What are some good specialties for people that are a bit eccentric or different?

[famoussquamous]

I've always been a bit different from my peers. Not in a bad way, but just in the sense that I don't seem to "fit in" with those around me. I never fell into any particular niche throughout school (jock, prep, hipster, nerd, etc..) and I've heard that many people pick the specialty they go into by what specialties have the people they'd fit in most with. I'm not really an introvert or socially awkard, but at the same time don't fit the stereotypical mold of an "extrovert" like so many of my classmates seem to fit into. That's not always a bad thing, since most of my friends have remarked that they like the fact that I'm a bit "odd" and how that makes me "interesting". Now I know that most people will say that you should just pick the specialty that you like doing, but the truth is that why should someone choose to work and be around people where you'll always be the odd man out? It's probably best to get in where you fit in, and that being said, what are some specialty choices for people like me?

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[NontradCA]

Is this a troll post? Grow up and do whatever specialty you like the most. No one cares, welcome to adulthood.

 

[famoussquamous]

Is this a troll post? Grow up and do whatever specialty you like the most. No one cares, welcome to adulthood.

I'm keeping my options open at the moment, and tbh I really don't want to go into a specialty where I'll be an oddball or otherwise not suited for personality wise. They say that most "nerdy" kids should go into internal medicine, most "jocks" should go into surgery, and most preps into peds and derm. It's easy to say that stuff doesn't matter, but as someone that has worked a few years in the real world before applying to medical school, the real world workplace isn't that much different than high school.

 

[Pacna]

You're looking for a specialty with weird people in it? Oh, brother. Talk to the spouse of a fellow student, friend, or parent. All docs (and med students) are weird.

On point, you'll have to be more descriptive about yourself if you want some helpful feedback. Knowing the things that you aren't is unhelpful. "I'm not Bruce Jennings, a jock, walrus, piece of sheetrock, bar of soap ..." None of that narrows down your personality type. You might try something like the MBTI assessment if you want to elucidate this.

 

[famoussquamous]

All docs (and med students) are weird.
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See, this is what I thought when I was about to go into medical school "Oh yes, I'll be surrounded by people like myself", but I quickly realized that this isn't the case. Most people here fall under the "cool" or "popular" archetype. The vast majority come from wealthy or well-off families, most were part of Greek life in undergrad and all that. Maybe they're weird in the sense that they're decided to go into medicine as a career, but they're far from "weird" personality wise, or maybe that's just my school.

 

[NontradCA]

I'm keeping my options open at the moment, and tbh I really don't want to go into a specialty where I'll be an oddball or otherwise not suited for personality wise. They say that most "nerdy" kids should go into internal medicine, most "jocks" should go into surgery, and most preps into peds and derm. It's easy to say that stuff doesn't matter, but as someone that has worked a few years in the real world before applying to medical school, the real world workplace isn't that much different than high school.

Who's they? Medical TV dramas?

 

[Pacna]

See, this is what I thought when I was about to go into medical school "Oh yes, I'll be surrounded by people like myself", but I quickly realized that this isn't the case. Most people here fall under the "cool" or "popular" archetype. The vast majority come from wealthy or well-off families, most were part of Greek life in undergrad and all that. Maybe they're weird in the sense that they're decided to go into medicine as a career, but they're far from "weird" personality wise, or maybe that's just my school.

You changed my mind.

Perhaps their uniqueness is lost on you, and yours is less compelling than you think? Maybe you have trouble 'fitting in' for reasons that are unrelated to the personality types of people you are around? I would caution against stereotyping your classmates' friendships away. Do you think you couldn't be friends with someone who is 'cool', 'popular', part of Greek life, and wealthy? Why not? As someone who isn't from any of those groups but who appreciates those members of my class, let me just tell you that the vast majority the people you're writing off are probably wonderful people.

I say this because one of my close friends I met in med school said almost exactly what you're saying in this thread when we first met. Don't get me wrong, she's certainly weird, but she fits in well in our group of misfits.

The conclusion I'm coming to in your case is that I don't think searching for a new pool of people is going to solve anything for you. You didn't fit in in high school, you didn't fit in in college, and you're not fitting in in medical school. You mean to tell me that you're holding onto the hope that there's a specialty within medicine which just so happens to be full of people you'll identify with? What I am picking up is that your interpersonal skills probably aren't very refined, likely due to trouble with missed early connections leading to subsequent opportunities missed. Combine this with some elements of an external locus of control, which is also coming through via your writing here, and I can see how you'd feel as though the problem was due to something wrong with others (and perhaps it was initially).

