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Planning to purchase them soon since I like the look of them but the idea of purchasing an expensive pencil is ruthless. What are the pros n cons?

I’m 27F and was wondering do they exist? Never came across one before

Have any psychiatrists here ever treated a patient experiencing religious psychosis? What was your experience like?

Is it men or more women that experince Religious psychosis? - I only tend to hear from women that experience this

Is it usually people who don’t have a sense of purpose or aren’t productive in their lives who seem to experience this?

This is the most useless degree I’ve ever come across and is called Aesthetics BA (Hons). Has anyone heard of this degree? I came across someone saying they’d just finished this three-year Aesthetics degree but they’re not even allowed to inject or perform facial treatments yet. Are these uni taking advantage of other airheads?

Like someone said “if every course that got called a “mickey mouse degree” didn’t exist, i feel like most unis would shut down.”

29F heading to medical school soon I know I’ll be older than most of my classmates and I don’t want to have a miserable experience because of it. I’m someone who thrives on human connection but the thought of being surrounded by mostly younger students makes me a little uncomfortable.

How was your experience in med school as a mature student? Did you find it easy to make friends and fit in?
Thank you👩🏽‍⚕️🥰

I’m 29F about to turn 30, didn’t prioritise education earlier but just got into med school. Planning to specialise Psychiatry for my Residency.
I want to get married during med school BUT I don’t want kids during training.

Problem is I’m struggling to find a man who are okay with delaying kids for 4 years. (I know I’m getting older)
Also I keep hearing med school + residency = relationship strain / higher divorce risk.
So I’m wondering:
If I marry a man with a normal/average career while I’m in med school and then I go on to become a doctor, what are the chances the relationship will survive?
Especially if we don’t have children together during that period?
Or is it better to just avoid marriage altogether and focus fully on studying and training first?

Would appreciate honest takes from people actually in medicine or married during training.

Coming from someone who had an amazing life changing surgery (can see my profile) please remember the best Doctors / surgeons don’t usually use social media. They are mainly hidden.

I applied for a job and I know it’s legitimate. They’ve asked for payslips from the jobs I’ve worked at previously. I’ve never, in my entire life been asked to proof my payslips before. Is this another humiliation ritual?

Told them if they want proof, I can show them P45/P60 whatever and they responded

 
“ I think this all will reflect on your HMRC Report.”

Is this a normal response? Do they want to low ball me?

*I declined the offer, I’ve been off from work for nearly a year.

I applied for a job and I know it’s legitimate. They’ve asked for payslips from the jobs I’ve worked at previously. I’ve never, in my entire life been asked to proof my payslips before. Is this another humiliation ritual?

If you have been accepted for this course, is it worth to study for the 3 academic years?

I come from a household where no one really had goals or ambition. There are six of us and none of us attended university. Most of us dropped out after sixth form or college and went into low entry jobs like retail, fast food, warehouse work or cleaning. We were all born in the UK, which makes it feel like a tragedy to me.

Usually, when you look at the average family, you’ll see one person doing well while another may end up in prison or involved in bad habits. That’s not the case in my family. None of us have been to prison or used substances, there has just always been a lack of ambition and direction.

I don’t want to blame it on a generational curse but sometimes it feels like a cycle that keeps repeating itself.

I know this may not be normal but is your family like this or do you know anyone like this?

I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone but 3 years ago I started living in my car and I honestly feel like that’s what helped me get into my dream specialty. If I had lived with other students or moved back home, I know myself I would’ve fallen behind and probably not passed because of comfort.

It really changed my life. I saved a lot of money, met new people and stayed focused. I studied in libraries, went to cafés and just kept going. Instead of having victim mindset throughout med school just did what I had to do and kept it going.

I genuinely think the reason I got into my dream specialty in OBGYN is because I learned how to relax my nervous system. Living in my car didn’t feel like a struggle I just saw it as a place to rest my head.