Second year med school has been rough. I keep falling into this spiral of comparing my life to everyone else’s their grades, their social life, their seemingly put-together existence and it’s been eating at me for a while now.
I want to start reading again as a way to decompress and also actually work through this mentally. Not looking for toxic positivity or “just be grateful” type books. Something that genuinely addresses the psychology behind comparison and helps you reframe it.
Has anything actually helped you? Fiction or non-fiction welcome.
by coudntthinksry
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Post MBBS here.
The subtle art of not giving a fuck.
Had a similar situation during my prefinal year. This book had been plastered across my feed everywhere. I had already tried other self help books. I was just curious as to what this one says that the others don’t. But it was definitely a change of pace from the usual self help books. I think it was the narrative of the book that felt refreshing rather than the ideas for me.