Posted by Penny on June 27, 2003, at 10:24:36
In reply to Re: work... :-( » Penny, posted by Dinah on June 27, 2003, at 9:25:08
> Didn't you say that this isn't really what you want to be doing? That you're going back to school to become a nurse?
Yes. I originally moved back to Chapel Hill to prepare for medical school, but the stress of med school and the medical profession (being a physician specifically) is not exactly conducive to good mental health! The suicide rate among med students is quite high. So, after much internal debate and stress, I decided that nursing is a better fit for me. Unfortunately, I didn't have any of my sciences since I was a journalism major in college, so I have prereqs to do, and I have to work and make enough money to live on while I'm in school. :-b
It's just miserable...
>
> I understand those overwhelmed feelings. Everything so big and I feel so small and I just want to run away but there's nowhere to run. And then all I can do is put one foot in front of the other, and hope that things will get done. Or more often I mentally zone out and make things even worse and more overwhelming.
>
> Did these feelings start with your med change?Not really. I've been feeling this way for a long time, though recently, with my decent into the Pit, it's gotten much worse. I've been in this job for 8 months now, feel like I haven't accomplished a thing (not exaggerating here), and still don't feel a part of this department. It just doesn't feel like a good fit, even though the position is exactly what I was trained for. I dunno... I just feel lost and hopeless and the depression, of course, doesn't help matters.
Guess we all do what we have to do, or we don't. Those are kind of our only options...
Penny
poster:Penny
thread:237473
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20030626/msgs/237488.html