Dreading 2nd Semester

[Aquarius9017]

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Hey all,

So I am about to end my first semester of Med School tomorrow and while I’m happy that I’m one step closer, I can’t help but feel dread thinking of second semester. I can’t shake the feeling that I’m not meant to be here. Fist semester kicked my butt and I thinking of the stress that second semester will bring makes sort of scared. What are some ways you guys coped with the intensity of medical school? I feel like like I hardly ever have time for myself.

 

[dabears405]

Every semester is different. First semester for me was the hardest semester of med school and im a 3rd year now. There are easier semesters compared to others, you'll adapt to learn how to relax/take time off school. Don't go to lectures, there are definitely time to do things outside from med school.

 

[Sardonix]

Hey all,

So I am about to end my first semester of Med School tomorrow and while I’m happy that I’m one step closer, I can’t help but feel dread thinking of second semester. I can’t shake the feeling that I’m not meant to be here. Fist semester kicked my butt and I thinking of the stress that second semester will bring makes sort of scared. What are some ways you guys coped with the intensity of medical school? I feel like like I hardly ever have time for myself.

Don't go to class.

Don't listen to people who tell you how to study "cuz it really works for me."

Don't listen to people talking about how great they're doing because they're either annoying or they're lying.

If you haven't been able to exercise, go to the gym and walk while watching lectures/whatever. It's very relaxing and doing an hour can burn 300-400 calories depending on how intense you walk. If you do that multiple times a week that's lotsa calories burned and helps spend energy without being much of a commitment AND you feel better about having "worked out."

 

[JustPass]

First two years are hard, third year is also hard. 4th year is hard until interviews are over. And I'm sure intern year will be hard.
You have to get through it to become a physician.
Go exercise, eat good food, watch good movies, go drink, hang with friends, go see family, or sleep for an entire day.
You HAVE to get through it. If it was easy, anyone can do it.

 

[gensurghopeful]

First two years are hard, third year is also hard. 4th year is hard until interviews are over. And I'm sure intern year will be hard.
You have to get through it to become a physician.
Go exercise, eat good food, watch good movies, go drink, hang with friends, go see family, or sleep for an entire day.
You HAVE to get through it. If it was easy, anyone can do it.

This.

 

[deleted707454]

You will be surprised how much you'll bounce back after a short break off from winter break. Then you maintain and slog through until spring break, then you can refresh and bounce back. Everyone is having the same dread, remember that.

 

[Goro]

Hey all,

So I am about to end my first semester of Med School tomorrow and while I’m happy that I’m one step closer, I can’t help but feel dread thinking of second semester. I can’t shake the feeling that I’m not meant to be here. Fist semester kicked my butt and I thinking of the stress that second semester will bring makes sort of scared. What are some ways you guys coped with the intensity of medical school? I feel like like I hardly ever have time for myself.

Read this:

• Goro's Guide to Success in Medical School (2018 edition)

 

[AlbinoHawk DO]

It gets better. It's like Stockholm syndrome. After some time, you'll be okay with it

 

[IsWhat]

Second semester of first year is tough, because you are likely trying to figure out a routine and you have some downtime over Christmas break to think about just how hard first semester really was. Put your head down and keep pushing forward. I was just like you, and by Christmas of second year I was so locked in with my study routine that it was nothing for me to look at the next weeks schedule on a Sunday night, see a test scheduled for Wednesday and think, “oh right, I have a test this week”, without any worry. First year I would have been worrying about said test for weeks.

You learn to hit “goalposts” in your studying - for me it was three passes of the material and I would pass the test with room to spare, four passes and I would be in the 90’s. Once you figure out your “goalposts” it becomes easier to go do fun things outside of school without worry or guilt, because you know you are on track to perform well.

 

[BorntobeDO?]

First two years are hard, third year is also hard. 4th year is hard until interviews are over. And I'm sure intern year will be hard.
You have to get through it to become a physician.
Go exercise, eat good food, watch good movies, go drink, hang with friends, go see family, or sleep for an entire day.
You HAVE to get through it. If it was easy, anyone can do it.

I really wonder how some of my professors made it through tho. Was it really that much easier 15 years ago? I mean my OMM guys literally know nothing about medicine at all. And some of the clinical faculty aren't that far ahead of them.

 

[Aquarius9017]

Thanks everyone! Now that the semester is officially over I’m going to gather myself, take a much needed break, and just enjoy my time off. I feel a little better now. It was probably a mixture of anxiety due to my final and being homesick.

 

[NotYou20]

First semester was the worst one for me. Didn't go to the gym at all and got pretty out of shape. So second semester even though I didn't know how id have time for everything I worked out for 1-2 hours 4 or 5 times per week. Felt much better and did better in school and studied more efficiently.

 

[Neopolymath]

I really wonder how some of my professors made it through tho. Was it really that much easier 15 years ago? I mean my OMM guys literally know nothing about medicine at all. And some of the clinical faculty aren't that far ahead of them.

Genetics was not even a thing back then so there's that. They got to learn (or not for some of them) the advances of medicine piecemeal as it happened. Frankly, many of them absolutely would not have made it. I've even had a few admit it.

FA in 1990 was probably like 20 pages lol.