u/spider-on-my-wall

I’m trying to figure out whether I want to do Internal Medicine or Anesthesia. I love critical thinking and using my brain. I am an introvert and can really struggle after a whole day of talking to patients, wherein I just switch off afterwards, so I’m afraid my future family may have to bear the brunt of it. But I also freaking love internal medicine as a subject.

Anyone in this sub who was in a similar place and ended up choosing the interaction-heavy specialty? How are you coping?

Last month I attended a retreat, after which I felt the Holy Spirit move within me after ages. It was 5 days of nothing but prayer, adoration, fasting, daily Mass, rosary etc. I came out feeling like a new person.

I noticed that I was happier, though nothing specific changed in my life. I tried to keep up the daily Mass and Adoration, and I sometimes caught myself smiling euphorically at the Eucharist. I am a cradle Catholic, but I never felt God’s love in such an overpowering way before. Often I was moved to tears. I also noticed that I treated my family more kindly, I had more patience. I stopped procrastinating. Social media was suddenly boring to me.

Unfortunately, I fell back into a particular mortal sin since the last 2 days. (Pls say a Hail Mary for me if you can), but all that changed was that my daily prayer reduced. Over the weekend I was slacking and gave priority to meeting friends and having a good time, none of which are bad things, but should have been secondary to prayer. I do feel terrible shame but I fully intend to go to Confession tomorrow and restart my prayer routine in full force.

What surprises me is just how much my life changed by just increasing the amount of prayer in my life. Friends, social media is great but it is taking away from our spiritual lives. Nothing beats your own personal prayer time. Talk to God, Adore Him, Consume the Eucharist reverently- your life will change.

God bless you all. Do share your similar experiences if you have any!

Looking for affordable salons where I can get a butterfly bob. Preferably where they have experience with curly hair as well.

thanks in advance!

Increasingly finding myself in situations where a patient or their family asks me multiple questions about their condition. Sometimes I even know the answer but I just need some time to frame it.

My question is, what do you guys say when you don’t know the answer to their questions, without coming across as dumb or insensitive?