Psychiatrists hang around insane asylums for the same reason that Bodhisattvas are reborn as humans - to do what they can to help the suffering. May all beings find happiness and the causes of happiness, and may all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. Kuma.
I believe that close to half of the people who become psychiatrists or psychologists entered the field in order to find out what was wrong with them. Over the years there have been several surveys about this with a varying, yet considerable, percentage. Re: Kuma's response -- Look up "Bodhisattva" in Tibetan Buddhism.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.