To quote Bowling for Soup: "High school never ends." Your observation that 'the real world workplace' is much like high school is not unfounded. Most people just learn to swim sooner or later. You will, too! 🙂

 

[famoussquamous]

You changed my mind.

Perhaps their uniqueness is lost on you, and yours is less compelling than you think? Maybe you have trouble 'fitting in' for reasons that are unrelated to the personality types of people you are around? I would caution against stereotyping your classmates' friendships away. Do you think you couldn't be friends with someone who is 'cool', 'popular', part of Greek life, and wealthy? Why not? As someone who isn't from any of those groups but who appreciates those members of my class, let me just tell you that the vast majority the people you're writing off are probably wonderful people.

I say this because one of my close friends I met in med school said almost exactly what you're saying in this thread when we first met. Don't get me wrong, she's certainly weird, but she fits in well in our group of misfits.

The conclusion I'm coming to in your case is that I don't think searching for a new pool of people is going to solve anything for you. You didn't fit in in high school, you didn't fit in in college, and you're not fitting in in medical school. You mean to tell me that you're holding onto the hope that there's a specialty within medicine which just so happens to be full of people you'll identify with? What I am picking up is that your interpersonal skills probably aren't very refined, likely due to trouble with missed early connections leading to subsequent opportunities missed. Combine this with some elements of an external locus of control, which is also coming through via your writing here, and I can see how you'd feel as though the problem was due to something wrong with others (and perhaps it was initially).

To quote Bowling for Soup: "High school never ends." Your observation that 'the real world workplace' is much like high school is not unfounded. Most people just learn to swim sooner or later. You will, too! 🙂

I mean it isn't like I simply wrote their friendship and them away. I tried hanging out with them, being social and going to social gatherings, but I realized I really didn't have much in common with them. Now I say hi to them and am cordial with them when seeing/talking to them, but it's not like I'm close with them or anything. I do have friends in medical school (mainly the other misfits), and was just wondering if there were specialties where those types seem to go into more often then not. I did end up finding a group of other weird kids in high school and college, but most of them ended up going into PhD programs. I probably would as well if I didn't have such a strong urge to be a physician. That being said, you can't tell me that you don't know of a single specialty that attracts more weirdos and oddballs than not?

 

[Frazier]

I mean it isn't like I simply wrote their friendship and them away. I tried hanging out with them, being social and going to social gatherings, but I realized I really didn't have much in common with them. Now I say hi to them and am cordial with them when seeing/talking to them, but it's not like I'm close with them or anything. I do have friends in medical school (mainly the other misfits), and was just wondering if there were specialties where those types seem to go into more often then not.

So, you're question is:

"What specialty in medicine do the 'misfit' types practice?"

 

[NontradCA]

Im pretty sure this was extensively covered in an early episode of scrubs...

Haha. Yea, on the first episode I believe. I hope medicine is just like scrubs.

 

[J ROD]

Path

 

[Pacna]

I mean it isn't like I simply wrote their friendship and them away. I tried hanging out with them, being social and going to social gatherings, but I realized I really didn't have much in common with them. Now I say hi to them and am cordial with them when seeing/talking to them, but it's not like I'm close with them or anything. I do have friends in medical school (mainly the other misfits), and was just wondering if there were specialties where those types seem to go into more often then not.

Fair enough!

I maintain that you're going to have to be more specific about your personality/preferences/hobbies/etc if you want constructive feedback. It seems as though you assume that everyone should know the type of person who is weird in your definition.

Some example questions that might help you describe yourself:
What types of things do you prefer to have conversations about? People? Sports? Anime? Philosophy? Politics? Academics?
What personality traits do your friends share between them?
Outside of cliches like 'family', 'love', 'success' etc, what is important to you? (What do you spend a lot of time time thinking about? What excites you?)
What kind of people do you have more than usual trouble getting along with?

 

[famoussquamous]

Fair enough!

I maintain that you're going to have to be more specific about your personality/preferences/hobbies/etc if you want constructive feedback. It seems as though you assume that everyone should know the type of person who is weird in your definition.

Some example questions that might help you describe yourself:
What types of things do you prefer to have conversations about? People? Sports? Anime? Philosophy? Politics? Academics?
What personality traits do your friends share between them?
Outside of cliches like 'family', 'love', 'success' etc, what is important to you? (What do you spend a lot of time time thinking about? What excites you?)
What kind of people do you have more than usual trouble getting along with?

