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What may be comforting/reassuring is that the admissions process is so grueling, that if you are able to get through it and matriculate, you should have what it takes both intellectually and emotionally to make it in medical school. I think you should continue to pursue medicine if you are genuinely interested in it. Have a back-up plan, of course, but make sure it's indeed a back-up and not an easy way out.
Agree with Tic on this one. While the admissions process seems grueling while you are in the thick of it, it pales by comparison to what you guys have in store for you ahead. You guys will soon learn you are really at base camp about to start up Everest, not on the peak of some comparable mountain.
If a mental health professional who actually knows and has examined the OP thinks med school is a bad idea for the OP, it probably is. This is someone who actually knows the OP's issues and limitations; just "wanting" to be a physician is never enough on its own. You need the drive plus the capacity/temperment.