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I don't think the OP was thinking he/she is a medic. I think he/she is just concerned about not screwing up at a new job, which I think is a pretty legitimate concern. Yeah, some of it sounded wackerish I think it came from true concern.

Nine Important Facts to Remember as You Grow Older: · Number 9 - Death is the number 1 killer in the world. · Number 8 - Life is sexually transmitted. · Number 7 - Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. · Number 6 - Men have two emotions: hungry and horny, and they can't tell them apart. If you see a gleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich. · Number 5 - Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks, months, maybe years. · Number 4 - Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing. · Number 3 - All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. · Number 2 - In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal. · Number 1 - Life is like a jar of jalapeno peppers. What you do today might burn your ass tomorrow. ...and as someone recently said to me: Don't worry about old age; it doesn't last that long.

I think this is it. When I look at my peers who have developed PTSD, it's hard to discount their experiences and say, "This couldn't have been me". I think we all have our breaking point. I think that our abilities to cope with the traumatic events we experience are often related to how well our personal lives are. It's easier for me to deal with difficult calls when things are good at home. When they're not, I'm simply more vulnerable. It's easy to judge someone else for having PTSD. If you judge that individual, you don't have to accept that that could have been you. These attitudes prevent us from seeking help, and prevent our peers from seeking help, and ultimately they probably contribute to the suicides that happen. It's a terrible thing to sit back afterwards and wonder, what could we have done to prevent this?