So so so relatable. Competition and comparison can really steal your joy. I felt so much happier when I stopped comparing myself to others in med school and just focussed on being better than the student I was yesterday. One fact and skill at a time.
Every time I'm at a place where I don't know what to do, or I feel overwhelmed, I try to search for an answer in your videos. Your brain is fantastic. I love the way you think and approach things. It's so incredibly unique that it feels like there is nothing in the world like it. Thank you for being honest, reflective and authentic. Your existence and TH-cam channel are a blessing, and I am grateful to have come across them.
I just wanted to imply that you are an old soul, young lady. Really, really nice to focus on the here and now, but also understand the importance of where we come from and see where we are and have to go. Simle, clever, positive way of seinä the world not only in medicine , but in every aspect of life. Very niiice! Enjoyed the video a lot! Keep it up!
Hey, a doctor from India here. I can relate to the feeling of coming from a family in which you are the first doctor. I think all of us go through this in varying degrees during medical school and the reason for this has been perfectly described by you. We are all smart and competitive is the reason we are in medicine. It's like a pool of smart people hence having such doubts comes with it. From my experience, you just have to love medicine to keep going. If that purpose in you, that love in you for the field is alive, you will eventually rise above everything. You are not less than anyone. Everybody has his/her own journey. :)
Elizabeth - I just watched this Vlog and IMHO it is bang-on. In life, I have found that overall, in the long run, our biggest obstacle towards achievement, enjoyment, and taking action is just simply "ourselves". If we could just get out of our own way at times the difficult part would be done! The funny thing is that whether you think "you can" - or - whether you think "you can't" - you will be correct!
I wish my parents would understand this lol. Them wanting me to top everything in med school is just unsustainable and unnecessary. I really connected with this video! Thanks Liz :)
Great video and such an important topic! I think with any professional, healthcare career (and probably other careers too tbh), there is ALWAYS an element of imposter syndrome even when you leave university (I'm sorry to say). When you're responsibly for the health and welfare of other human beings, you will always want to be as good as you can possibly be/the best whilst being aware that there's others who have way more experience than you. It's a tough feeling to beat but avoiding comparison is always a good thing to do!
It’s like you put my feelings and emotions into a video that makes sense of the mess in my head. Thank you.. I’ll be rewatching this video anytime I feel sour again.
Thank you so much, i could relate to most of the things you have mentioned in this video, and it is such a relief to know that I’m not the only one feeling this way
Thanks so much for your video I am also a medical student & suffered a lot from imposter syndrome. I felt your authenticity and honesty. and it made me feel much much better about myself and very inspiring to keep going.
I love your channel so much 😭 you provide so much value and you’re so human and humble and genuine ugh i’m so glad you started this channel and i found it
This video made me realise that I have the same syndrome and I didn't even know that many people had it as well, and I think I should start to focus on the moment and not stress myself out to overcome the depression that came along with this syndrome and the competition of the medicine faculty.
Wow that voice it seems as if angels of heaven sing hymns of David into my ears just surreal have watched all of your videos and while I was suffering from the same problem with an anatomy exam and nearly stressed out to the point of having a panic attack and later realized whether that even mattered and I realized was that at that time I was so fool hardly into not getting a support system in the mental aspect of things anyways thank Eli for the video and lots of love from India
Well done and thank you Elizabeth! Some of the points you made resonated with me. E.g. when you said that you went to Medicine school as someone who came from a non-medical background. Sorry social mobility is a sensitive subject to me but I mean well. I’m proud of you so to speak. Oh and your welcome! (You said thanks in case I or people in general got to the end of the video). Well done Elizabeth! Raza :)
i started working as an intern 2 months ago, as a physician in emergency, that's a 12 months process that all medical students go through, and it's the first time we deal with cases. its fine if i do mistakes in my finals for sure, but when i do that with the cases its insane, like suturing someone's thumb with a thicker prolene suture and needle, and or giving the the anesthesia with a large syringe and see them screaming in pain and telling their relatives they want to leave then knowing after that i could've avoided it if i used like an insulin syringe.
