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Residency and physician nightmares years after training

April 3, 2026r/medicine

In r/medicine, physicians describe recurring nightmares about residency even decades later, suggesting long-lasting psychological imprinting from training stress and hierarchical conflict.

“Anybody have nightmares from residency?”
“This happens to me a few times a year even though I’m more than a decade past training.”
“My father retired 20 years ago and still has similar nightmares.”
Anybody have nightmares from residency?
This happens to me a few times a year even though I’m more than a decade past training.
My father retired 20 years ago and still has similar nightmares.
r/medicine
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