You can come undone in other ways.

Hmm. I suppose...it's been less time since I told someone I love them, however, so don't fret.

Exactly. My mind would be uncluttered by worry for their well-being, because I would be focused on - for the moment - seeing them simply as portraits of people driven by what I know of anatomy and physiology.

Of course, before Gregory comes in to alert me that psychological issues in my patients may affect their health, I'd like to assure him I know that and I'm simply clarifying that I'm not anticipating emotional attachments to those issues.