All these years........as a doctor I have been told and trained and advised to be kind, nice, compassionate, empathetic, listen, acknowledge, validate, help, assist, care, go beyond ......
No wonder it has taken a toll on me.
Good sharing for your first post on this thread. You remind me of me.
Your confusion did occur to me in the past.
In the end, I concluded that, (in your context), if I am a doctor again, I will still want to be kind, nice, compassionate, empathetic, listen, acknowledge, validate, help, assist, care, go beyond ......
You will be so, too.