I knowwwww! Like anyone would actually do that in real life. "Hey, this person I love and adore is dying, and I can save her, but I won't, because it makes my life less real."

It's as though they would just shut the EMH down in that episode where he has a nervous breakdown because of the moral dilemma where he chose between two lives to save (WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT EP? IT IS SO GOOD!).