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Hi all,
I’m pretty sure we’ve had posts like this in the past, but I think it’s been a little while. Right now, I’m an extern in a relatively high-stress neuropsychology placement (purposefully vague description), where I enjoy working. Thinking about internship, postdoc, and beyond, I’m admittedly a little worried about how sustainable this specific niche of neuropsychology is for me personally (burnout). It’s also a new setting for me, so I imagine that as I become more fluent in this type of work, my level of exhaustion will decrease? I think a big source of my own stress is being simultaneously split between so many responsibilities at this point in my training (e.g., classes, program milestones, lab/research responsibilities, multiple practicum sites), and I often have the thought that if I was “just at this one site full time" I’d be able to better manage the stress and responsibilities it demands -- It kind of feels like a never ending set-shifting task? Have others had similar thoughts or experiences in externship positions, and/or is this feeling of being particularly stressed at this level of training shared by others?
Right now, I’m interested in seeing what neuropsychologists are doing at different sites (e.g., VA, AMC, etc.) -- I always think day-by-day breakdowns are a nice way to articulate the true gist of a position. A theme I’m interested in, right now at least, is the ease with which life and work can be balanced in different settings.
I’m pretty sure we’ve had posts like this in the past, but I think it’s been a little while. Right now, I’m an extern in a relatively high-stress neuropsychology placement (purposefully vague description), where I enjoy working. Thinking about internship, postdoc, and beyond, I’m admittedly a little worried about how sustainable this specific niche of neuropsychology is for me personally (burnout). It’s also a new setting for me, so I imagine that as I become more fluent in this type of work, my level of exhaustion will decrease? I think a big source of my own stress is being simultaneously split between so many responsibilities at this point in my training (e.g., classes, program milestones, lab/research responsibilities, multiple practicum sites), and I often have the thought that if I was “just at this one site full time" I’d be able to better manage the stress and responsibilities it demands -- It kind of feels like a never ending set-shifting task? Have others had similar thoughts or experiences in externship positions, and/or is this feeling of being particularly stressed at this level of training shared by others?
Right now, I’m interested in seeing what neuropsychologists are doing at different sites (e.g., VA, AMC, etc.) -- I always think day-by-day breakdowns are a nice way to articulate the true gist of a position. A theme I’m interested in, right now at least, is the ease with which life and work can be balanced in different settings.
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