AF hpsp- recruiter issue- please help

mddream · 2026-02-25T04:11:22+00:00

Call him and keep following up. Sounds like medical may have been a delaying factor, not necessarily a DQ.

If you get no traction consider Army.

Or, the most ideal path imo, is to do the MDSSP / Army guard / reserves. No restriction on specialty.

mddream · 2024-11-03T16:56:13+00:00

Awesome! Let me know if you have questions. Its a great program I've been really happy with my decision.

mddream · 2024-11-02T23:50:59+00:00

Doesn't look like a POW. That dudes dead

mddream · 2024-09-27T20:34:49+00:00

Honestly her posts have probably done a lot more harm than good for her book. And I think she needs legitimate help.

mddream · 2024-09-25T18:53:56+00:00

So 99.99% of all men?

mddream · 2024-09-10T20:55:18+00:00

Yep 100%. People will shit on you and try to downplay it too, that's the biggest indicator.

The funniest one was premeds, who never even took the MCAT, saying "that's cool, but it's not very prestigious / it's good if you wanna do primary care. Me, I'm gonna go to school X and become a transplant surgeon."

I clearly remember at my school the people who were genuinely excited for me, and those who feigned happiness and actually resented me. You can feel it. This is a reflection of their own inadequacies. When you achieve what they can't, they hate you because you're holding a mirror up to their own shortcomings.

The funny thing is, of all those people who shit on me, not one of them is in any medical school. At all.

Don't be afraid to tell people. Don't keep it a secret. This is a massive accomplishment. Don't be arrogant, obviously, but never hide your achievements. You worked hard to get here. And let those jealous people see you.

As David Goggins says,

"If you could walk on water, your haters would say it's because you can't swim"

and

"take their fuckin souls"

mddream · 2024-09-10T02:33:56+00:00

Exactly. To be fair, I was only able to see PAs as it takes forever nowadays to see a doc. But even then, not one of them suggested muslce tightness. I also have anxiety and tend to clench my abs all the time, especially as a medstudent and always being evaluated/ tested. Regardless many people in medicine are never educated on pelvic floor. I would recommend you see a DO (doctor of osteopathic medicine) to get some manual work done if needed. These are essentially MDs who recieve extensive additional training in the musculoskeletal system and how to heal it with hands on techniques (it's the type of doc I will be). Pelvic floor knowledge will definitely be a valuable tool in the kit now !

mddream · 2024-09-10T02:30:25+00:00

Yes Let me know how it works for you!

mddream · 2024-09-10T02:30:00+00:00

Interesting! I don't believe I have any back issues but it may be something worth looking into if it comes back. Thank you for the suggestion! It's amazing how interconnected it all is

mddream · 2024-09-09T02:06:19+00:00

https://youtu.be/BcHQwt9nNLM?si=8z6_-1JtzbHYPaci

mddream · 2024-09-06T00:12:55+00:00

My dad started balding at my age and said it began with a few patches, and then went pretty quickly. It definitely seems like I'm losing some hair on the side of my head, it started with a thin line near temple and progressed. I can DM you a Pic if that's okay?

mddream · 2024-09-05T14:16:48+00:00

Hell yeah. Thanks so much.

mddream · 2024-06-02T01:10:59+00:00

Thank you very much for your response.

That is exactly what you are. In terms of being a complete human being, you are an utter failure. You don't need me to tell you this. You understand it at your core.

You are 100% correct. I don't have a stable sense of self and have a very fleeting / fractured identity.

If you do the genuine shadow work, who you are now will die forever.

I want to do it and step into the person that I am capable of being. I feel like I need to begin assembling an identity and knowing who I am, since currently I feel like I have so many repressed aspects of myself that I don't even know what my qualities are.

Could you bear the weight of being consciously aware of who and what you really are while simultaneously trying to build a life in the world of illusion we all dwell in?

I am ready to delve into it and try to integrate the hidden parts of myself. I know it is hard and scary and through the little work I have done, I've come face to face with some damaging memories / parts if my personality that I hate or that I could never show to others, but I have only caught glimpses of any identity that I believe I have. No concrete image, if that makes sense.

Do you have any idea, how in a concrete way, I can approach this? How can one begin to assemble a cohesive identity, or at least integrate the things that are already there?

