Diary of A Doctor In Training

Navigating life as a final year medical student somwehere in Europe and journaling my life as I work on bettering my mental health. 

[diaryofadoctorintraining]

Week 1 of 38

I had my first class of my final year. We had urology and to be honest I really enjoyed the class. I've always considered urology as a speciality.

Well apart from that, my classmates and I were 1 hour earlier to the class and we have to wait and what not. Sometimes I don't like it because it feels like a waste of my time. Either way, we have all decided to go to the hospital an hour later tomorrow! (Probably I'm more excited for the sleep lol)

[funeral]

“Even years later traumatized people often have enormous difficulty telling other people what has happened to them. Their bodies re-experience terror, rage, and helplessness, as well as the impulse to fight or flee, but these feelings are almost impossible to articulate. Trauma by nature drives us to the edge of comprehension, cutting us off from language based on common experience or an imaginable past.”

— Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

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“No matter how attractive a person’s potential may be, you have to date their reality.”

— Unknown

[qvotable]

“You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.”

— Carl Jung

[needtobeehealthy]

[diaryofadoctorintraining]

Recently joined a hiking group and it feels so liberating being outdoors not crumbled up in my thoughts at my place.

[diaryofadoctorintraining]

Night out with friends before the storm of the new semester!

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Why?

On the computer literally wondering what made me open this account. Not to be too much but what is the harm? I'm in my final year of med school and recently got out of a very toxic and abusive relationship and got into therapy. Within the same period, I happened to stumble upon someone who made me feel better about myself and we made an agreement to be of positive influence in each other's life. So why not share my life, documenting my struggles with life esp med school and healthy practices with the hope of being of positive influence in the end and hopefully meeting like minded people.