Residency ruining my spouse’s life, considering leaving medicine
My spouse and I have been together over a decade and we’ve been together before they even considered going into medicine, so I’ve had a front row seat to how medicine has impacted them.
With what started as a genuine passion and something they were so excited to pursue has only turned into a worse nightmare as each year of residency passes.
They hate everything about medicine and have reached a state a genuine depression. We have one year left of this residency program and I am counting the days until it’s over, it’s that miserable watching them suffer this way.
I don’t have anyone else who can relate to this, everyone just thinks we are going to be super rich and happy after residency ends, and no one really takes my concerns seriously as they seem like over exaggerated complaints.
At this point, I think my spouse is going to leave medicine; however, we don’t know what that looks like. Has anyone here had a partner that left medicine and were happy with that choice? I’d love to hear success stories here because I need a light at the end of the tunnel 😫