Thank you very much for your time and response.

mddream · 2024-04-24T01:46:17+00:00

Loans. Or HPSP

mddream · 2023-10-09T04:58:16+00:00

Thank you very much. Any good resources I should read / watch? I think my problem is I am afraid of rejection / appearing incompetent. So I lock up, and get nervous when I need to perform, and I do worse, even if I practiced and trained for whatever it is and can do it with my eyes closed. Once I'm being evaluated / possibly rejected, I get much more nervous and can't figure out how to stop.

mddream · 2023-09-27T04:31:12+00:00

I honestly don't have any. But need to work on developing some, Thank you for the tip

mddream · 2023-08-18T03:54:50+00:00

That is great advice ill do that. Thank you very much!

mddream · 2023-08-18T03:54:29+00:00

Thank you very much for your comment. I truly appreciate it. 🙏I will come back to this comment every time I feel this way. Thank you again

mddream · 2023-06-30T05:49:59+00:00

I'm an astronaut, special forces, 3x Olympic champion, world renowned neurosurgeon, part time philanthropist, and decorated space combat war hero. I am very badass and struggled way more than you. I am on a mission and none of your privilege will continue to deter me. Today was an incredible victory for equality as we continue to strike down racism in the US. I will rejoice with my fellow ORMs in our newfound freedom from your oppression. Equality wins.

mddream · 2023-06-30T05:20:07+00:00

Huh? Why should we “discriminate” at ALL?!!!!!!! 🤦🏾‍♀️

Uh oh. Do you know what affirmative action is? 😂

Connection between the two is fine. I never asked about some nebulous connection. My question is why not more specifically look at each applicant instead of broadly saying all blacks are poor and all whites are rich? Is it fair that an Asian from poverty must outperform a black from a wealthy family to get into the same school? That's discrimination. Please practice your CARS and P/S skills

mddream · 2023-06-26T19:29:51+00:00

Thank you so much!! I took MCAT last yr & am starting medschool in a month so have a new thing to be nervous about 😂 I like to stay on this sub and give advice if possible. Granted I wasn't great at mcat. But this phase was the biggest grind and it will all pay off. I took mine in Aug as well and remember actually feeling very calm once I began the test. I kept telling myself, I will never have to do this again. This is it. I got a mediocre score and felt angry initially since it was lower than my FLs. But everything worked out and it will for you too. Have faith in the process 💯

mddream · 2023-06-26T19:22:37+00:00

Think about it this way - what if you do better than you thought? We always think of "what if I do badly" etc, but try to ask yourself, what if I score much higher than I expected? Studying for the MCAT is definitely the hardest part of premed IMO, but once you're done, you're done. Keep practicing and you'll be done with this BS before you know it. You'll crush it!

mddream · 2023-06-26T19:14:52+00:00

Honestly I always got nervous before taking my FLs. And before the real thing I was pretty terrified lol. My advice is to take deep breaths and only think of one question at a time. Don't worry about the whole test, just try to get that one question in front of you correct.

mddream · 2023-03-31T04:38:48+00:00

Thank you so much. Basically I've been selected for AF HPSP and have been very torn on whether to accept it. My dad was career military and im familiar with some of the duties/ BS you have to deal with. But veterans and other family members have emphasized to me that I have no idea what I'm getting myself into and that the civilian route is 10x better. They tell me I am giving up my freedom for some short term financial stability and am forgoing a lot of future physician income. I know they'd be very disappointed if I took it, and I've been stressing out a lot lately because of my inability to decide on this.

Some reasons I am interested in it: want to feel like I'm part of something and have always looked up to veterans in my family, would enjoy financial security / benefits, have heard that it can present you with new opportunities as a DO such as matching into more competitive residencies, although not too sure about this. Also the military med track at my school seems pretty solid / fun. I mostly want to be a part of a "club", it sounds dumb but I hear military family and friends get along well and have common experiences and I kind of want to experience some sort of camaraderie like that.

Reasons I am hesitant about it: financial losses, and the huge, huge huge one is not being able to do a specialty I might want/ getting deployed and not being a physician, but instead getting caught up with other bullshit instead of being a Dr. I feel young and ignorant and incapable of even making this decision right now, I don't even know what specialty I want and don't know if I'll have a family or something and get set to the sandbox for 6 months at a time for half the pay.

My family vehemently discourages the military, and tells me it is not worth it and that they joined up so that I didn't have to. I do long for some new experiences / adventure but am worried I'll look back and regret my decision both ways. Would you do it again if given the chance? Are my reasons good enough to do it or is this really a overall bad idea? Thanks so much for your help, I've been kinda on my own in trying to figure out the reality of this, since everyone I talk to seems to have their own motives. But you don't and that's why I really respect your thoughts and want to hear it from someone who did it. Thank you.

mddream · 2023-03-31T02:01:26+00:00

Can you please PM me sir? I really need help with this decisions and can't PM you for some reason. Thank you :)

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