I really want to start a youtube channel but I just can'tttt 😭😭 Imposter syndrome and feeling everyone around me is just overall better than me has been in my life as far back as i can look. I got my first yr result day before yesterday and I came second in class (im a 1st yr medical student, now heading to second yr) and even then I couldnt believe the result, felt it was someone's prank or there was some error in marking, totalling etc. So I am not even sure if this result is gonna help me be a bit confident or I have to spend my life like this being underconfident. :/
it's normal (and good) to feel concerned about starting! But feeling the fear and doing it anyways is better than regretting it, which is what it seems you're doing right now!
Lo que tú digas me voy a hacer miles de kilómetros para una consulta médica ,ya me están mirando hace dos años yedio en España que también hay médicos aunque parezca mentira
Hi Sister, Is medicine going to be very tough, cuz I am really looking forward to being a cardiologist, Everyone says that it's not going to be very easy, and very very hard, so people tend to scare me, which demotivates me, soo what are your thoughts? and BTW I am a topper, so will it be difficult for me?
You should definitely like sciences and have a strong will to become a doctor. I was a med student but I had stronger interests toward other fields and living in a hospital wasn’t enjoyable for me anymore. Don’t listen to people who want to scare you because you can be everything you want to be. You just need to be sure that this is what you truly want and if you don’t see yourself doing something else instead.
Oooofff... The competitive factor of this really messes with me, when it gets bad I get such a bad anxiety that it affects my grades. I've come to realize that to be my best and happy self, I need to "not give a fuck" a little.
I am a doctor from India and I’m planning to come to the UK. This really helped! (For someone who’s equally excited and nervous about joining NHS, this came to me at the right time)
Además lo siento pero no entiendo inglés por lo tanto me voy a enterar aún menos lo siento además no me pego doce horas de avión ni loco a la media hora de despegar les pido que abran la puerta que me bajo
1. There will never be enough evidence to ged rid of your uncertainty - learn to embrace it; 2. Some competitiveness you cannot change - learn to ignore it; 3. What is your real worst-case-scenario - how bad is it actually? 4. Medicine might not be the right thing- that's ok.
You never seem to produce rambling videos. A proper rambling video would end much later with something like "...and that's why zebras can't drive landrovers."
Ignoring competition is such an underrated strategy in med school. Different specialties just operate at different levels
So so so relatable. Competition and comparison can really steal your joy. I felt so much happier when I stopped comparing myself to others in med school and just focussed on being better than the student I was yesterday. One fact and skill at a time.
This video really spoke to me, I struggle with imposter syndrome intermittently but these points will definitely help!
Great video and editing :-)
Are you doing editing by yourself?
Can you please answer, which MBTI type are you? :-)
Every time I'm at a place where I don't know what to do, or I feel overwhelmed, I try to search for an answer in your videos. Your brain is fantastic. I love the way you think and approach things. It's so incredibly unique that it feels like there is nothing in the world like it. Thank you for being honest, reflective and authentic. Your existence and TH-cam channel are a blessing, and I am grateful to have come across them.
I just wanted to imply that you are an old soul, young lady.
Really, really nice to focus on the here and now, but also understand the importance of where we come from and see where we are and have to go.
Simle, clever, positive way of seinä the world not only in medicine , but in every aspect of life.
Very niiice! Enjoyed the video a lot!
Keep it up!
Hey, a doctor from India here. I can relate to the feeling of coming from a family in which you are the first doctor. I think all of us go through this in varying degrees during medical school and the reason for this has been perfectly described by you. We are all smart and competitive is the reason we are in medicine. It's like a pool of smart people hence having such doubts comes with it. From my experience, you just have to love medicine to keep going. If that purpose in you, that love in you for the field is alive, you will eventually rise above everything. You are not less than anyone. Everybody has his/her own journey. :)
Elizabeth - I just watched this Vlog and IMHO it is bang-on. In life, I have found that overall, in the long run, our biggest obstacle towards achievement, enjoyment, and taking action is just simply "ourselves". If we could just get out of our own way at times the difficult part would be done! The funny thing is that whether you think "you can" - or - whether you think "you can't" - you will be correct!
