Is it normal to feel like you're on a pretty nice roller coster ride during medical school? One minute you're happy then the next, you want to crawl into a hole and die. Could this be a result of an underlying psychiatric disorder? Or is this just medical school. FYI: I chose the name "MrBrightSide" before starting medical school. :p

Could this be a result of an underlying psychiatric disorder? Or is this just medical school.

Turns out they're one and the same.

FYI: I chose the name "MrBrightSide" before starting medical school. :p

I'm with you on this and I think you answered your own question. This began after starting medical school.

Although most of the time I feel like I got in to school by mistake, there are some days when I feel I belong in class and am doing well.

This comforting thought is obliterated quickly once I take a practice exam and see my score. :eek:

Turns out they're one and the same.

TRUTH.:thumbup:

Medschool is like a roller coaster, a roller coaster at the fair that has just burst into flames as it careens off the track into a crowd of school children, while all you can do is run around in circles flailing your arms and crying for your mother.

while all you can do is run around in circles flailing your arms and crying for your mother.

But the only one around is your weird Uncle Phil, you know, the one that your parents won't leave you alone with at family gatherings...

Medschool is like a roller coaster, a roller coaster at the fair that has just burst into flames as it careens off the track into a crowd of school children, while all you can do is run around in circles flailing your arms and crying for your mother.

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yup, roller coaster it is . . . but didn't we all (most of us) experience an equally horrible roller coaster when applying to med school? one day i'm in, one day i'm a chump, etc etc. so yeah, "one in the same" bears A LOT of truth.


we are neurotic from the start (most of us, to some degree). the anxiety of school and responsibility only brings out the screaming, or wimpering, child in us all

yup, roller coaster it is . . . but didn't we all (most of us) experience an equally horrible roller coaster when applying to med school? one day i'm in, one day i'm a chump, etc etc. so yeah, "one in the same" bears A LOT of truth.


we are neurotic from the start (most of us, to some degree). the anxiety of school and responsibility only brings out the screaming, or wimpering, child in us all

Perhaps, but its been 2 years since I applied so its more of a distant (yet painful) memory

Turns out they're one and the same.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: i couldn't agree more.

I'm becoming cynical. I can't help it. Thanks for the posts. It's good to know that my peers feel the same way I do.

Is it normal to feel like you're on a pretty nice roller coster ride during medical school? One minute you're happy then the next, you want to crawl into a hole and die. Could this be a result of an underlying psychiatric disorder? Or is this just medical school. FYI: I chose the name "MrBrightSide" before starting medical school. :p

yep, agree! I use it to my benefit though... I usually never complain, but I called my parents and told them about how much it sucked, the sheer volume of what I have to know for my next tests, and how I don't think I'm going to be able to do it... and now they're asking what they can send/buy me to make me feel better ;) and encouraging me to eat at expensive restaurants because "if you're happy and well-fed, you'll study and do better"... heh heh.

haha. yeah, if uncle sam only knew how i spent his money . . . all in the name of healing

f**k man, why do they make med school sooooo hard to take seriously? i mean, i'm looking at lung slides right now and the prof says "uhhhh, yeah, i think thats a red blood cell . . . ?"

wow