Fair enough:
-I'll talk about anything really, sports, music, people, tv, culture, future aspirations, events in life, etc...
-In terms of common characteristics, I'd probably say that most seem to like to do their own thing and not worry about what everyone else is about/worried about fitting in.
-Probably about what the future will hold and if all the work I'm putting in right now will pay off.
-Just anyone that you'd classify as "normal" I'd probably have trouble getting along with or finding common ground with. I was very sheltered growing up (poor immigrant parents that kept me on the straight and narrow). That said, I usually get along just fine with people others would classify as "weird"

That being said, I disagree with you on the "finding a group of people like you won't help you" bit. Of course if you're the type of person that has the gift of being well-received wherever you go, then of course it doesn't matter what you go into since you'll be well-liked. While possible that I'll end up being at a program where I won't fit in, it's also possible that I'll go somewhere where I'll feel right at home.

 

[Pacna]

Fair enough:
-I'll talk about anything really, sports, music, people, tv, culture, future aspirations, events in life, etc...
-In terms of common characteristics, I'd probably say that most seem to like to do their own thing and not worry about what everyone else is about/worried about fitting in.
-Probably about what the future will hold and if all the work I'm putting in right now will pay off.
-Just anyone that you'd classify as "normal" I'd probably have trouble getting along with or finding common ground with. I was very sheltered growing up (poor immigrant parents that kept me on the straight and narrow). That said, I usually get along just fine with people others would classify as "weird"

You should go to medical school. You sound like almost everyone in my class!

 

[famoussquamous]

You should go to medical school. You sound like almost everyone in my class!

Haha, maybe we just live in different locations or our classes are composed of different types. I kind of thought that medical school would be filled with those types, but my class is basically jocks/preps/'cool' types that are rich. I thought it was maybe just my school, but one of my friends that goes to a "top" medical school says it's basically the same there as well.

 

[Kahreek]

Psychiatry

there i've said it

 

[Psai]

I dunno, the psychiatrists I've met all seem to be more normal than most

 

[RangerBob]

I felt my friends and I were odd/weird--certainly none of us has even been the popular type, though we were all still fairly popular with other friends and got along with everyone. We did have some of the cool/rich/jock type classmates at my school but I felt most of my classmates were also still pretty weird and/or nerdy.

Just from personal experience with my close group of friends, we went into psych, family, EM, neurosurgery, PM&R, neuro, OB-gyn... We all went into the fields we were excited about.

I'm sure a poll would turn up roughly the same lack of coalescence around a particular specialty. So, do what you like--there's no particular specialty that's composed just of eclectic/weird people. And no specialty that closes its doors to people that are a little quirky.

Remember--you're going to be the odd man out regardless of specialty, because after residency most of your coworkers and people you interact with regularly won't be physicians--you'll likely be working more closely with nurses and ancillary staff than other physicians. And you'll work with even more patients than nurses, so think about the patient population you'll be working with. You'll definitely be nerdier/weirder than most of your nurses and patients. Except if you go into psych, hopefully your patients will be more eccentric than you...

That said, some specialties tend to attract certain personalities a little more often than others, and I'd imagine if you had to generalize, good specialties for you to start to look into would be FM, peds, neuro, psych, path, EM, IM. Still, I've met plenty of odd/weird surgeons, so I really wouldn't rule anything out.

 

[Rocher]

Follow your interests and I'm sure you'll meet like-minded people.

 

[KnuxNole]

I'm keeping my options open at the moment, and tbh I really don't want to go into a specialty where I'll be an oddball or otherwise not suited for personality wise. They say that most "nerdy" kids should go into internal medicine, most "jocks" should go into surgery, and most preps into peds and derm. It's easy to say that stuff doesn't matter, but as someone that has worked a few years in the real world before applying to medical school, the real world workplace isn't that much different than high school.

Lots of jocks in IM, lots of nerds who don't lift in ortho.

 

[WinslowPringle]

I second J Dub's response: path.

I've really enjoyed my path rotation this year: the pathologists (here, anyways) have a good but slightly quirky sense of humor; are intelligent and can talk about anything and everything; and have esoteric interests. If you said you might have otherwise gone on to get a PhD, you might enjoy the more scientific-investigative aspects of pathology (and lots of opportunities for bench-type research).

