Feeling uninspired already...

[Crayola227]

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yeah I think I already said I know people who went through military boot camp, and I'm not talking basic training, where the goal is to basically take you apart and put you back together...

and I have seen those blokes with tears in their eyes on the wards in med school, and some even when recalling what it was like years later

emotional trauma from medical training is real, and I don't mean from seeing traumas and people bleeding out and dying

Doctors can be nasty nasty very emotionally and verbally abusive people... and it won't help that you will legit **** up around them

the outcomes are such that you can't just shrug it off

 

[Ad2b]

I am talking about situations that are going to crop up where people will be rubbing your nose in things you don't know. Where they will ask you question after question until you don't know the answer and then engage in a diatribe about your ignorance. Where you are chewed out for something you did terribly wrong that nearly (or did) lead to a very bad outcome and it will burn more because you know it happened because you're not good enough yet.

I hear they have fancy duct tape now; as pink and white are my favorite colors, I'll have to start purchasing them in bulk if accepted to med school 🙂

You are correct. I will have to adjust to that... or use copious amounts of said duct tape.

 

[Crayola227]

I hear they have fancy duct tape now; as pink and white are my favorite colors, I'll have to start purchasing them in bulk if accepted to med school 🙂

You are correct. I will have to adjust to that... or use copious amounts of said duct tape.

lol that's awesome... goes in line with my advice to learn to like the taste of your own tongue because of how much you'll need to be biting it

also that if you ever have the chance to open your mouth, and you can say one of two things, one which is smarter, or the other which is more likeable, go with likable every time

the times I failed the first I always regretted, and living by the second was the secret to any success I can claim to have had

 

[Ad2b]

also that if you ever have the chance to open your mouth, and you can say one of two things, one which is smarter, or the other which is more likable, go with likable every time

Unfortunately, I blame THAT with the current state of affairs. Not with you just society in general. Be honest, frank and correct but for some reason that's often seen as not the "likable" choice 🙁

 

[Crayola227]

Unfortunately, I blame THAT with the current state of affairs. Not with you just society in general. Be honest, frank and correct but for some reason that's often seen as not the "likable" choice 🙁

and welcome to one of many ways that you will NOT be making the world a better place, but will be serving to reinforce the current maladaptive system by rolling over to show your tender yellow belly

becoming a doctor isn't just about courage or bravery - it's also about making the sort of compromises that make you feel like a coward giving away your integrity, at times,
and learning to live with the taste of that

because if you don't roll over when they say roll over, remember,
they can always hurt you more

 

[Football Pig]

The daily grind of medical school in combination with the pressure to do well and fear of failure always lurking in your mind at least a little will cause you to be uninspired rather quickly. Fear not friend, for this is normal. I kept going during medical school not because of inspiration, but because I had a lot of student debt and nothing to fall back on. Preclinical part of medical school is nothing like being a doctor, just get through it. One lecture at a time, one day at a time, one week at a time, one test at a time, one semester at a time, one year at a time, one board exam at a time, and boom --> before you know its graduation time.