Psychiatry as a Specialty Choice

When I was growing up, I had always thought I'd want to be a psychiatrist. I then experienced significant emotional and, at times, physical abuse at the hands of a family member, and that family member ultimately committed suicide. This whole situation is incredibly complex and not really something that I should get into here. In any case, this led me to believe that I should not go into psychiatry for multiple reasons. The first is that I was worried the emotional baggage that I received... Read more
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