunate, as this burgeoning workload was rather strenuous at times.]

I am certainly grateful.

I suppose because it is familiar that I...Feel that it brings me a degree of comfort.

call;

[awakenings]

And it's a shame on their part.

Hopefully something can be done for Yaha and any others that need the same sort of care in this city.

[Frankly, she just wants him away from where he can do harm.]

As well it should. After all that's happened in the past few months, I should think that it's a well-deserved gift, especially for all you've worked for so far.

call;

[psyd-seward.livejournal.com]

I imagine once negotiations are under way we may expect some progress, but those are tentative plans for the time being given my own situation.

[Seward would feel much the same if he knew the true extent of his madness.]

I've done very little in comparison to others here before me.

call;

[awakenings]

That's all we can hope for at the moment.

[There's a brief sigh.]

You put yourself down too much. Others may have done more but you've only been here a few months. Give it time. You've already made quite a bit of headway for the newcomers.

call;

[psyd-seward.livejournal.com]

[Was that pun intentional?]

I simply state what I know to be truth. I...I suppose that were I without my work it would be too much for a man like me to handle. I..have been told that I'm quite "normal" by City standards, but I'm not really sure what that's worth...As it seems I'm the minority.

Since late November, yes..Ah, Miss Re-l...I think that I've pulled the blinds over my own eyes in respect to whatever I consider "odd" or "unusual".

call;

[awakenings]

Take is a compliment. It just means you still hold some semblance of understanding and sanity in this place, which is remarkable at times considering the people who populate this city.

You haven't been out enough to see. It's a little much to handle if you expose yourself to it all at once.

call;

[psyd-seward.livejournal.com]

...Thank you.

I think I know what you mean.

call; what the heck my typos /)_(\

[awakenings]

It's only the truth.

Then don't worry about breaking yourself in so soon. A dose of skepticism is healthy in moderation, isn't it?

call; Nothing to worry about. <3

[psyd-seward.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to think that I rely on it too much..That it's a coping mechanism.

[Though why he's saying these things..Could that reflect on how much he trusts her?]

call;

[awakenings]

Perhaps you can wean yourself off of it, bit by bit?

call;

[psyd-seward.livejournal.com]

I wish there was an easier way...But yes, you're right.

call;

[awakenings]

There might be another way but it's the easiest I know of. You'll be all right; I'm sure of it.

call;

[psyd-seward.livejournal.com]

[Evidently he needs his own therapist.]

Yes...Please forgive me if I've been too forward. I feel strangely as though I might be able to say such things to you.

call;

[awakenings]

You don't need to apologize. I'm glad I can help in some way.