2023-09-03 08:10:27
The vocation and the determination of a doctor are essential qualities to successfully finish your time as a resident. But, there are other factors during your training that can negatively affect your physical and mental healthcausing them, in more extreme cases, to make the decision to give up your specialty.
This has been the case that the doctor has experienced Raquel Urangawho has posted a message on Twitter explaining that, after a year and a half after starting the residency and being “one of the best” of her class, she has seen the need to resign.
“I have gained ten extra kilos and I have a mixed anxiety and depression disorder. I love emergencies, but I love my mental health and my happiness more ”, this doctor has written on her profile along with a photo of her official resignation document.
1 year and a half after starting my residency, being one of the best averages of my year, 10 extra kilos and debuting with a mixed anxiety-depression disorder, I have decided to resign. I love emergencies but I love more my mental health and my happiness. pic.twitter.com/4vzJtoXkfb
— Raquel Uranga (@RaquelUranga2) August 28, 2023
Shows of understanding and empathy from other doctors
After telling his story and the reasons why he has decided to take this course, the comments of other doctors have not been long in coming with motivating phrases and showing understanding and empathy for the “difficult decision made.”
“The best thing you have done is prioritize your health. In addition, with this message you are encouraging other residents, who may be going through the same situation, to pluck up their courage and resign”, one of them thanked.
The situation that Uranga has gone through is not an exceptional case, other doctors who have experienced similar situations have wanted to tell their stories in order to convey to the author of the thread the feeling that “she is not alone.”
Give up the specialty during residency
“How sad this is, but unfortunately it is a reality. me, a few years ago too I gave up my residence due to mistreatment. Fortunately for me, I have taken them up again elsewhere. This type of situation must end ”, one of them emphasized.
Likewise, another doctor has narrated that he also resigned last week after losing 16 kilos in the last months of residence. “I was diagnosed with a major depressive disorder and hospitalized. Health never comes back and has to come first. I applaud the courage of your decision ”, he explained.
Most of the comments that have participated in the thread agree on the same conclusion: mental health must be prioritized. In this sense, a doctor lamented how “little is said” about this type of problems that doctors have during their formative stage in hospitals.
The residence “wears out” the mental health of doctors
“Because no one talks about the fact that what is truly difficult is doing the residency and enduring all those years that wear down your mental health,” he lamented.
In fact, another of the doctors has been amazed at the “incredible” number of resident resignations that occur each year for reasons related to mental health.
“This is the feared future of many professionals in the health field. Mental health is the most important thing and there is no negotiation”
“Why do you have to go through so much to achieve a goal? humiliation and punishments? There will still be some who wonder why you don’t do a certain specialty if the financial reward is good. As if it were just choosing it and magically being a specialist, ”he criticized.
To conclude, another doctor has warned that this “is the feared future of many professionals” within the health field. “Mental health is the most important thing and there is no negotiation. It doesn’t matter what it is, ”he has concluded her.
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