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* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'', healers (clerics, monk, sages, druids, bishops, etc.) couldn't use their staves to heal themselves. This was altered only in ''Radiant Dawn'', where units equipped with a healing Staff automatically recovers hitpoints each turn.

** In ''VideoGame/Persona4'', Sayoko Uehara develops past her "party nurse" side after [[spoiler:a former patient of hers dies]]. Unfortunately, she develops into a {{Workaholic}} instead, and doesn't manage to find a proper balance until after she's collapsed from overwork.
*** In addition, the one case Detective Ryotaro Dojima is unable to solve is the identity of his wife's killer. He feels wracked about it as the incident broke his daughter.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5 Royal'' adds Dr. Takuto Maruki, a part-time counselor who is hired to work at Shujin Academy after Kamoshida's change of heart. However, later in the game, it's shown that he could probably do with some therapy himself.

* Hugh Darrow from ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', the man known as the "The Father of Tomorrow", inventor of modern human augmentation, author of countless books about transhumanism and one of the most powerful, influential and beloved people in the world... has to walk with crutches, as he of all people suffers of an extremely rare genetic condition that causes his body to violently reject augmentations. There is just something so ''tragic'' about seeing an old man forced to watch all of his dreams of a better humanity coming true and knowing that he would be the only one not to enjoy the paradise he has created. [[spoiler:This is his [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist true motive]] for modifying the Illuminati's control signal to turn Augmented people into psychotic berserkers; he's become so bitter and misanthropic that he wants to KillEmAll [[EvilIsPetty out of spite]].]]

* The UsefulNotes/LasVegas Strip is an interesting variation of this trope in relation to locals' paricipation of its various amenities. Specifically, while the Strip [[VivaLasVegas is a major tourist attraction]] (and, therefore, a main source of employment for many in the Las Vegas area), [[https://www.feelingvegas.com/do-las-vegas-locals-go-to-the-strip/ most locals actually avoid the Strip's casinos on their time off, except for special occasions]].

* PlayedForLaughs in the ''Manga/FairyTail'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10264509/278/Tales-of-Fairies Morning After Cliche: Rowen Edition]]'', where [Gajeel, Laxus, and Natsu (who was dragged along) confront the now adult Romeo and Wendy about having sex and Gajeel and Laxus not being happy that their [[MySisterIsOffLimits younger Dragon Slayer had been "defiled"]]. When Romeo snarks that Gajeel has his own daughter to do this for, Gajeel replies that he has Lily watching over Gilly's wellbeing and interest. Cue a GilliganCut where Lily is sleeping and five-years-old Gilly is reading some of her mother's risque books.

* In ''Film/AKnigbtsTale'', William’s dad is a thatcher or roof maker by trade. But he went blind and couldn’t fix his own roof. William does it for him and it sets up part of the film’s climax since Adhemar catches him at it and exposes him.

** Also occurs with Dr. Cox and his infant daughter Jennifer, [[IllGirl who is born with a serious medical condition]] that required prenatal surgery. When she requires a shot, Dr. Cox doesn't want to be the one to give it to her because he doesn't want her to associate him with pain and instead walks around for hours trying to find someone he trusts to do it.

* If you fix computers for a living, [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-guy-whos-fixing-your-computer-hates-you/ this article]] explains why it's actually often best not to draw attention to that fact around your friends and family. For those too lazy to click a link, it's because you'll be treated the same as you are at work (i.e. horribly) but you won't get paid for it.

* In ''Taking Flight'' by Creator/SieraMaley, main character Lauren is a troubled teenager shipped off to live with David, a counselor who specializes in rehabbing kids like her. Yet David fails to notice that his wife, Wendy, has basically dragooned their son into a wedding he feels too young for, and their daughter has stayed in the closet because her mother is a homophobe, and is also burying her dream of being an artist because Wendy doesn't consider it worthwhile. Both children are unreasonably concerned with making ''her'' happy when it should be the other way round. David is, by all accounts, good at what he does, but he's disturbed to realize that his wife is suffocating their children while he has expected them to be role models for the juvenile delinquents he takes in, which is a lot of pressure to be perfect. He decides to take a break from all that to focus on his own family.
* In ''Literature/TheOrphanageGirls'', the orphanage’s main trustee is like a mother to the orphans, showers them with attention and is always eager to help them, but has an extremely strained relationship with her own daughter.

