Aussie-Chinese Girl Reflects on Her Med Practitioner Journey

Dear brain, I hate the way you overthink, And the way you cause self-doubt.  I hate the monkey who drives my car,  I hate it when you don’t let go.  I hate your dumbass downward spiral,  And the way you drag me down.  I hate you so much it makes me sick.  It even makes me self-reflect.  I hate the way that you are me, I  hate it when you lie.  I hate it when you make me laugh.  Even worse when you make me cry.  I hate it when you just shut down,  And the fact you gave no signs.  But mostly I hate the way I don’t hate you, Not even close, Just a tiny bit.  PS if you didn’t get the reference, bloody go and watch one of the greatest if not the greatest coming of age film ever. RIP Heath Ledger

What is R U OK all about?  - National public health charity → National Conversation Movement  - Started by Gavin Larkin in 2009 as a why to champion just one question in honour of his father, Barry Larkin, who tragically passed from suicide in 1997 much to the shock and grief of his family, friends, and everyone else around him - Collation of resources developed from LIVED EXPERIENCE to support HELP-GIVERS in asking R U OK and having the skills, knowledge, and confidence to engage in MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION if the answer is no  - Suicide prevention is the RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL  - Campaign about building INFORMAL SUPPORT NETWORK → friends, family, colleagues, local communities, interest groups etc START THE CONVO TODAY Click here for more tips & tricks!  “Without R U OK? the landscape would look very different. There is great value in demonstrating to the whole community that they can contribute to suicide prevention and then, importantly, showing them how. ...

Please pay doctors esp junior doctors overtime!  Also don't have ridiculous working hours like 14hrs!!!!!  US wtf are y'all doing? Avg working hours for residents are 40-80hr/wk, w some occasionally logging 136hr/wk     🤯🤯🤯😡😡😡  Ya'll know that according to the Fair Labour Standards Act (FLSA) (for USA before people get ansty at me that this is an Aus only privilege):  ANY WORK OVER 40HR/WEEK IS CONSIDERED OVERTIME and SHOULD BE APPROPRIATELY REMUNERATED!!!  Feeling really lucky that in Aus our avg working wk as junior docs is 50hrs + PAID OVERTIME. What are you doing America (follow @DGlaucomflecken )    Lemme show by example below what overworked, sleep-deprived doctor/health professional interaction can be.  This is an ACTUAL convo I had w a final year med school friend at 7pm when we’ve both been up since 5:50am  What friend actually said: “[mutual friend] dipping Ortho rounds cuz she’s not surgically orientated and is...

  In line with UMMSS' (University of Melbourne Medical Students' Society) Blue Week, I'm going to share parts (b/c let's be real, if I shared the whole story we'd still be here a year later) of my own mental health journey and debunk some myths about mental health through personal experience and current research.  Myth #1: I will never experience mental health issues / I am immune  AHAHAHAHAHA famous last words cuz that's what I truly believed before I got hit by the tornado known as the downward mental health spiral 💀 Looking back, my mental health probably started its downward descent insidiously from the beginning of undergrad back in 2017 but reached the critical threshold in MD2 2021 (first attempt) post Easter break and the descent became more like a snowball tumbling down the Alps 😓 Fact #1: According to the  2022 National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing  (Australia): -  >2 in 5  Australians between 16-85yo (43.7% or 8.6 million ppl) h...