Hi all,
I recently shadowed a doctor for a day and had to lie down because I started feeling faint when the patient described his symptoms and the complications of the drug that he was taking. Ever since that day, I have started to feel "faint" and anxious at times when people describe their medical conditions to me. I have never had a big problem around blood, needles, and gore, but for some reason this situation really rattled me. It was almost like my empathy for the patient made me need to sit down and recover.
I have thought about a lot of other career paths, but something tells me that medicine is right. I think the human body is super cool and know I would really like dissecting one. My question is if this is something that you can get over with more exposure and shadowing in hospitals? Is my tendency to go "vagal" and feel faint something I should talk to a doctor about and possibly seek treatment for? Is this something I should talk to a therapist about? Sometimes I question why I have developed these feelings of queasiness when I do find the work truly interesting. Thank you all for your input!
I recently shadowed a doctor for a day and had to lie down because I started feeling faint when the patient described his symptoms and the complications of the drug that he was taking. Ever since that day, I have started to feel "faint" and anxious at times when people describe their medical conditions to me. I have never had a big problem around blood, needles, and gore, but for some reason this situation really rattled me. It was almost like my empathy for the patient made me need to sit down and recover.
I have thought about a lot of other career paths, but something tells me that medicine is right. I think the human body is super cool and know I would really like dissecting one. My question is if this is something that you can get over with more exposure and shadowing in hospitals? Is my tendency to go "vagal" and feel faint something I should talk to a doctor about and possibly seek treatment for? Is this something I should talk to a therapist about? Sometimes I question why I have developed these feelings of queasiness when I do find the work truly interesting. Thank you all for your input!