 

[liquidshadow22]

I dunno, the psychiatrists I've met all seem to be more normal than most

This. You think the one specialty that specializes in human behavior would produce awkward, weird people? I think not.

IMO, weirdest goes to Internal Medicine, Pathology.

 

[Carbocation1]

I think I know where you're coming from. Have you considered anesthesiology?

 

[famoussquamous]

I think I know where you're coming from. Have you considered anesthesiology?

I've thought about it. Seems like it would be a good job, but then you'd have to interact a lot with the surgeons which are certified brodudes. Maybe pain medicine?

 

[TraumaLlamaMD]

Interacting with people in a professional capacity is different than having them as your friends. You're going to run into all types of personalities in whatever specialty you choose; most of them are probably not people you'd invite out for drinks or ask to your wedding.

I'm guessing that you haven't hit clinical rotations yet? Because you can speculate and generalize all you want about the personalities of different specialties, but once you actually start rotating through different services, I think you'll find that people are more diverse than you believe. You'll know who you get along with when you've actually met them - overthinking it in advance is only going to see you entering your clinical years with a closed mind.

 

[Over9000]

Do what you like, but do it well.
I see a lot of suggestions that pathology is full of "weird" people. In a way, it is, but not in the same way the OP is weird (pathology is chock full of underachievers and misfits who are there precisely because no other field wanted them, not because they had options. They're "weird" because they're doctors, but barely so).
It seems the OP likes to be around people who are characters of some sort. In my experience, the likelihood of people being unique characters vs "normal" people has to do with geography more than anything else.
My suggestion is to find a field you are genuinely interested in. If you can't, find one you can tolerate. If you can't, find one that has reasonable work/life balance. Try to match to a big program, since there'll probably be more variety in personality types. Then, once you're done, go move somewhere you can meet people you jive with.

 

[giantswing]

One of the dorkiest guys i met was in obgyn. Awkward. The second dorkiest was in ortho. Third was gen surg.
So.
Do whatever you want. When you look for a residency you'll be looking at fit first and foremost anyway.

 

[Nasrudin]

One of the dorkiest guys i met was in obgyn. Awkward. The second dorkiest was in ortho. Third was gen surg.
So.
Do whatever you want. When you look for a residency you'll be looking at fit first and foremost anyway.

Wow. You have a specific ranking system for dorkiness. Is there a top 10? What's your criteria?

 

[giantswing]

Wow. You have a specific ranking system for dorkiness. Is there a top 10? What's your criteria?

It's a pretty broad generalization. Likelyhood that they LARP is high with low likelyhood they played football in highschool, style of glasses, general awkwardness when talking to women... All these factor in to my scale.

Now, i like nerds, and my dad is the biggest nerd of them all, so it's ok.

 

[wjs010]

If a surgeon is ever a "jock" to you, wrap your fingers around those upper arms and ask, " do you reealllly lift ,bro?" lol Id want to be the fly on that wall.

 

[hmockingbird]

A few things. One, in general in life, appreciate the friends you have and don't worry/focus so much on whether you fit in with the rest of society. Just have the social skills to get along with people at work, you don't have to be their BFFs. In a similar vein, own who you are. Figure out what you like to do and what you stand for - not what you aren't. People who are attracted to that will come to you. Two, on the other hand, be open to meeting new people and seeing them beyond stereotypes. I became really good friends with a few people during my third year rotation whom I rarely if ever talked to the first two years. One of them is totally the opposite of me yet we get along so well. Three, the first two years of med school (I'm assuming you aren't in your rotations yet) can be crazy and drama-filled just because you spend SO much time with the same people in a very limited environment such that things like who sits where can become THE BIGGEST problem in the universe. This will end. Strangely we all seem to be getting along better now that we have hit third year, some theories - we actually have more responsibilities to occupy our time, we can bond over the clinical experience, if you're not in the same rotation with your friends you appreciate seeing them more, there's less competition between students. I assume residency and practicing as a physician will be similar, lots to bond over in residency and when you are an attending you actually get to have a life outside medicine.

I wouldn't freak out so much just go through your rotations with an open mind and see what appeals to you. If you are passionate about something it will show and you will gain the respect of most of your colleagues and they will be happy to work with you. Again, don't focus so much on not being one of the cool kids, focus on your own personality and interests and doing the best you can at your job.

I would say "fitting in" is sort-of something that has contributed to my specialty choice - not my first priority, but feeling like I'm a valued member of the team (so not so much personal quirks but just the work environment) was one of the things that confirmed my interest in peds.

