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some fields involved in dealing with trauma seem to rub off on the practitioners and those fields end up with high suicide rates. I used to hear that psychiatrists and counselors had a ridiculous rate of suicide, which makes sense when you're dealing with multiple people's issues. and, my uncle used to tell me that counselors start of crazy and that's why they get into psychiatry to try to heal themselves. I also heard dentists have a high suicide rate.
I believe Dentists have one of the highest suicide rates of any profession. Seems strange. I've no doubt it can be unpleasant, but it's a lucrative career and unlike a lot of medical specialities, you're not dealing with life-threatening conditions(most of the time).