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It never ends...when you are in high school, all you think is getting into a great college or else, thats the end of the world. So, you graduate from college, and then all you can think is 'getting in' or else...you go through the stresses of med school having a good residency spot (well, its all relative based on individual needs) in sight, and then when you get it and start your first year as an intern, you realize that your life has sort of 'passed you by' and you were in the rat race the whole time, and you would have gotten here anyways with less stress and less worries.
That was a perspective of one resident i interviewed, and his final advice was to 'live it up' and don't worry about it. (easy to say, huh). Because, when you are 50 years old, and you look back at your life, the moments you will remember most likely are those of fun, enjoyment and recreation, not grueling work (our brain has a tendency to 'screen out' the unpleasant and remember the pleasant, hence the 'battered wife syndrome'). I have a problem with balance in life (prioritizing in particular), and I told this to my interviewers when asked about weaknesses. This is something one has to work on, and I think post-acceptance depression is just one of the 'symptoms' so-to-say that people with personalities similar to this one (type A)experience. I dunno if i am making any sense. I am depressed too, feel like 'whats the point'--so what you end up with an MD, so do thousands of other people. THere is a poit where you realize you aren't that special anymore and that is why medical school is such a difficult transition. You realize that what you strive for is not that hard to get.
That was a perspective of one resident i interviewed, and his final advice was to 'live it up' and don't worry about it. (easy to say, huh). Because, when you are 50 years old, and you look back at your life, the moments you will remember most likely are those of fun, enjoyment and recreation, not grueling work (our brain has a tendency to 'screen out' the unpleasant and remember the pleasant, hence the 'battered wife syndrome'). I have a problem with balance in life (prioritizing in particular), and I told this to my interviewers when asked about weaknesses. This is something one has to work on, and I think post-acceptance depression is just one of the 'symptoms' so-to-say that people with personalities similar to this one (type A)experience. I dunno if i am making any sense. I am depressed too, feel like 'whats the point'--so what you end up with an MD, so do thousands of other people. THere is a poit where you realize you aren't that special anymore and that is why medical school is such a difficult transition. You realize that what you strive for is not that hard to get.