 

[famoussquamous]

One of the dorkiest guys i met was in obgyn. Awkward. The second dorkiest was in ortho. Third was gen surg.
So.
Do whatever you want. When you look for a residency you'll be looking at fit first and foremost anyway.

It kind of says something about everyone's misconceptions that you automatically equate different with dork/nerd. Like I said before, I don't really fit in with nerds either (not an atheist, play/follow sports, Big Bang Theory bores the daylights out of me, anime is kind of creepy IMO, etc...). But I guess it shows that most people want to try to "categorize" others in boxes. Since I don't fit in any of these boxes, it's hard for me to fit in a box for what specialty I want.

Psych has been thrown around, and it is true that the people I'd be dealing with as patients would definitely be considered "odd" by most people, so that's definitely a plus for psych. Plus I hear it has a great lifestyle.

 

[Pacna]

It kind of says something about everyone's misconceptions that you automatically equate different with dork/nerd. Like I said before, I don't really fit in with nerds either (not an atheist, play/follow sports, Big Bang Theory bores the daylights out of me, anime is kind of creepy IMO, etc...). But I guess it shows that most people want to try to "categorize" others in boxes. Since I don't fit in any of these boxes, it's hard for me to fit in a box for what specialty I want.

Psych has been thrown around, and it is true that the people I'd be dealing with as patients would definitely be considered "odd" by most people, so that's definitely a plus for psych. Plus I hear it has a great lifestyle.

I agree that it's odd that people here equate 'different' with nerd/dork/etc.

However, I find it strange how you're allergic to any type of categorization of yourself. It's okay to be a sports fan, sports hater, or sports apathetic. But you're probably in that spectrum somewhere!

I doubt that your friends would have any difficulty putting your interests/personality into a category.

 

[Mad Jack]

I'm keeping my options open at the moment, and tbh I really don't want to go into a specialty where I'll be an oddball or otherwise not suited for personality wise. They say that most "nerdy" kids should go into internal medicine, most "jocks" should go into surgery, and most preps into peds and derm. It's easy to say that stuff doesn't matter, but as someone that has worked a few years in the real world before applying to medical school, the real world workplace isn't that much different than high school.

You literally have no idea what you're talking about.

There's weird people in every specialty.

 

[bc65]

OP: I think it's true that different specialties attract different personality types. However, you shouldn't attach too much significance to that observation.

The reality is that there's a huge overalap of personalities in every specialty, so you should not try to choose a specialty based on what you heard about the personalities. What might actually happen is that you will find yourself most comfortable in a particular specialty, and one of the factors, perhaps a very minor one, that makes you feel comfortable, will be the personalities.

So just wait until you do the rotations and then see what you like. There's room for outliers and non-conformists in every specialty.

 

[The_Sunny_Doc]

It kind of says something about everyone's misconceptions that you automatically equate different with dork/nerd. Like I said before, I don't really fit in with nerds either (not an atheist, play/follow sports, Big Bang Theory bores the daylights out of me, anime is kind of creepy IMO, etc...). But I guess it shows that most people want to try to "categorize" others in boxes. Since I don't fit in any of these boxes, it's hard for me to fit in a box for what specialty I want.

Psych has been thrown around, and it is true that the people I'd be dealing with as patients would definitely be considered "odd" by most people, so that's definitely a plus for psych. Plus I hear it has a great lifestyle.

"Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else." - Margaret Mead

 

[TraumaLlamaMD]

But I guess it shows that most people want to try to "categorize" others in boxes.

I've thought about it. Seems like it would be a good job, but then you'd have to interact a lot with the surgeons which are certified brodudes. Maybe pain medicine?

Hypocritical much? If you're going to put people in boxes, expect others to do the same to you. Nobody wants to think of themselves as a stereotype, but you aren't any more unique than the rest of us.

Either accept that you are just as definable and categorizable as every other special snowflake out there, or accept that not everybody who likes the same kind of medicine is exactly the same.

 

[giantswing]

It kind of says something about everyone's misconceptions that you automatically equate different with dork/nerd. Like I said before, I don't really fit in with nerds either (not an atheist, play/follow sports, Big Bang Theory bores the daylights out of me, anime is kind of creepy IMO, etc...). But I guess it shows that most people want to try to "categorize" others in boxes. Since I don't fit in any of these boxes, it's hard for me to fit in a box for what specialty I want.

