Does anyone with social anxiety worry they’ll become a bad doctor because of it?
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Hey, I’m a medical student about to graduate. I’ve been struggling with social anxiety for a long time. I chose to go into medical school because it was my passion, and I didn’t pay attention to my social anxiety.
Year after year, my fear and worry have grown that I might become a bad doctor because I struggle socially. I haven’t even been able to make friends all this time. I feel like my years in this college have been wasted—without enjoyment, value, or personal growth.
To be a successful doctor, you need to be good at communication and have strong social skills, and I lack that. I even feel intimidated by the idea of talking to a patient to take a medical history, and I avoid it all the time.
What should I do? I feel like I’m destroying my future after already ruining my present.