Me: I want to help people.

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Me: I want to help people.
Also me: Googles “career options that don’t involve burnout, capitalism, or crying in the washroom.”

Some days I feel like I’m made for this—healthcare, healing, hope.
Other days, I wonder if I’m just too soft for a system that rarely says, “Are you okay?”

But maybe softness isn’t a flaw.
Maybe it’s what makes us pause and ask the right questions:
“Why is no one talking about burnout?”
“Why do we normalize silence around mental health in medicine?”
“Why do I feel guilty for taking a break?”

We’re Gen Z. We grew up googling symptoms at midnight, helping friends through panic attacks, learning boundaries from Instagram infographics, and unlearning what hustle culture taught us.

We don’t want to just function in healthcare—we want to feel in it.
To bring in empathy, change the tone, and still carry our ambition with softness.

And no, we’re not too emotional.
We’re just human—loudly, bravely, and unapologetically.

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This is powerful and beautifully said. Gen Z isn’t too emotional, we’re just emotionally aware.

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Embracing softness in healthcare isn’t a flaw, it’s a strength.

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Empathy is hugely underrated, but if we see it closely, it has the power to be a clinical asset. If we see clinically too, treating a case with empathy can lead to enhanced patient outcomes that can boost the moral of the healthcare professional too. Through empathetic communications, there’s more chance that the patient will stick to the treatment with the same professional and this will also enhance the rate of patient satisfaction. With the right emotional intelligence and a pinch of empathy, it can also reduce the burnout in case of the healthcare professional as well, as mostly the professionals get burnout through the overwhelming thoughts rather than charged emotions. While dealing with mental health concerns, holding a safe and non-judgemental emotional space for someone is almost like a clinical protocol. Softness can never be a flaw, as it is a byproduct of self-healing and resilience.

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You’ve put into words what so many of us feel but don’t always know how to express.

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