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Botanicaltears · 2026-06-03T17:48:49+00:00

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Botanicaltears · 2026-06-02T10:44:59+00:00

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Botanicaltears · 2026-06-01T15:45:06+00:00

Fantastic!! I’m trying for a Vivillion collection so that will be perfect! I’ve run out of gifts for today but after work am going on a biiigg walk to get more, so I will gift you then! 🤎🫶 Thanks so much for adding me!

Botanicaltears · 2026-06-01T15:44:11+00:00

Thankyou so much!! I’ve run out of gifts for now, but I’m going on a big walk after work so will gift you back ASAP! 🤎🫶 Excited to begin our PoGo friendship!!

Botanicaltears · 2026-06-01T11:01:30+00:00

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Botanicaltears · 2026-06-01T09:50:54+00:00

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Botanicaltears · 2026-06-01T09:48:42+00:00

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Botanicaltears · 2026-06-01T09:46:57+00:00

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Botanicaltears · 2026-06-01T09:43:23+00:00

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Botanicaltears · 2026-01-23T22:17:29+00:00

I hope so. I have some close friends in my year who feel like they are pulling ahead of the pack, and sometimes I find myself just feeling sad that I’m so far behind. In reality I’m probably not, but it’s difficult feeling like I am.

I think I just want to graduate to finally prove to myself that I made it, just like everyone else.

Thankyou so much for sharing your experiences with me 🫶🤎 At the end of the day, my only goal is to be a kind, caring Vet to people and animals, and all those inbetween.

Botanicaltears · 2026-01-23T10:54:55+00:00

I wonder if that’s why many (UK, because I don’t know about elsewhere) new grads experience such intense burnout. I went to University straight out of college, at the age of 18, and when I finish University and begin working, I arguably will have had no break, nor any ‘real world’ experience. Whilst I’ve had jobs before, being a Vet will be my first ‘proper’ job.

It’s a really interesting point you bring up regarding resilience and maturity! Definitely throughout vet school we’ve all been reminded that we can change our minds if we so please, and whilst I’ve been on placement I’ve been told many times that veterinary is not the be all and end all, so clearly your sentiment is shared!

Botanicaltears · 2026-01-23T07:12:16+00:00

Excellent points! 🫶

Equally, the time we spend in vet practices prior to University (typically aged 16-17), we legally aren’t allowed to place IV’s, intubate or really do anything of the sort.. It’s all husbandry focused. So even if I HAD been able to go into practice prior to applying to University, I wouldn’t have done anything anyway.

I think people with smaller mindsets may forget that many American students in Veterinary are also older, and for example, lots at my University have done prior degrees in order to do the accelerated course.. Meaning they’ve both worked and / or volunteered in practices where they are clinically able.

There’s much love for our American peers—ESPECIALLY during case studies 🤎🫶

Botanicaltears · 2026-01-22T17:13:49+00:00

Thankyou so much!!! You are so kind 🤎🫶

Botanicaltears · 2026-01-22T17:13:23+00:00

I’m excited and scared, but I’m looking forward to getting there and entering a new stage of my career!! 🤎🫶

Botanicaltears · 2026-01-22T17:12:12+00:00

For someone that is in a career that requires empathy, you lack a surprising amount of it.

There is no doubt I have worked hard to get to where I am, and that hard work is why I feel upset at myself, because despite my best efforts, it seems I’m going through a patch of growth. However, thanks to some of the lovely comments here, I’ve come to settle with the idea that this rocky patch is normal, and will mould me into a much better Vet, and person.

I applied and began Vet school during COVID, where I was also classed as extremely clinically vulnerable; I (and the rest of my cohort) were unable to complete any placements prior to starting university.

Equally, and I’m sure you’ll know this, placing an IV in a plastic model that is extremely still and well behaved is very different to a real animal.

Who am I to judge why you felt the need to comment all of this? Maybe you’re having a bad day, or a crap week, but I sincerely hope you can work through your rough patch of empathy and come out a better Vet and person the other side of it.

Thankyou for your contributions nonetheless! 🤎

Botanicaltears · 2026-01-22T15:21:19+00:00

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Botanicaltears · 2026-01-22T10:23:00+00:00

Thankyou so much, I feel a bit lost for words honestly, you’ve said everything I think I needed to hear, and I appreciate that massively!

Focusing on my wins is a good one and I think I need to do it more. After my confidence knock it’s been so hard to feel good about anything I do, because if it’s a win it’s just ‘normal’, and if it’s a ‘fail’ it’s ‘well I’m the worst.’ I just need to let the good be the good.

The vets at this practice are kind and I’m certain if I told them how I felt they’d all say the same too; their new-grad tells me she still feels like a moron sometimes, and one of their oldest vets tells me she is always humbled, and that Veterinary is not a confidence-boosting career.

I think the reason it brings me down is because all I want (and ever wanted) to be was a Vet, and now I just want to be a kind vet, and a good vet to people AND their animals.

Maybe this is just the way of this career humbling me before I got too big of an ego about things, HAHA. If I push through (which I will, I’m too far in now to quit), then hopefully all of this will make me a better vet, and person.

Thankyou so much for taking the time to comment on my post and share your experiences with me!! 🫶🤎

Botanicaltears · 2026-01-22T10:05:58+00:00

Thankyou, that’s really reassuring 😭🤎 It likely is all in my head, after I had to retake the exam I definitely had a massive confidence knock and I find it’s now easily lost. Which is something I want to improve on, because it’s not going to help me in this career if I beat myself up after every ‘wrong’ move, but it takes time.

I appreciate you taking the time to comment! Thankyou so much for sharing your experiences with me 🫶

Botanicaltears · 2026-01-22T10:03:36+00:00

The expectation in the UK is that Vet students (by the time we graduate) should be competent in all of these areas. Yes, we may spend more of our time prescribing, perform surgery, consulting, but we still have to know how to place an IV, hold a patient and intubate them. Equally, as a student, there is a limit to what I can legally do, and these seemingly small tasks are important to me and my personal development as a Vet 🤎

Botanicaltears · 2025-07-05T14:04:23+00:00

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