"passerby: tis sad tt a medical student has no sympathy for patients. isnt medicine abt humanity, patience etc?"

hello "passerby", i just had a bad day, and everything wasn't going well. i am not particularly in love with psychiatry, and neither am i in love with the patients there. im a person of strong character, so i have little to no empathy with regards to escapist behaviour. other than that, i do empathize with my patients, and i do understand and accept that some ppl have their issues, but from my personal standpoint, shouldn't people learn to face their problems and not just run away, or seek attention by threatening their own lives? it just shows they dont treasure themselves enough.

i acknowledge the true fact that ppl in the medical field, are expected more than normal to have an overt sense of sympathy, since patients want to be understood and want to be healed both physically and emotionally. fyi, the fact that i want to help ppl is why i joined medicine in the first place. without humanity, i wouldnt have lasted so long in med school.

i do appreciate your view though, however, pls dont judge me from a couple of posts. if you dont know who i am and have never seen me work, you cant make any conclusion. medical school is trying, and sometimes patients treat us like irritants and treat us horribly. trust me, we all do what we can for the patients. and i did make myself scarce after the patient declined talking to me twice.

but seriously, this is my personal blog, and i should be allowed to put whatever i want on it, if you can tell me seriously you never had a bad day, and are perfect in every other aspect of your character, then you can comment. if you're not in the field, you will have no idea what we go through everyday.

otherwise, passerby, i think you have issues.

another passerby: thanks for the help. appreciate it. 

-cheryl~*

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