I genuinely think many surgeons are traumatized from abuse during training. At least the older ones. Some survived and are able to break the cycle, others not so much. Things are (hopefully) improving but some have the archaic notion abusive environments will result in having a “thicker skin” and “not being weak”. Like abusing children or any group of people (like the military) you end up with people who have learned to suppress all the serious stuff and instead blow up at little things. People learn anger/aggression = strength and power when in reality they’re simply immature, domineering, and lack emotional regulation. The medical field expects people to work “”80 hours”” a week while sleep deprived, living off takeout, hardly seeing friends or family, and being treated like they’re stupid for 5-7 years and come out anything other than fucked up.

But hey, if they’re good surgeons, who cares right? / s