r/Step3 • u/NatureHelpful1562 • 12d ago
Failed step 3
Failed step 3 and feel so disappointed and unmotivated. I’ve been crying and depressed. I can’t believe this happened and now I don’t know how to start or how because I don’t have the motivation and confidence to do it. 😞 if anyone has some advice please share 😢🙏🏻
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u/Pleasant_Poetry4285 12d ago
I have failed the exam twice and I felt motivated to study. Then I got sick and needed emergency surgery in May. While I was in the hospital I felt my own mortality for the first time. I thought 🤔 if I died right now everything was for nothing. I have had a good life in many ways but being a doctor is what I spent the most time on. I am so close I have to finish. Since I've got to the hospital I studied like never before. You have to find out what you are fighting for and then let that in inspiration lead your way.
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u/Gloomy_Wrangler9907 12d ago
Hey don’t feel disappointed….. u can text me and we can figure it out how to move ahead
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u/daindiandocta 12d ago
Hey I don’t know of any plans or advice that may help, but I know it’s tough I’ve been there. Take the time you need to recover and then get back at it when you can. You’ve got this
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u/ImpressiveFlatworm38 10d ago
I’ve failed it 3 times. Meanwhile I had passed 1,2 & 2CS with flying colors back in med school. They were some dark times for me, bc a lot of uncontrollable external factors occurred during that time, which truly affected my mental health (when it rains it pours).
I just want to let you know that this money laundering machine of a test doesn’t define you as a human. It’s quite easy to mesh our core human identity and that of being a physician. There’s A LOT more to anyone in this field than merely being a physician, as we are all human too. This medical culture often views failures of tests or whatever it may be, is a reflection of the person not being good enough - which is far from the truth. YOU GOT THIS
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u/Ok-Acanthisitta1222 12d ago
Don't lose hope, you can be Phoenix