I'm one of those. No apologies. It takes a particular personality type -- that probably speaks poorly of me, but at least I'm self aware.
I'm also one of the dying breed of litigators who is also a regular appellate practitioner (and pretty damned good at it). I like both aspects.
But yes, dealing with....people....has become more challenging these last few years. As our society descends into completely fractious disorder, it's fucking tough.
This is the hardest part, actually -- the "Calvinball" nature of the courts. It used to be, you could follow a court's opinions and record, and "what the law is" on certain issues, and advise your clients with some predictability as to how they should act to avoid risk, and/or what the court was likely to do once we're before that court. Now....who knows? Sure, the law says X, Fox News and Trump say Y, so....yeah, I can't tell you how it will go. On the "bright side," that's crystalizing more every day. What would Trump/Paxton demand the court do? Then that's what they'll do. It really doesn't matter what the case law says.
That's frustrating as hell. I can't tell you how many attorneys and decisionmaker I've talked to who are utterly exasperated by this state of affairs. It makes it impossible to do business, and certainly impossible to do anything that might touch on "the public good" (because if it's good for the public....it's bad, and should be stopped).
I started practicing law in a Constitutional Republic. Today, I'm practicing law in a banana republic, and that's not what I fucking trained for.