Rodanthe

My question is this:

I have always wanted to be a vet but I ended up pursuing a different career due to circumstances that are not part of our discussion now. Animals are my passion, they always have been. I am going to assume you too absolutely love animals, since you chose this career.

The older I got, the more I realised that I don't have the stomach to be a vet and it was actually good that I pursued another profession. As passionate as I am about animals and as much as I adore them, I cannot stomach seeing them sick, wounded, diseased or deceased. I can't, I break down, my insides hurt, my heart feels like it will explode from grief and sadness. It's too much and it's beyond my powers to handle.

How do you handle this? Is it something that is taught or is it something that you become accustomed to after a while of seeing animals in bad condition? Or do you just never get used to it but it's part of the job and you have no choice? Thank you for your response. :)

Thank you for your response.

See, this is something I can't do. I absolutely love science and medicine (veterinary medicine, not human medicine) but I love animals more. It sounds really unfair that they blame you when you did all you could and you need to charge for those services. Either way, I have utmost respect and admiration for vets, a whole lot more so than human physicians.