About to start residency and I’ll be moving across the country for it, and I’m terrified. All my family and friends are going to be back home. I had no problems making friends in med school. I actually had the time of my life tbh. But I’m scared I’ll go into residency and it’ll be the complete opposite experience.
Anyone have any words of encouragement?
Becoming a physician is all I've ever wanted these last few years. I've studied and worked hard for it, I have to admit to myself that it was one of the hardest things I've ever done.
I still feel quite a bit of imposter syndrome over it. My first year of medical school was almost a disaster. I had no idea how to study for any of it. My second year I turned things around and things became WAY easier, and luckily it was the more clinically relevant year. Third year was difficult because each service was completely different than the last and having to start from scratch rotating every month was hard. Now I'm in the final closing weeks of medical school and I'm glad its all over.
But more than that I'm happy the journey changed me so much. Before med school I was a bit of a shut in and socially awkward. Now I have a lot of good friends that I talk to on a regular basis, I'm more socially aware, and honestly talking to patients is so easy. I'm more than psyched for residency because its going to be a new place with new people. Maybe it'll be a start to finding a relationship idk. Hopefully I find my person.