Aspiring Surgeon

Tayla. 24. Australia. Medical Student. Psych/Biomed Graduate. ~ Aspiration: Paediatric Surgeon ~

[the-memedaddy]

meirl

[themedicalstate]

“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.”

— Louis Pasteur

[themedicalstate]

Blue and Gold

Anatomical Art by NKDArtGallery

[myhoneststudyblr]

26|04|2021

Day 30 of 60 Days of Productivity

halfway through my 60 days of productivity! i haven’t got any exams today but i still have a long day of lessons and lots of revision 💀

pictured are some of my favourite stationary! what's yours?

[anxietyproblem]

[journeythroughmedicine]

// So I’ve created a medgram/studygram Instagram! Please feel free to follow me 👩🏻‍⚕️

@taylastudiesmed

[mdintraining]

I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who has trouble remembering developmental milestones. I put these together, but can’t take credit for any of the photography. Hope someone finds them helpful!

[thelastpilot]

This is very useful to me i have absolutely no gauge for how old children are and what they can typically do at what ages

[vibinwitch]

Surely I’m not the only one who thought this was a shitpost at first

[study-revolution]

gentle reminder: you are very capable and I’m excited for your future

slightly less gentle reminder: you do have to work for it

[wingkink]

Therapists are just…. Common sense filters

[wingkink]

Me: yeah so I just don’t have the energy to get up and make myself a sandwich or wait for something to cook so I just. Don’t

Her: why don’t you just eat the sandwich components without putting them together

Me:

Her: you can just eat a handful of cheese and some sandwich meat. You don’t have to make a sandwich.

Me:

Me: what

[cyanoticfallacy-deactivated2018]

Therapists finding loopholes for mental illness things is one of my favorite things about dealing with mental illness because it really helps me understand that just because a reaction is Common doesn’t mean it’s Right. Does doing dishes stress you out a lot? Buy paper plates. Do your obsessive thoughts make you worry about leaving your curling iron on so you drive home from work to check? Just put the curling iron in your purse and bring it to work with you while we work on tackling where this worry comes from. Symptom management doesn’t have to look like drudgery.

[ziggyplayedd]

i used to go days without showering because seeing my body was so upsetting that i would end up spiraling and then i realized i could simply turn the lights out. it took some getting used to but i’ve been showering with the lights off for years and it’s now one of my favorite parts of my day.

do whatever you want nothing is real and there’s no need to inflict unnecessary suffering on yourself just to try to seem “normal”

[biyaself]

I love this post

[jettestblack]

Hmmm

[petrichorepoch]

These kinds of loopholes make life so. Much. Better.

[fuckyeahasexual]

One of my favorite stories is this lady had extremely bad OCD. Every day she’d be late to work because she was convinced that her hair dryer was going to burn down the house so would always have to turn around and check it. Multiple times a day even. A bunch of doctors tied to “fix” her of that fear, until one day she got a doctor that suggested she bring the hair dryer with her. Other doctors were annoyed, saying that wasn’t a the correct way to help, but she gave it a go. When she had that fear, she’d look over and see the hair dryer unplugged in the seat next to her and was able to carry on. I think it’s such a perfect example of actually helping someone instead of forcing them into a neurotypical standard.

[eclecticpersonswondersland]

That story helped me stop repeatedly checking if my front door was locked. Instead of checking that the door was locked over and over I would check my security system app. If it’s on it will alert me if the front door opens.

[daughter-of-rowan]

“…actually helping someone instead of forcing them into a neurotypical standard” should be added to the Hippocratic Oath.

[minus-the-negative]

Started reading about the door and I thought they were gonna say they took the door with them

[dancinbutterfly]

They’re👏called👏adaptive👏behaviors👏and 👏are 👏literally 👏how👏you 👏fight 👏mental👏 illness👏

[drdessertfox]

Ah, yes. DIC. Where you’re throwing a clot and internally bleeding to death all at the same time. 

It’s basically your body saying: 

[ikvya-blog]

“i feel small; but so are stars from a distance.”

— ten word poem, i.  (via alunit)

[ameliexnurse]

[catchymemes]

“The pen may not be mightier than the scalpel, pediatric surgeon Dr. Robert Parry always takes a moment to make sure a scar isn’t the only lasting memory of a child’s surgical procedure. He surprises them with a hand-drawn dressing featuring a character or something that personally interests them.”

[docresa]

[stonedbabyygirl]

drink some water you beautiful and capable but dehydrated bitch

[journeythroughmedicine]

Hello everyone, I’m officially back and posting! Apologies for continually going MIA- I truly had no idea how difficult both studying medicine and maintaining a blog would be. However, I’m back and ready to give it my best go!

I’m now in my second year of medicine. We are in our last year of theory- with our final two years entirely based on hospital rotations! This semester we are focusing on neuro and MSK (which I’m super excited about) 🧠🥰 The past few weeks have been what we call “intensive weeks”- essentially back-to-back lectures and a bunch of neuroanatomy labs. I already feel behind!

I’m looking forward to the year ahead and can’t wait to start posting on here again. I’m currently completing my anatomy lab notes for tomorrow and doing a little revision! For those of you who messaged me or asked a question but never heard back, I apologise profusely (I fell behind on replies here too). From now on, if you have a question or would like to send a message please feel assured that I will respond at a much quicker pace ❤️❤️ I can’t wait to see what everyone has been up to while I’ve been gone!

[nontradpremed]