I wish my parents would understand this lol. Them wanting me to top everything in med school is just unsustainable and unnecessary. I really connected with this video! Thanks Liz :)
@@elizabethfilips Thanks for the offer Liz, hopefully I can power through for the next few years but will always keep this in mind :D
This helped me so much, especially hearing the surgeon say that he failed at least one exam a year. Really put it in perspective for me! Thanks
Great video and such an important topic! I think with any professional, healthcare career (and probably other careers too tbh), there is ALWAYS an element of imposter syndrome even when you leave university (I'm sorry to say). When you're responsibly for the health and welfare of other human beings, you will always want to be as good as you can possibly be/the best whilst being aware that there's others who have way more experience than you. It's a tough feeling to beat but avoiding comparison is always a good thing to do!
This video just spoke to me! I was feeling very down, and your take on this really helped. Thank you, keep up the amazing work.
Awh hope you’re feeling ok!
It’s like you put my feelings and emotions into a video that makes sense of the mess in my head. Thank you.. I’ll be rewatching this video anytime I feel sour again.
Aside from the awesome topic, it's also awesome that you use your phone as your camera. It shows a lot more passion and character
@@elizabethfilips Nice!
Thank you so much, i could relate to most of the things you have mentioned in this video, and it is such a relief to know that I’m not the only one feeling this way
I am so glad that I found this video
This is exactly what I wanted
I can never thank you enough ❤️❤️
You just made my day😘😘
Oh this makes me so happy!!!
Thanks so much for your video
I am also a medical student & suffered a lot from imposter syndrome.
I felt your authenticity and honesty. and it made me feel much much better about myself and very inspiring to keep going.
That's an outstanding Video ! ❤
I will watch it whenever i am struggling with it !
Really spoken from the heart 👌 Thanks for sharing :))
Thank you so much for this! :)
I hope you do realize how helpful and a little life-saving this was. ❤️
this is one of the best videos with some real practical perspective, thankyou for making this
I love your channel so much 😭 you provide so much value and you’re so human and humble and genuine ugh i’m so glad you started this channel and i found it
what a balanced view and how wise to share this with others!!
I was really having all of these doubts today and then this video popped up 😳😳😳
Thanks for this !!
You're welcome :)
Thank tge the TH-cam Algorithm
She so productive she needs to speed up the video by default for us😂
So meaningful to me and my life. Don't feel the need to cut my wrist...now or ever.
Gosh you are so wise Elizabeth! I love your videos :)
Thank you for being You!
Ohh you flatter me Malini!! But thank you 💙
I relate to this so much! This is a great video :)
Did Ali just copy your video idea😂😂?
love your videos, you're so inspiring!
This video made me realise that I have the same syndrome and I didn't even know that many people had it as well, and I think I should start to focus on the moment and not stress myself out to overcome the depression that came along with this syndrome and the competition of the medicine faculty.
You just made me feel a little bit more confident,
Thanks for the video🙏
Agree with your opinion as i suffered from this syndrome and i think it's mostly related to the perfectionist personality that most medical have
I love this woman, she is so wonderful.
Wow that voice it seems as if angels of heaven sing hymns of David into my ears just surreal have watched all of your videos and while I was suffering from the same problem with an anatomy exam and nearly stressed out to the point of having a panic attack and later realized whether that even mattered and I realized was that at that time I was so fool hardly into not getting a support system in the mental aspect of things anyways thank Eli for the video and lots of love from India
Loved ur early videos
Great video - like the editing on the video.
Well done and thank you Elizabeth! Some of the points you made resonated with me. E.g. when you said that you went to Medicine school as someone who came from a non-medical background. Sorry social mobility is a sensitive subject to me but I mean well. I’m proud of you so to speak. Oh and your welcome! (You said thanks in case I or people in general got to the end of the video). Well done Elizabeth! Raza :)
Thank you so much Raza!
@@elizabethfilips you’re welcome Elizabeth! Raza :)
Thank you sooo much for this video 🙏🏻♥️
You're so welcome!
Love your videos and your energy 🤍
Thanks Delia 💙
i started working as an intern 2 months ago, as a physician in emergency, that's a 12 months process that all medical students go through, and it's the first time we deal with cases.
its fine if i do mistakes in my finals for sure, but when i do that with the cases its insane, like suturing someone's thumb with a thicker prolene suture and needle, and or giving the the anesthesia with a large syringe and see them screaming in pain and telling their relatives they want to leave then knowing after that i could've avoided it if i used like an insulin syringe.
one time i even let someone go home after i looked at his ecg and thought it was ok then the specialist told me he had ischemic changes
You remind me so much of Donna from suits. Donna is awesome
Thank you!💕this spoke to me
Amazing video, so many good points. I also like how you speak at x1.25 lol, more info in less time, love it. #productivity 😂
You make me feel better
Such a great video!
