Do you think doctors are one of the happiest people in the world?

[jennifer_bloom]

They get money, social status, the ability to help people, the ability to serve God, the ability to socialize with clients, the most amazing friends, the best health knowledge, and the ability to date any type of person they want.

[Joshydavid25]

No... Many people have said that the doctors were wrong.. Also depending on what type of practice they get into they have to serve their masters "Big Pharma" and give out medicine just for them to get more money.. But also it seems like a lot of stress.. Many have to work long hours, and have probably seen their fair share of tragedy.. Not to mention a lot probably get sued too, or cause the hospital to get sued..

[Joshydavid25]

Thanks for MHO!

[DryGermanGuy]

Absolutely not. Lots of working hours, stress and responsibility for other people’s lives. I have heard alcoholism is quite common among MDs.

[SotiCoto]

Not even remotely. Doctors are cursed. It is the sort of position best performed by someone with a strong grasp of science, but the motivations for taking such a position are typically held by the exact opposite sort of people. So the ones who end up as doctors are usually the borderline religious semi-idiots with a severe case of cognitive dissonance. The truly intelligent would favour research positions over public-facing , practicing positions so they could advance the collective knowledge of humanity rather than wasting their time on idiots who lick electric outlets and attack traffic, and the overwhelmingly stupid couldn't even pass the university exams in the first place. So what is left is always someone who is out of their depth and desperately trying to hide it.

[BadApple69]

Nope. I think they are miserable people. They see people sick and dying all day long! You couldn't pay me enough to do that job.

[aceleon]

no, in my country they get killed because they didn't give medicines.

[zagor]

No, no, no. I know of two doctors who commit suicide. Another who was married to a relative of mine is bipolar. Another lost his license due to alcoholism.

[Anonymous]

In the United States obviously yes since they are rich, in my country it is the second highest paying university degree, they have good status but not as much as in the United States.

[Ironic_Method]

I know a number of unhappy doctors so... no?