Wellness

Dealing with trauma daily: First responders need help too

This post was created in partnership with BetterHelp. As a BetterHelp affiliate, we may receive compensation from BetterHelp if you purchase products or services through the links provided on this page.   Those who find themselves in situations like the Las Vegas shooting or other traumatic situations will need extensive therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder...

Yoga to Try It: How Yoga Stretched My Mind and Body

By: Sabrina Wang As a pre-med student, life gets pretty hectic. Between juggling classes, studying for exams, student orgs, volunteering, working, research, and finding time with friends, there really isn’t much time for anything else–except panicking over everything just listed and constantly feeling like you aren’t doing enough, and everything you were doing just wasn’t...

10 Cardinal Rules for Surviving the First Year

By: Timothy Dixon So you’re starting your journey to medical school. Congrats! I am certain there’s quite the cocktail of emotions stirring inside of you comprised of excitement, motivation, and relief, mixed in with a little bit (or a lot) of fear and uncertainty of the unknown. Well they say hindsight is 20/20, and as...

Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Medical School

This post was created in partnership with BetterHelp. As a BetterHelp affiliate, we may receive compensation from BetterHelp if you purchase products or services through the links provided on this page.   When you decided that you wanted to go to medical school, you probably didn’t think it would be so “dangerous.” Not just physically...