Amazing just loved it 😊
You think too, much.... You're beautiful just the way you are.... Think rationally not deeply, unless needed.💎🤗
Ur anxiety lead to a deeper understand ing of urself...pretty dope video
Fake it till you make-just have to believe it
Lovely! well said.
Question.
What if I am extremely terrible student?
I graduated med school but I have extremely low knowledge of medicine.
I really want to start a youtube channel but I just can'tttt 😭😭
Imposter syndrome and feeling everyone around me is just overall better than me has been in my life as far back as i can look. I got my first yr result day before yesterday and I came second in class (im a 1st yr medical student, now heading to second yr) and even then I couldnt believe the result, felt it was someone's prank or there was some error in marking, totalling etc. So I am not even sure if this result is gonna help me be a bit confident or I have to spend my life like this being underconfident. :/
it's normal (and good) to feel concerned about starting! But feeling the fear and doing it anyways is better than regretting it, which is what it seems you're doing right now!
@@elizabethfilips omg thank you for replying!! Means a lot!! 🥺🥺❤️
I wasn't expecting a reply on such a long and cringey comment😅😅
The competitive nature of London med schools has always bothered me, glad to hopefully finish up soon and leave this (sometimes) toxic environment!
Lo que tú digas me voy a hacer miles de kilómetros para una consulta médica ,ya me están mirando hace dos años yedio en España que también hay médicos aunque parezca mentira
Does age matters?? For being a medical student. I'm from India and I'm 23 am I too old to get into medical school
Beautiful!
Hi Sister, Is medicine going to be very tough, cuz I am really looking forward to being a cardiologist, Everyone says that it's not going to be very easy, and very very hard, so people tend to scare me, which demotivates me, soo what are your thoughts? and BTW I am a topper, so will it be difficult for me?
You should definitely like sciences and have a strong will to become a doctor. I was a med student but I had stronger interests toward other fields and living in a hospital wasn’t enjoyable for me anymore.
Don’t listen to people who want to scare you because you can be everything you want to be. You just need to be sure that this is what you truly want and if you don’t see yourself doing something else instead.
@@Widad.A Thank you soo much for your response !! ❤
@@hasbro.h1594 you’re welcome ☺️💕
I'm currently suffering from Imposter Syndrome
Same as my thoughts!🙃
Oooofff... The competitive factor of this really messes with me, when it gets bad I get such a bad anxiety that it affects my grades. I've come to realize that to be my best and happy self, I need to "not give a fuck" a little.
At the beginning I thought I am watching the video at 1.5 speed 😊
I am a doctor from India and I’m planning to come to the UK. This really helped! (For someone who’s equally excited and nervous about joining NHS, this came to me at the right time)
Me gustó este video, fue muy honesto
good stuff
This video was so so good❤️
your too beautiful to have to struggle with anything such an angel face girl should not have to face any challenges.
I put you on in the background. I miss the women of my childhood. Teachers and sstuff. They did look out.
I love you.
Además lo siento pero no entiendo inglés por lo tanto me voy a enterar aún menos lo siento además no me pego doce horas de avión ni loco a la media hora de despegar les pido que abran la puerta que me bajo
1. There will never be enough evidence to ged rid of your uncertainty - learn to embrace it;
2. Some competitiveness you cannot change - learn to ignore it;
3. What is your real worst-case-scenario - how bad is it actually?
4. Medicine might not be the right thing- that's ok.
♥️
One like from India🇮🇳
Ali copied your idea😮
I subscribed you
How do you know you overcame imposter Syndrome?
I still have it to some extent for some things - for TH-cam for example! But I don’t feel guilty or as though I don’t belong in medicine anymore 😅
@@elizabethfilips it was a rhetorical question. 🎭 Welcome to TH-cam.
I’m an idiot
It must be the camera lens. Your hands look small relative to everything else.
You never seem to produce rambling videos. A proper rambling video would end much later with something like "...and that's why zebras can't drive landrovers."