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I found an interesting comment from PsyDr (hope you don't mind, if you're reading this) from 2018 that I wanted to generate some conversation around:
I'm just curious how much this resonates with people. I get that this is kind of the job description, but this is the kind of information that I just don't come across often (unless it's buried and worded in ways I cannot find). I'm an undergrad and I would be lying to say I've had any real life experience with this volume of strong emotion on a consistent basis or a real way of imagining how this would effect my happiness. Could those in the field comment on their experience or offer thoughts this brings up?
As always, thank you.
"3) what few people talk about in psych is that the job entails daily interactions with awful stuff. Everyone is different, and some things are easier to deal with. But it wears on you. Go ask everyone you know to tell you their worst news of the week for 8 hrs a day for 5 days per week. Repeat for the next 60,000 hrs of your life. Childhood rape. Awful spouses. Extreme poverty. Death. Having a patient you die. Having a patient commit suicide. Seriously consider how encountering this affects you and your happiness.
4) anyone with a passing familiarity with the genetics of the five factors will tell you that some people are just inherently neurotic. You should consider that when considering the source."
I'm just curious how much this resonates with people. I get that this is kind of the job description, but this is the kind of information that I just don't come across often (unless it's buried and worded in ways I cannot find). I'm an undergrad and I would be lying to say I've had any real life experience with this volume of strong emotion on a consistent basis or a real way of imagining how this would effect my happiness. Could those in the field comment on their experience or offer thoughts this brings up?
As always, thank you.
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