I don't think we can understand it. The obituary in this case talks about how

Dec 18, 2024
3:04:57pm

Mitty Truly Addicted User

the father couldn't handle the idea of his son's anxiety growing up with him and him having to endure what the father was trying to fight. It becomes a twisted sort of mercy killing.

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Mitty

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This is a major health crisis for families experiencing this, but also for

Mitty

12:33pm

Hard to change the fact that it's just a high stress career. Some just crack

Countcougula

12:41pm

Except it's been a high stress career for hundreds of years, and the suicide

Mitty

12:46pm

I lost two good friends in med school and residency due to the expectations that

imdocrob

1:00pm

You start by protecting against inhumane sleep deprivation. There's

cougfanz

12:52pm

Residency is much less intense than it used to be. There are now laws and

Powerbait DPM

12:51pm

I think there is a lot of truth behind the ever more elusive payoff of medicine

scottpete

12:56pm

Google says the average family medicine doc is making 190k/year in Utah.

Powerbait DPM

1:04pm

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cougfanz

1:08pm

The $ in engineering is not even close to medicine unless you get lucky with

Mitty

1:02pm

My mental health was terrible at times during residency. And it was less about

diluigifan

1:39pm

There were times when it was absolutely brutal for me. Our call was intense,

Powerbait DPM

2:04pm

I still have nightmares about residency training I finished 23 yrs ago. So much

qwerew

6:01pm

Are doctors willing to take a pay cut to have less of a workload?

idcougarfan

1:10pm

Medicare cuts reimbursement every year

WorfoSAUR

1:38pm

Yep. Cutting another 3% this year, I believe. I don’t know of any other career

Lalau

3:29pm

Talks about how they kill their family members without malicious intent

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

1:15pm

I imagine if they're already to the point of justifying their own death, they're already not in a healthy state of mind

BackPacker

1:55pm

It's so tragic. If you feel your life is so bad that you believe the best

Mitty

3:07pm

I don't think we can understand it. The obituary in this case talks about how

Mitty

3:04pm

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