r/Residency • u/Puzzled-Weird-3956 • May 09 '23

SIMPLE QUESTION this shit sucks. help.

TLDR: I hate being a doctor. I hate healthcare. I am ashamed to have entered this field. I want out. I need help (not depressed). No I won’t dox myself with details. Yes it was my choice to start and keep going, but I also feel that I was mislead by people I trusted. Admittedly this has involved a great extent of self-deception, justified under trying to be tough, perseverance, ‘resistance is the way’-think, etc. If you like being a doctor, GOOD FOR YOU. Every day I feel an increasing sense that the only way for ME to get over my despair is to quit healthcare entirely, but it feels impossible. I chose the wrong job for myself and now I’m fucked. I’m stuck. How did anyone gather the escape velocity required to break free? Looking only for commiseration or concrete guidance.

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u/robo_robb May 10 '23

What good is the extra money if you’re too burnt out to enjoy it.

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u/T1didnothingwrong Attending May 10 '23

Grass is always greener, it's a job, work less and go home and have 4x the money and 4x the free time of the average joe

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u/ineed_that May 10 '23

As opposed to earning a lot less money with most other jobs? Especially if you don’t finish residency… the logical thing to do is live frugally as an attending to save up and then do whatever you want.

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u/various_convo7 May 10 '23

easy....drive around burnt out in your Lambo and buy a McLaren and a Ferrari too

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u/ExcelsiorLife May 10 '23

try some cocaine just to feel something again, also helps with those 24 hour shifts

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u/various_convo7 May 10 '23

Attending. All done with that stuff. I just buy crap now