- Joined
- Apr 20, 2017
- Messages
- 1
- Reaction score
- 1
Hello!
I am about 80 % done with internship and am experiencing a really terrible wave of burnout/disenchantment. I have secured a research post doc that will begin late July which I am excited about and is in a very specialized area that I enjoy (for anonymity I will not specify). However on the rotation I am completing now, it is purely therapy (which I am not interested in, truly...researcher at heart). Regrettably, I notice myself not caring when talking to patients (though I do not show these feelings), and finding that it takes everything in me to get in my car and come to work in the morning... I know I am closing in on the end, but every minute on this rotation feels painful and I find myself becoming depressed. I have many friends, many hobbies, and generally feel great outside of work--but when I am here--oh, is it bad. Anyone else go through this? Does it pass once internship ends? thank you...
I am about 80 % done with internship and am experiencing a really terrible wave of burnout/disenchantment. I have secured a research post doc that will begin late July which I am excited about and is in a very specialized area that I enjoy (for anonymity I will not specify). However on the rotation I am completing now, it is purely therapy (which I am not interested in, truly...researcher at heart). Regrettably, I notice myself not caring when talking to patients (though I do not show these feelings), and finding that it takes everything in me to get in my car and come to work in the morning... I know I am closing in on the end, but every minute on this rotation feels painful and I find myself becoming depressed. I have many friends, many hobbies, and generally feel great outside of work--but when I am here--oh, is it bad. Anyone else go through this? Does it pass once internship ends? thank you...