"Medical Training is a Tragedy Waiting to Happen"

I've probably not coincidentally been finding articles about mental health problems with physicians as a whole in my Google home page on mobile.  It's a bit weird, but also seems to make me feel like I'm not alone.  The article I'm sharing with you all is from the Guardian (not political, don't worry), discussing a tragedy of a GI doctor in Australia.  You can read it below:

Medical Training is a Tragedy Waiting to Happen


I know now medicine is a pretty trying "lifestyle," and I've met a lot of people who are divorced, and a few people who have switched residency programs, and about three people who dropped out of residency.

I hear from a lot of people that residency is the hardest time of your life, and from some people that it gets better every year.  Last night I was looking at non-clinical physician jobs, and might investigate that further.   I do have an enormous amount of university and medical school debt, however.

I've been reaching out to a couple of resident friends of mine about my situation and we talk some.  I'm hoping to have more consistent conversations with them.  I feel a little better knowing I have a support network to tap into.  I think it'll help me endure the training.  Something that's hard to endure really are some hard personalities and harsh ways of being spoken to.  I've noticed I'm a "pretty good resident," mostly because I have good exam grades and I don't have "disaster stories" to share with my colleagues.  I think partly it's because I'm so careful and am not afraid to ask for help.  I think the staff appreciate that.

Anyway, I have a lot to take care of.  Thank you for your supportive comments, they do so much for me and help me stay afloat in this long storm.  I will post all of your comments and reply to them when I have more time.  Thank you again, I feel like you are alongside me on this journey.