Will it get any better?

I really don't understand people like you, do you think I haven't worked hard to be here? I'm a human with feelings too.

I just feel so sad and let down as I'm a medical student and a couple of days ago, I had a first aid course and I struggled with the abdominal thrusts on the mannequin whilst everyone in my group found it easier.
I told my teacher I'm finding this difficult and she responded with 'I can see that', without offering much advice. I feel so let down and like I'm not as good as everyone else especially as I struggled during my first PBL session.

Harsh words I'm afraid, but you are going to have to toughen up. A medical degree and the ongoing study and work afterwards is one of the most intense and challenging you can do. If you don't have inner strength and a resilient personality, perhaps medicine is not the thing for you?

Listen - you will never ever have to perform CPR on a mannequin or the Heimlich manoeuvre.

I was rubbish at the first aid too - sometimes it just takes a bit longer.

I had a refresher first aid at my hospital - as we have to do every year and yet again I was terrible - yet a couple of weeks later I saved someones life *- out on a ski slope - using what I had been taught - and it all came back to me - in the right manner . *Take heart.

I was feeling disheartened more by the fact that I wasn't offered more support as a student straight out of sixth form during freshers week. I thought that rather than a comment like that, I would've been offered more tips on how to improve. But I'm going to practice, and hopefully I'll get better.