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Subject Recovery through art and a pickup truck
Date October 4, 2025 11:00 AM
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Vint Blackburn preached for years to his psychiatry patients that it’s vital to have a life outside one’s profession.

It wasn’t until Blackburn started seeing a therapist himself, to deal with burnout and depression, that he realized he needed to apply that advice in his own life ([link removed]) .

In a world where patient care and public health policy can feel out of control, Blackburn finds peace through art, videography and converting his old Nissan truck ([link removed]) into an off-road vehicle.

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** Practicing psychiatry left me suicidal. Converting my pickup into an off-roader let me explore the world — and recover mine. ([link removed])
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