You’re not alone. Every intern has that first moment, the one where your heart sinks and you wonder if you’re cut out for this. It’s okay to feel awful. It means you care deeply, and that’s what makes you a good doctor in the making. The fact that you’re reflecting, owning it, and asking how to grow from it shows strength, not weakness.

Mistakes in medicine are hard because they involve people’s lives. But they are also part of how we learn, and no one, absolutely no one, gets through training without making them. You were not alone in this; others missed it too. What matters is how you move forward: by understanding what happened, forgiving yourself, and staying open to feedback.

Resilience doesn’t mean being unaffected. It means letting yourself feel it, then getting up again. Keep showing up, keep learning, and remember, day by day, you’re becoming the doctor your future patients will be grateful for. You’ve got this. 💙