medical admissions is stressful

You don't know the kind of people i met o.0

If you think that's stressful I would advise you to get out of your bubble and see a little bit of the world.

I don't mean to pick on you but, come on, honestly...

Thanks for that.

I do realise that my life is a walk in the park compared to others but seriously.

Ive never had to do something so stressful. Stress is a relative term. My med application is the most stressful thing i have ever had to do, therefore im finding it stressful.


Is that something that i really need to provide an explanation for, especially to someone who is supposted to be empethetic?

Chirrout, I understand that stress is relative, I am just giving perspective.

As much as I may joke about it, I do love Gizmo's input to things on here. I just have a strange image of some cross between oliver and a welsh mining village when I read them.

Good luck with the exams. Apparently this semester I should have learnt 157 drugs, I can rattle off about 30 at the moment, and that accounts for about 15% of the module. This isn't going to be fun.


Back to the OP, just try and ignore the wait.

Oh i understand that. Its just that perspective is kind of useless in such a relative situation.

Not really, perspective allows you to see other people's viewpoints, allowing you to compare and develop an insight into just how relative your stress is to others.

Yes but as interesting as it may be to see that other people may have a more stressful life than me, it doesn't change the fact that i find my situation stressful and consider it to be the most stressful situation that i've ever had to face.

Perspective is academic. Stress is emotional.

Whatever kiddo.

Now now you'll never be part of a proper MDT like that, you have to appreciate the importance of emotional factors in all care scenarios when forming a suitable action plan for proposal in your care plan.

You have to learn to appreciate that there is more to an individual than what can be objectively measured by way of problem that needs treating.

Your attitude disgusts me.

The question was asked on here "what thing more stressful than a med application is demanded of a 17 year old?"

Answers such as "break ups of families", "loss of close friends" and "suicide of best friend" have come up.

If this is the little bit of the world you are encoraging me to see, then i think i'll just hang out here in my bubble for a bit if thats alright with you.

not really a question but a general comment. i know one should expect when they apply for medicine and i did but still.....

this medical admissions process is the most stressful thing i have done ever in my life, and it makes it harder to study for exams with all the anticipation especially since i currently have no offers and i am panicking everyday (like most other med students without any offers). even if you have one offer u can relax abit. it takes over you life as you cant stop thinking about. i have many exams and this process is just making it harder to care or work for them.

I am supposed to know alot I don't really know. Winging my first exams slightly is not good.

I know, I know. Fill out an incident report and we can talk about if for a few years, then develop a protocol so that we can objectively quantify emotion and prevent it from ever happening again.

I quite happily admit that I'm middle class and I live in a bubble.

Thing is: I'm aware of the bubble.

Not to patronise, but you do know the type of career that you're getting in to? If you find these sort of things stressful now I can't imagine things will get any better.

You're gonna be dealing with all those things you mentioned and much, much more.

I filled in my first incident form off my own bat today

I thought this thread was about the other sort of medical admissions. Which is causing me as much stress now as the applicants are going through!

Oh dear not cool at all. What's the flavour of the month on the medical take? Granny dumping?

Best of luck with your exams mate! Is it the mock?

lol funny.

but its such an idiot comeback, considering medical applicants are going to uni for 80% layabouting, and someone on a career is working (not observing, but working) 36 hours a week to pay bills and rent and food, theres no comparison at all.

but yes i agree that in the upper middle class dream world of posh existence that some of you cant see outside, then jobs, rent, careers, career progression stress, and 5 days a week of work all amount to nuffing at all.
although you'd beed to be utterly blind and stuopid to believe this. to be fair.

Dont be foolish.

I said it was stressful. I didn't say it was anything i couldn't handle. I never said that i wouldnt ever meet hardships such as suicide. You just seemed to think that it might benefit me in some strange way :\

As a side note, saying "Not to patronise" before patronising someone does not absolve you. It just makes you sound like a middle class fool with his "bubble" too far up his own backside

Also, i did my work experience. I watched All the seasons of House, started Greys Anatomy and i'm up to date with scrubs. What kind of fool do you take me for?!