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Farrah said:what do you all do when u get bogged down with premed crap? what inspires u to keep going? what keeps u going? i read about a lot of premeds who overcome obstacles, reapplying and stuff and i was wondering what is it that has kept u going at it and helped you through.
Fumoffu said:I hate to stereotype but Humanities majors are the coolest people.
I see that the thread is over four years old.. but I'd still like to say something. The depression only hits me when I stop working and think about how much I've become detached from myself over the course of undergrad. Attempting to be as emotionless as possible has helped periodically in blocking out inconvenient thoughts of sadness.
However, sooner or later I find myself unable to function for two days straight due to feelings of misery and wanting to completely throw away all I've done so far.
So, its a method of postponing your dealing with emotion that somewhat works for me.
The premed process of studying/applying/rejection/acceptance is not really what bothers me, but rather its the detachment from the things I used to have time for and love doing. I'm in my third year of undergrad now.. I have done really well in classes, but the psychological toll is high.
What is particularly saddening is the thought that there is so much more that I would have like to have done in my relatively care-free youth and that I will never again have the opportunity/time to enjoy life the way I could have.
I was googling for a forum for depressed Uni students and this came up so thats why I'm writing here.
What keeps me going is that I have only 8 or so months left of the most grueling part of this process and I'd hate my self for pissing on all that I've sacrificed thus far.
I just thought I'd share that with anyone who may end up clicking on the same google search result.
Don't live in the past, live for the present, dwelling on what could have been will get you no where. Start doing some of the things you want to do. This process isn't over anytime soon for you assuming you are planning on going on to medical school. During med school and residency you need to sacrifice a lot more than you had to during undergrad. Take advantage of your remaining time before you truly find yourself without free time. Also I agree with the above poster, exercise is a great way to help relieve stress and usually gives me a boost if I am feeling down or lose perspective.What keeps me going is that I have only 8 or so months left of the most grueling part of this process and I'd hate my self for pissing on all that I've sacrificed thus far.
Depression is too common these days and that's not a good thing.
I see that the thread is over four years old.. but I'd still like to say something. The depression only hits me when I stop working and think about how much I've become detached from myself over the course of undergrad. Attempting to be as emotionless as possible has helped periodically in blocking out inconvenient thoughts of sadness.
However, sooner or later I find myself unable to function for two days straight due to feelings of misery and wanting to completely throw away all I've done so far.
So, its a method of postponing your dealing with emotion that somewhat works for me.
The premed process of studying/applying/rejection/acceptance is not really what bothers me, but rather its the detachment from the things I used to have time for and love doing. I'm in my third year of undergrad now.. I have done really well in classes, but the psychological toll is high.
What is particularly saddening is the thought that there is so much more that I would have like to have done in my relatively care-free youth and that I will never again have the opportunity/time to enjoy life the way I could have.
I was googling for a forum for depressed Uni students and this came up so thats why I'm writing here.
What keeps me going is that I have only 8 or so months left of the most grueling part of this process and I'd hate my self for pissing on all that I've sacrificed thus far.
I just thought I'd share that with anyone who may end up clicking on the same google search result.
i disagree with this but its an individual thing i suppose. has anyone written about this kind of thing on apps?Been depressed, but have since recovered. The trick is to avoid taking medication. If you grit your teeth and work hard you will eventually solve your problems, but if you take meds, you will develop a dependency that will be extremely difficult to break.
med school applications lol.sorry can you explain apps?
How can you even tell if you have depression? Hell, not caring has become a defense mechanism for me. I guess that's what happens when you toss yourself into a failure-shame cycle.
I'll just go ahead and gripe on here...
You think you can handle everything, right? And then suddenly you try, and oh god, guess what? I'm not good enough. Ok, so all As and president of every club doesn't sound realistic. But I should be able to do something worthwhile. And can you imagine me in the future? God, this is just high school.
Been depressed, but have since recovered. The trick is to avoid taking medication. If you grit your teeth and work hard you will eventually solve your problems, but if you take meds, you will develop a dependency that will be extremely difficult to break.
has anyone written about this kind of thing on apps?
I drink alone and play RTS games on easy difficulty to simulate the feeling of having control.