One of those nights...

[DocConk]

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[einsteinm]

Go into a specialty that doesn't prescribe much medicine? Just find some time to relax.

 

[NeuResurgens]

You may be stressing too much without giving yourself ample breaks. I just took a weeklong trip to the east coast and it has been extremely therapeutic. Find something to do regularly that takes your mind off studying

 

[tiedyeddog]

Wow, starting a bit early for a midlife crisis. You haven't even started your career yet...

But honestly, OP, don't worry about these kind of things. You'll end up doing your best. Just worry about the MCAT and your grades. One step at a time.

 

[DocConk]

Wow, starting a bit early for a midlife crisis. You haven't even started your career yet...

But honestly, OP, don't worry about these kind of things. You'll end up doing your best. Just worry about the MCAT and your grades. One step at a time.

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[DrPerrla]

Also, you don't have to go to medical school right after undergrad. If you feel like you need time to have some fun in your early 20's take a year off (though make sure you have something clinically related going on - at least some shadowing) and take the rest of the time to go do something you want to do. Backpack through Europe, go on a road trip, teach English in another country and then apply to med school. Having some life experience is always looked upon favorably.

 

[FalconSlice]

Tonight is one of those nights when I seriously fear the possibility that I'll become a physician and have major regrets about my life's choices when I'm around 70 years old, thinking about all of the drug-addicts that I likely accommodated by prescribing their dying grandfathers with potent narcotics.. I think I just have a mild bout of depression because my life has been MCAT and schoolwork for the last five weeks, and will continue to be so until June.. Thought I'd share. Sorry.

These feelings might not go away if you become a medical student: it will be doubting yourself on a regular basis if you'll be a half-decent doctor, hours/days/weeks/months/years of studying for exams (for the rest of your career), and, not to mention, being responsible for people's lives if you do make it. Being depressed about any of this is irrational and doesn't help. Then again, it is an emotion, and emotions can't really be rationalized, I suppose.