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princessa_3187

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stress at medical school Posted: 05-19-08 03:34am


i am a medical student. i enrolled in a medical school that is very very far from my home and where i have no friends. it is a catholic university and i am one of the 2 Muslims in our batch of 500+ first year medical students. i live alone in my room. fortunately, i do speak their language but unfortunately i am not very good in speaking english cause i have an accent because my native tongue is different. but i do understand english though. and english is the language used by the doctors. exams were torturesome and it is so stressing me out. most of my nights, i find it hard to breath properly and my chest hurt too but when i am at school and talking with my friends, i don't feel a thing. during my pre-med, i am a consistent honor student and a student council member. my family supports me. i am pampered at home. my friends and teachers love me. i love them too. everybody is nice to me. i am very talkative and confident. i smile a lot too. but now, since im in a new environment, i don't usually have friends. being a muslim makes me so different and i think that's why i can't truly have friends because i am not sure if they are really true to me or just making fun of me at my back. they make jokes about me not allowed to eat pork because of my religion. they always tease me about pork and i don't know how to tell them that they are offending me already so i just smile. i am scared to show them that i am offended coz they might hate me so i take all the offending jokes as if it's okey with me. some of my classmates are mean too and i don't know how to handle them coz i have never encountered people who are mean to me back in my community. aside from that, i am so not used getting average or low grades which i now get at medical school. back in my old university, i always have above average or excellent grades. my confidence dropped. now i don't talk much at school. i have very very few friends. but one thing that really bothers me is why i find it hard to breath every night and why does my chest hurt too. i searched the internet about stress and all they tell me is to take away yourself from what causing the stress but i can't take myself away from medical school. what should i do? please help me..

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CarolDiane

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Get passed this Posted: 05-19-08 09:35am


OK, you have given up a very important part of you life for this. You are going into a field that is one of the most tediest fields to go into. Four to Seven years is a long time. You have to focus on the goal you want to reach and make that your one and only desire. I know you must miss your family and friends. It is very unfortunate that you have to meet this goal durning a very hard period in the world. But, you have to look past that. You sound like a top notch student and well make a wonderful doctor. I must say this, you would not believe how many eastern country native's we have here in the U.S. right now. U.S. born and not. They all are wonderful physcians and know what they are doing. Work hard for this and come out holding you head high and be proud. You deserve it. Carrie

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princessa_3187

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thanks a lot! Posted: 05-19-08 20:14pm


hi carrie! thanks a lot for the advice. i really miss my family and friends. "You have to focus on the goal you want to reach and make that your one and only desire." thank you very much for that. i will try my best to look past into things that does not concern my goal. thanks for the encouragement and the confidence boost. take care carrie! princessa_3187

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