* ''VideoGame/Dishonored2'' reveals that the guy who makes the safes you find throughout the series is totally inept at securing his own property; he keeps forgetting the three-digit codes to his safe and when you break into his house, you'll find that the current combination is 123. And [[UpToEleven he has an extremely obvious painting giving away the code in the same room]].

** Speaking of that loveless marriage, neither of them realize that Niles' wife Maris is likely suffering from eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder, despite her numerous eccentricities -- her bizarre eating habits, her terror of gaining weight, her obsession with plastic surgery -- being a RunningGag. This one's somewhat debatable, however, as it's entirely possible that they have worked it out, but since Maris is otherwise so horrible and domineering they either can't managed to do anything about it or simply struggle to find the energy to care after a while.

* In ''Thanks For Sharing'', Mike is a longterm recovered addict who fully embraces the 12-step philosophy, and acts as a tough but compassionate sponsor/mentor to other recovering addicts. But he's a massive {{Jerkass}} to his own recovering-addict son.

* In ''Manga/BarefootGen'', there is a literal example because Gen's family makes sandals but Gen himself goes barefoot most of the time. This is likely because the sandals are meant for selling and/or as part of the war effort and thus they can't afford to keep any for their own family.

* The history of Mr. Riddles in Manga/ZatchBell, in the original Japanese, involves him as a surgeon trying to save his grandson but failing, sending him into a depression that is only lifted once Kido arrives.

* Two of the most well-known advice columns, ''Dear Abby'' and ''Ann Landers'', were written by two sisters, Pauline and Esther Friedman. The twins had been close-knit all through their childhood, but once they began writing their respective columns, they each accused the other of stealing their ideas, leading a to a feud that lasted decades. The women who made careers out of giving relationship advice to thousands of people couldn't patch up a petty sibling squabble until they were both approaching their senior years.

* The mother from ''Film/FreakyFriday2003'' also is a therapist, but the relation with her daughter isn't the best either. The fun comes when it turns out her ''daughter'' is a better therapist when it comes to counseling parents, because of her subjective experience from the other side.

** One episode has a pediatrician mention that parents of sick children have it worse if they're doctors, as the parent will always want to try to diagnose the child and will worry a lot more because they've [[AdultFear "seen too much"]].

* A tragic example occurs in ''Literature/DaddysLittleGirl''. Ellie lampshades that despite being a decorated police detective who saved many lives, her father couldn't prevent the murder of his own daughter, which just adds to his grief.

* Dr. Malcolm Long in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}''. Even though he is a psychiatrist, his relationship with his wife is dysfunctional. Overlaps with CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure.

* In ''ComicBook/RainbowRowellsRunaways'', Karolina Dean is studying to become a social worker, or possibly even a therapist, but seems oblivious to all the dysfunction happening among her adopted family. Granted, her burgeoning relationship with Nico may be distracting her.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'''s prologue, the Vault-Tec Rep is rejected from Vault 111.

** Meredith's mother died as a result of Alzheimer's Dementia (early onset, which she got before Meredith became a doctor). Derek, a neurosurgeon, [[DefiedTrope doesn't want the same thing to happen]] to Meredith so he arranges a clinical trial to research the disease, which has Dr. Webber's wife as a participant. Unfortunately, [[WhatAnIdiot Meredith invalidates the trial]] by messing with the data, while Adele Webber gets progressively worse and eventually dies.

* Literature/TheBible:
** The oft-quoted proverb from The Bible makes this trope OlderThanFeudalism, possibly even OlderThanDirt since the Bible admits it isn't the first instance of said proverb.
--->''"Surely you will quote me this proverb, 'Physician, [[HealThyself cure yourself]],' and say, 'Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.'"'' -- Jesus, '''Literature/TheBible, Luke 4:23 (NAB)'''
** It's implied that the reasons why so many kings from King David's line were evil is because their God-fearing fathers (whose choice of wife was more often motivated by political expediency or lust than finding a Godly woman) failed to teach them the importance of serving God properly.