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Originally Posted by WeepingWillow23
I went to medschool but decided to leave just before my final exams, both because of my health and because I didn't want to be a doctor anymore. I was tired of being treated like crap!
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Ah, well, life goes on eh? I know a few people who have left medicine after they qualified because it was just too stressful!
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I'm quite empathic with patients and easily identify with them, but I just couldn't cope with that at the time. I couldn't identify with the psych inpatients and remain cool like everything was fine with me. I kept thinking that I would end up locked up with them if anyone found out, and I am sooooooo scared of the psych hospital, so yes it was all just too triggering. I'm thinking that if I get better it will be less distressing, as I don't have to fear getting admitted. If that doesn't happen or I can't get over this fear, then that'll be another dream down the pan I guess  |
Well, there are lots of ways you can work in mental health care without being in an inpatient setting. I still can't go anywhere near psychiatric hospitals myself -- I actually entirely avoid the largest train station in my city because of its proximity to one of the hospitals I was kept in.
I was thinking last night, too, that the world needs more books about schizophrenia that aren't just manuals of information about psych drugs for the layperson. There are precious few that address non-drug coping strategies. Maybe education/outreach is something you could look into if you really can't ever be in a clinical setting.
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Anyway, I'm sorry for distracting the thread by going off topic  |
I'm not fussed if nobody else is!
