How i can know if medicine is the right choice for me ???

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I'm gonna start studying medicine after a week and sometimes I feel I made a huge mistake, the problem is that I don't know if I can tolerate all the things I have to deal with while studying medicine or working as a doctor like seeing the organs inside the human body, when I watch movies and I see some blood or organs I feel a little but disgust but not that much so I feel sometimes i'm gonna feel very disgust when i'm see that in real and I will start to hate the human body and some activities like sex and eating, I know it sounds silly but this is how I feel, I really want to become a doctor because of the good reputation, good payment and because my family is waiting me to become the first doctor in the whole family, they didn't force me but I want them to be proud, the other reason I decided to study medicine is that I don't have interest to study anything else like engineering or any other specialty, so it seemed like medicine was my only choice, so how can I know if I can tolerate studying medicine ??? I don't think that every medical student can tolerate that from the very beginning right ?? Please help , I hope there are some medial student in this site.

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  • thegypsysailor
    9 years ago

    My father was a surgeon, so I guess it was expected of me. After the war, there was no way I was going to immerse myself in blood, guts and gore for the rest of my life; I'd had more than enough. Too bad, Mom & Dad.
    But I do know most med students get over their queasiness pretty quickly. If you don't then obviously it isn't the right profession for you. Maybe you could go into some other form of medicine, like the mental health sciences, or medical research on the chemist side. I don't know, that's a tough one.
    I do know that forcing yourself down a career path to please others will, at the very least, lead to a very unhappy life and at the worst, suicide.
    I'd stick with it for at least a semester, or two, and if things haven't gotten better, then you could reassess your life. You are the only one who must live your life, so, please, choose one you will enjoy.

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    • pusssyeater
      9 years ago

      Which war was this?

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      • thegypsysailor
        9 years ago

        The Spanish–American War, you dunderhead. What did you think, the civil war? I'm old, but please, I'm not THAT old!

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  • Doktor_Hildred_Von_Steinmann
    9 years ago

    It's off putting at first, but you do get desensitized to it. After a while you don't even see it as a person, just as a cadaver. Give it a go, see how you go. As thgypsysailor said, it's your life, you live it how you want.

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  • MangoTango
    9 years ago

    Have you considered specializing as an Optometrist? How about doing pharmacy school? Orrr, switch to engineering and deal purely with mechanical non-biological things? Yeah okay, you say you're not into engineering. You sure? Not biomedical engineering? If you're insanely curious, you will love medical school.

    There's much worse to come as a working physician. :-P The fun of insurance hassles (paperwork galore). The business end of everything can be daunting. But, everything has its positives/negatives.

    Maybe you might want to look at other options too. They're all on the table.

    Your answer is kind of immature to be honest. No prob's, Many people think that way, but don't admit it. Dr's will eat you alive in school. Its kind of tradition, so you're not supposed to take it personally. Quite a few of them are not rosy, for good reason. They're blunt. They're solely focused on results. They've seen it all. You've been too sheltered, I take it? Okay, no prob's. Just do some more research.

    Want to ask med students like yourself questions? Here ya go...
    Student Doctor Network
    http://forums.studentdoctor.net/

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  • Avant-Garde
    9 years ago

    Why don't you study alternative medicine? There is no blood (Unless, you're studying Hijama or Wet Cupping) and guts involved. There are alternative medicine schools. I'm sure you could get transferred.

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  • pusssyeater
    9 years ago

    You can still become a GP. Never have to deal with any of the squicky stuff, and yet make a respectable income. Go for it.

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