Granted, I was a comms guy, but I was so happy to go to Iraq to get the hell out of Warner Robins, GAA soldier. Teacher, nurses, doctor, etc is just a routine mostly. You get used to it. You don't get used to the fact you might die by someone shooting you in the head. I would expect a lot of people dread hearing they have to go overseas. Like, it was pretty common to hear people hating that they were being sent to Afghanistan or Iraq. The amount of PTSD from soldiers is pretty high too. No amount of training really prepares the mind for that.
This reminds me of this photo
Though since the end result is already determined, doctors and nurses probably have it worse in the stress department. You deal with families in a vulnerable time, but with their fate ultimately depending on you and your team. Then you gotta deal with rough hours, a mountain of debt after years of hard education, and potentially ungrateful or lashing out patients or family members. Oh and it's all exacerbated when a pandemic is going on.
So yeah my final answer is doctors.
From what I know from people it has it's own level of stress for sure, but it's not as stressful on the other end because you already know they are going to pass at that point.I imagine hospice workers have it even worse. Your whole job is to just sit there and watch someone slowly die and try to make them as comfortable as possible.
Yeah, the jobs are not the same and shouldn't be grouped together. ATC at a busy airport can be chaotic and always been considered stressful. I don't think I've ever heard a pilot say their job is stressful.As a commercial pilot, I can confidently say that my job is actually the least stressful out of any job I've had in my life. ATC definitely has more stress
I'm glad your alive. Yah, no doubt that has to be one, if not the, most stressful jobs.Front line during a war or conflict.
I was an FMF corpsman in the Navy and did two tours in Iraq in '04 and '06. I was convinced myself or one of my Marines was going to get sniped or blown up by an IED every time we stepped outside the wire.
And before someone tries to be snarky with "you knew what you were getting into", I enlisted in May 2001.
Just unlucky on the timing when I entered service but extremely grateful to come out of it alive in the end.