Maybe you can shed some light on this situation.
Since this whole med school app process began, a lot of things have been changing in my life: dog died, I went to military field training, sister started college and got in trouble, stepdad moved in, other dog started going senile (halfway blind, mostly deaf, and completely unable to control her bladder), mom was diagnosed with cancer and then went in for surgery, and i got a pilot slot in the Air Force. In fact, with the exception of field training, everything's occurred since August - within the last 3 months or so.
That said, things in general have been pretty up and down. What I noticed is that last week, when my mom's tumor was deemed benign by her doctor - MOST CERTAINLY good news - rather than being wonderfully happy and energetic, I'm just extremely tired. As in, shower-every-other-day, can't-make-myself-go-for-a-run, refuse-to-pick-up-a-book-or-go-to-class kind of tired. In all the medical reading I've done (which, granted, is nothing compared to what a med student will face, but is nevertheless MUCH more than the average Joe), I feel like what I'm going through may be best likened to Post-Partum Depression.
Does that even make any sense? I mean, I think the idea with PPD is that women get hyped-up during their pregnancy, awaiting the baby, and when it finally comes, life sort of collapses back down to its normal dimensions. Seems like my "baby" is my mother's tumor, the pilot slot, and the knowledge that the end of the med school app process really is near.
If you have any constructive comments, by all means offer them 😳 I more wanted to vent in writing than anything else - I can talk to a hundred friends on the phone or over coffee, but every so often, I actually have to see the words on the page in order to get some kind of relief.
Whew! Thanks! 🙄
Since this whole med school app process began, a lot of things have been changing in my life: dog died, I went to military field training, sister started college and got in trouble, stepdad moved in, other dog started going senile (halfway blind, mostly deaf, and completely unable to control her bladder), mom was diagnosed with cancer and then went in for surgery, and i got a pilot slot in the Air Force. In fact, with the exception of field training, everything's occurred since August - within the last 3 months or so.
That said, things in general have been pretty up and down. What I noticed is that last week, when my mom's tumor was deemed benign by her doctor - MOST CERTAINLY good news - rather than being wonderfully happy and energetic, I'm just extremely tired. As in, shower-every-other-day, can't-make-myself-go-for-a-run, refuse-to-pick-up-a-book-or-go-to-class kind of tired. In all the medical reading I've done (which, granted, is nothing compared to what a med student will face, but is nevertheless MUCH more than the average Joe), I feel like what I'm going through may be best likened to Post-Partum Depression.
Does that even make any sense? I mean, I think the idea with PPD is that women get hyped-up during their pregnancy, awaiting the baby, and when it finally comes, life sort of collapses back down to its normal dimensions. Seems like my "baby" is my mother's tumor, the pilot slot, and the knowledge that the end of the med school app process really is near.
If you have any constructive comments, by all means offer them 😳 I more wanted to vent in writing than anything else - I can talk to a hundred friends on the phone or over coffee, but every so often, I actually have to see the words on the page in order to get some kind of relief.
Whew! Thanks! 🙄
