
Como neurรณloga, hoy vengo a confesar algo que no suele decirse en las consultas: que yo tambiรฉn finjo.
Durante aรฑos, mi vida ha sido un desfile de mรกscaras bien ajustadas. Pongo mi ejemplo: he sido la mรฉdica impecable que nunca duda, la amiga que siempre tiene una respuesta tranquilizadora o la mujer que sonrรญe cuando el mundo se le viene encima. Y cada una de esas mรกscaras, aunque parecรญa protegerme, me estaba vaciando.
Desde la neurologรญa sรฉ lo que pasaba en mi cerebro en esos momentos. Sucede que mi corteza prefrontal trabajaba con esfuerzo para sostener la ficciรณn, mi amรญgdala se hallaba en alerta constante y mis niveles de cortisol estaban disparados. Claro que el conocimiento no me eximรญa del desgaste, y saber no es suficiente cuando el miedo a ser vista era mรกs fuerte que la fatiga.

Recuerdo una tarde, despuรฉs de una jornada agotadora en el hospital, que lleguรฉ a casa, me sentรฉ en el borde de la cama y llorรฉ sin saber bien por quรฉ. Lo que sรญ estoy segura es que no era cansancio fรญsico, era el agotamiento de haber interpretado a cinco personas distintas en un solo dรญa y no haber sido ninguna de ellas. En ese momento entendรญ que el problema no era el mundo exterior, sino mi resistencia a habitarme tal cual soy.
Llega entonces esa sentencia de que la mรกscara mรกs pesada no es la que te ponen, es la que te pones tรบ misma para que no te vean como eres. Y aquรญ viene la paradoja que me cambiรณ: cuando empecรฉ a soltar, poco a poco, mi cerebro comenzรณ a agradecรฉrmelo.
Los estudios neurofisiolรณgicos y las neuroimรกgenes mรกs avanzadas no mienten: la autenticidad reduce el gasto energรฉtico cerebral, disminuye la activaciรณn de la amรญgdala y libera recursos para la creatividad y la conexiรณn genuina.
Yo sรฉ que soltar da miedo, porque si dejo caer la mรกscara, ยฟserรฉ suficiente? ยฟMe aceptarรกn?

Esas respuestas las encontrรฉ en mis pacientes. Los que mรกs me han enseรฑado no son los que llegan con diagnรณsticos claros, sino los que se sientan frente a mรญ y me dicen que tienen miedo. En ese momento no necesitan una neurรณloga impecable, sino a otra persona que tambiรฉn ha tenido miedo.
Hoy, cuando siento que quiero ponerme otra vez una mรกscara, me detengo y respiro. No siempre acierto, porque sigo siendo humana y sigo teniendo miedos, pero ahora sรฉ que cada vez que elijo mostrarme como soy, mi cerebro descansa, mi corazรณn se aligera y mi vida se vuelve mรกs ligera.

Asรญ que aquรญ estoy, sin guion, sin careta, con mis pocas luces y mis tantas sombras, con mis certezas y mis innumerables dudas. Y nada, amigos de Holos-Lotus, los invito a que, desde donde estรฉn, se pregunten quรฉ mรกscara pueden soltar hoy, porque no necesitan ser perfectos para ser valiosos. Y crรฉanme que su cerebro y su alma lo van a agradecer.
ยกHasta la prรณxima bitรกcora!

โจยก๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐! โจ
๐บ๐ ๐รบ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐รณ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐
๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐รฑ๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐รณ ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐รก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐
๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐รญ๐, 100% ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ).
๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐รฑ๐๐
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐.
ยฟ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐๐รณ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐รณ๐? ๐ฝ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.๐

ENGLISH VERSION

I, the neurologist who also wears masks~ A Neurologist's Log

As a neurologist, today I come to confess something that is not usually said in consultations: that I also pretend.
For years, my life has been a parade of well-fitted masks. Let me give you my example: I have been the flawless doctor who never doubts, the friend who always has a reassuring answer, or the woman who smiles when the world is falling apart. And each of those masks, although they seemed to protect me, were draining me.
From neurology, I know what was happening in my brain during those moments. It turns out that my prefrontal cortex was working hard to sustain the fiction, my amygdala was in constant alert, and my cortisol levels were through the roof. Of course, knowledge did not exempt me from wear and tear, and knowing is not enough when the fear of being seen was stronger than fatigue.

I remember one afternoon, after an exhausting day at the hospital, I came home, sat on the edge of the bed and cried without really knowing why. What I am sure of is that it was not physical tiredness; it was the exhaustion of having played five different people in a single day and not having been any of them. At that moment I understood that the problem was not the outside world, but my resistance to inhabiting myself just as I am.
Then comes that saying that the heaviest mask is not the one they put on you, but the one you put on yourself so that they do not see you as you are. And here comes the paradox that changed me: when I started letting go, little by little, my brain began to thank me.
The most advanced neurophysiological studies and neuroimaging do not lie: authenticity reduces brain energy expenditure, decreases amygdala activation and frees up resources for creativity and genuine connection.
I know that letting go is scary, because if I drop the mask, will I be enough? Will they accept me?

I found those answers in my patients. Those who have taught me the most are not those who come with clear diagnoses, but those who sit in front of me and tell me they are afraid. At that moment they do not need a flawless neurologist, but another person who has also been afraid.
Today, when I feel like putting on a mask again, I stop and breathe. I do not always get it right, because I am still human and I still have fears, but now I know that every time I choose to show myself as I am, my brain rests, my heart lightens, and my life becomes lighter.

So here I am, without a script, without a disguise, with my few lights and my many shadows, with my certainties and my countless doubts. And nothing, friends of Holos-Lotus, I invite you, from wherever you are, to ask yourselves which mask you can let go of today, because you do not need to be perfect to be valuable. And believe me, your brain and your soul will thank you for it.
Until the next log!

โจ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐! โจ
๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ฐโ๐ ๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐
๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, 100% ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐
๐ (๐๐ ๐จ๐ฐ).
๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐.
๐ณ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐? ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐! ๐
2 comments
You are Ecencial!
I loved your honestyโespecially since Iโm at that same stage; Iโm tired of hiding behind a mask. I want to be myself and not have to pretend I agree with someone just to avoid hurting themโonly to end up hurting myself in the process. Iโm fed up with pretending everything is fine when it really isn't.
I just want to be meโflaws and allโand shout: "This is who I am," anywhere, anytime. No more pretending.
Thank you for putting it so well.
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