AnonyMed Initiative Post #4: Burned Out Before Starting
A medical student shares her experience with burnout and uncertainty.
Trigger Warning: Suicidal Ideation
Submitted Stories
AnonyMed Initiative Post #3: Medication Stigmatized in Medicine
A simple question from her therapist causes a medical student to have a profound revelation – why is she afraid of taking medication if she will prescribe them to her patients in the future?
AnonyMed Initiative Post #2: Physicians Are Human Too
Trigger Warning: Suicidal Ideation.
A Family Medicine Physician discusses why unfavorable licensing practices in her state causes her and her colleagues to engage in questionable practices to evade detection.
Anonymed Initiative Post #1: Medical Student Struggling with Anxiety
Trigger Warning: Alcoholism.
A first-year medical student with anxiety struggles with imposter’s syndrome and the decision of whether he should seek treatment or not.