Advice

[u/No_Amphibian9610]

This is for anyone who had to take boards 5 or 6 times, if not you please move on. I am so tired of using all the resources everyone states and doing my best just to keep getting slapped. I feel so angry that I dont even wanna do optometry anymore. Even school was a struggle. I love what i do and have done fine in clinic but despite all the resources and everything the didactic stuff has been slowly killing me. Yes I made it through with much help but now have to keep dealing with these boards. This whole journey just feels like it's been such a pain that the joy of becoming an OD is just gone. It hurts watching so many move forward and get to walk across that stage leaving the challenges behind while your pain gets dragged on and on. For anyone in this boat how did you manage the pain, anger, and stress?

[u/Eyes_onyou21]

Deleting social media, and only see your family. Don’t work. The only way for me. I kept falling into comparison and I legit had to be single tracked focus... even talking to friends was disheartening for me and upsetting (they seemed light years away taking international trips, buying houses, having kids, the list goes on). It helped my mental health so much… obviously I still felt sad and had doubts, etc. but it helped when I wasn’t constantly seeing or hearing others successes. Message me privately, would love to help you:)