Psych has been thrown around, and it is true that the people I'd be dealing with as patients would definitely be considered "odd" by most people, so that's definitely a plus for psych. Plus I hear it has a great lifestyle.

You are not a special little snowflake that is so different from everyone else.

Chillax. You'll find something and it'll be fine.

 

[deleted500612]

I'm keeping my options open at the moment, and tbh I really don't want to go into a specialty where I'll be an oddball or otherwise not suited for personality wise. They say that most "nerdy" kids should go into internal medicine, most "jocks" should go into surgery, and most preps into peds and derm. It's easy to say that stuff doesn't matter, but as someone that has worked a few years in the real world before applying to medical school, the real world workplace isn't that much different than high school.

You cannot pigeon-hole an entire specialty into a single personality stereotype. Sure you can generalize a bit, but there are so many exceptions to every rule that it's pointless trying to choose a specialty based on that. I'd worry more about enjoying what you do than predicting whether or not you will "fit in" to a specialty, especially because your predictions will often be wrong seeing as every department at every hospital has a different culture with their own eclectic collection of staff...

 

[Mad Jack]

 

[famoussquamous]

Hypocritical much? If you're going to put people in boxes, expect others to do the same to you. Nobody wants to think of themselves as a stereotype, but you aren't any more unique than the rest of us.

Either accept that you are just as definable and categorizable as every other special snowflake out there, or accept that not everybody who likes the same kind of medicine is exactly the same.

I feel like you and most other people are missing the entire point of this thread. Most of you guys have interpreted this thread to be "hey guyz I be so special and different and no one understands me". It seems like some of you guys have a serious case of countertransference going on for no reason. I don't know why you're getting so angry. It's obvious that different specialties attract different personality types, and obviously there's outliers to every category and statistic out there.

I did ask one of my friends this question IRL and she said most neurosurgeons he met would probably qualify as more "eccentric" types than other surgeons.

I doubt that your friends would have any difficulty putting your interests/personality into a category.

They've all said that my interests/personality is just "different" and that's what they liked about me. Also you guys can stop with the "you're not a special snowflake" garbage. I'm not bragging about being different, I was just curious about what specialties I should look into. Waiting until third year is good, but what if there are some subspecialties that you don't get to during core rotations that 'd miss? I wanted to shadow some doctors this summer in some of those specialties, and Psych is now on my list.

 

[TraumaLlamaMD]

Try PMNR. You almost certainly won't get exposure unless you look for it.

 

[muhali3]

If you're "weird", there's no specialty that is going to make you feel "normal" as most people are normal. I'm inferring that you're kind of a bit withdrawn, introverted type and if so, you can learn to be more social and fitting in, without giving up who you are.

 

[giantswing]

For the love of all that is holy, go into a specialty you love, for no other reason than that.

Once you find that you'll fit. You just will.

You're going backwards trying to find something "eccentric."

Hell, if i went by "personality" stereotype fit I'd be an ob gyn or a pediatrician. F. That.

 

[Psai]

For the love of all that is holy, go into a specialty you love, for no other reason than that.

Once you find that you'll fit. You just will.

You're going backwards trying to find something "eccentric."

Hell, if i went by "personality" stereotype fit I'd be an ob gyn or a pediatrician. F. That.

Ob eh? You must have an amazing personality

 

[Over9000]

Ob eh? You must have an amazing personality

What is it about obs that attracts so many curmudgeonly people? Is the general sourness inherent to the people in it, or does the training and subsequent stressful job suck the compassion right out of them?

 

[giantswing]

Ob eh? You must have an amazing personality

I do.

 

[giantswing]

What is it about obs that attracts so many curmudgeonly people? Is the general sourness inherent to the people in it, or does the training and subsequent stressful job suck the compassion right out of them?

I think it's staring at torn lady bits, but I don't know for sure.

 

[TraumaLlamaMD]

What is it about obs that attracts so many curmudgeonly people? Is the general sourness inherent to the people in it, or does the training and subsequent stressful job suck the compassion right out of them?

It's getting to look at all those adorable newborns and then having them snatched away by the pediatricians while you have to deal with a very cranky woman who just gave birth and is covered in her own feces.

Edit: In retrospect, newborns are pretty gross too. No idea.

 

[NontradCA]

It's getting to look at all those adorable newborns and then having them snatched away by the pediatricians while you have to deal with a very cranky woman who just gave birth and is covered in her own feces.

Edit: In retrospect, newborns are pretty gross too. No idea.

Newborns look like ETs. Parasitic ETs.