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I am half way through my surgery rotation and I am struggling like hell. I am the student who is usually quiet, and fumbles with instruments. My nervousness for the next day makes it impossible for me to study or sleep at a decent time and I end up looking even dumber. I constantly drink alcohol almost every night just to make these feelings go away. I am OKAY at communicating, I just tend to be very monotone and kind of dry, and I just get really quiet and stutter my words in group settings.
How can I improve my situation? I am not looking to become Mr.Social butterfly gunner here, I just am trying to figure out how to get my words in and not stand out so much for being quiet because I know my Evaluations depend on it.
And before anyone says " Maybe you should not be in medicine", I love medicine and think in the future once I am an attending or even a resident and have some sort of control of my life, I will do just fine. The problem is when I am in these stressful situations and my anxiety gets 100X worse and just makes me want to quit.
How can I improve my situation? I am not looking to become Mr.Social butterfly gunner here, I just am trying to figure out how to get my words in and not stand out so much for being quiet because I know my Evaluations depend on it.
And before anyone says " Maybe you should not be in medicine", I love medicine and think in the future once I am an attending or even a resident and have some sort of control of my life, I will do just fine. The problem is when I am in these stressful situations and my anxiety gets 100X worse and just makes me want to quit.