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Sorry that this has nothing to do with psych really, but figured this is the most insightful board on this forum so I'd see if you all had any ideas.
When I read the various pre-med forums it seems that many, many premeds tend to go on and on about how awful a career in medicine will be. I'm not sure if this is happening everywhere or just a SDN anomaly.
They talk about how its going to give away their best years, isn't even fulfilling, there are better career paths, wont actually make any difference in world, wont even make good money, etc, etc.
While obviously medicine is an extremely demanding/taxing career they can't possibly believe everything they are saying or else they wouldn't consider becoming a physician.
Is this some sort of a result of people trying to rebel from the "saving all the sick children" stereotype of premeds in order to try to make themselves seem more wise?
Is this some sort of outward defense mechanism where they lower expectations so it won't feel as bad if becoming a physician isn't everything they internally believed it would be?
Just seems so confusing that people would be completely trashing the profession that they are devoting a huge amount of energy to pursue.
When I read the various pre-med forums it seems that many, many premeds tend to go on and on about how awful a career in medicine will be. I'm not sure if this is happening everywhere or just a SDN anomaly.
They talk about how its going to give away their best years, isn't even fulfilling, there are better career paths, wont actually make any difference in world, wont even make good money, etc, etc.
While obviously medicine is an extremely demanding/taxing career they can't possibly believe everything they are saying or else they wouldn't consider becoming a physician.
Is this some sort of a result of people trying to rebel from the "saving all the sick children" stereotype of premeds in order to try to make themselves seem more wise?
Is this some sort of outward defense mechanism where they lower expectations so it won't feel as bad if becoming a physician isn't everything they internally believed it would be?
Just seems so confusing that people would be completely trashing the profession that they are devoting a huge amount of energy to pursue.