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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a Peds ICU doc. I take care of your worst nightmare. It's hard to sympathize with DH venting about office stuff when I'm still trying to process caring for the 2 year old that was beaten to death or the 8 year old that last week was fine but now we are taking her off life support.[/quote]

well, it sounds like you might not be totally 'toughened up' but yes, that is on some absolute objective scale much worse than...

[quote]I'm not saying my DH's work stress is any less real but it does lack the horrific impact on human beings that I deal with on a daily basis.[/quote]

...your husband's office stress.  But that's the thing: everything is relative.  We don't live in a world where everyone is operation on some global universal scale.  Think about how your pts experience pain: are they really all exactly the same?  Feelings are even more nebulous.  Your husband's stresses are real to him, as real as yours are to you.

Honestly, though, it sounds like you might be losing respect for him and have some contempt for his concerns.  At the end of it all, what difference does it make whether his worries are silly and trivial in your view?  What are you really being asked to do beyond listen?  [/quote]

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