Dealing with Failure (taking a break)

So exam results came out, and it’s not been the most fun. But I think it’s important to be honest about how medicine has lows as well as highs.

So I failed one of the three modules I took back in January, and scraped a pass in the other two. Of course when I found out I was really upset. I didn’t really know how to feel about it, because I didn’t really know what to expect after doing all the exams. None of them went how I wanted to, and I really struggled with the revision side of things, but I don’t like to over think things so I can keep sane.

At this point, I know I need to retake the exam I failed, but I can’t think about it much now because I have 7 modules this semester, and the retake isn’t till August anyway.

Now the point of this post was to talk about dealing with failure so here’s what I did:

1. I cried. A lot. I was expecting to be upset, so I just let myself cry it out as much as I needed to. Definitely felt a lot better afterwards.
2. I went to my lectures. It was a Thursday, and I really didn’t want to be more behind than I already was (I’ve been really ill this week… little bit of a chest infection).
3. I booked a ticket to go home for the weekend. I wanted time away from uni just to recharge and reassess a lot of things.

The most important thing I’ve learned from this is that you can always fail. I know everyone says this but it only really hits you when it happens to you. Of course I’m upset, but I know that this is only a set back and I can bounce back even better than before.

So for anyone out there scared of failing: just know it’s not the end even if it does happen 🙂

Lots of Love

Teddy

P.S. At least I passed anatomy, so I never have to look at it ever again 😀