I'm always surprised at how insensitive medical students can be. We are bombarded with useless facts and complex pathways that will never be relevant in clinical practice and then we blow off classes like "On Becoming a Doctor". I'm not saying that no one takes it seriously, but some people have no social skills whatsoever. Maybe social skills is the wrong word, I meant the common decency to know when is the right time to speak and whether what they are saying is inappropriate or not. As future doctors aren't we supposed to realize what a touchy topic a person's health condition is?
I know having a chronic, potentially physically disfiguring condition is hard, but it's even harder when someone constantly asks and prods at you about it. I know it's just part of accepting it. I know I can't hide from it forever. BUT IT SUCKS. I try not to let it get to me, make me any less confident, or even pity myself so I try to remind myself that some people do not know any better.
I guess I'm just beating around the bush but I am just fed up with people saying things to me without thinking first. It's insulting and hurtful and makes me want to punch them in the face... I was torn between being a bigger person and just ripping them a new one, because they obviously need to know that the way they are acting is unacceptable but in the end I tried to take the high road, because there will always be idiots out there.
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omg christine, i wish i could kick whoever said whatever about you, in the nutsack and or uterus...like i don't care if that person was the pope or something...def would inflict some pain on them. wtf...i know EXACTLY how you feel (like it was a little scary..cos this felt like reading my own brain lol), but im so surprised you'd feel anything but less than confident..because you are such a beautiful, radiant, and graceful woman..inside and outside. SO many girls would love to be as gorgeous and effervescent as you are --myself included. RLY hope that person doesn't let u down..!!!!!! they're obviously not mature enough..let alone mature enough to be a physician with empathy. they'll learn their lesson the hard way.. as for class insensitivity..i think a lot of our curriculum is structured in a way where we are way too far removed from patients...so our college selfishness just breeds more as we are asked to cram a bunch of facts.. haha probably why probation happened too. anyways, LOVE YOU <3
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