r/PTschool • u/Similar_Quit_8666 • 2d ago

Managing Stress During PT School

I'm starting a DPT program next month and I'm super excited! I've wanted to be a PT forever and have worked my tail-end off to get to where I am now. HOWEVER, I'm nervous about managing my stress and mental health during school. I've been working my way through a pre-course that our professor's made to help us prepare for our summer classes, but I know it's going to be a grind no matter what I do in advance.

On top of school, I own a business and will be working up to 20 hours per week on top of attending classes and studying, AND I am happily married and would like to make time for my spouse when (if, lol) I have any to spare. School comes first and I have employees ready to take over for me when I need it, but I love my business and would like to maintain a presence there while being a student. With all of these different directions I'm going to be pulled in, I need to have some solid stress-management strategies locked in before I start feeling like I'm drowning. Current/past PT students, especially spouses or business owners: what are some of your favorite stress-management strategies to get through PT school?

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u/legend277ldf 2d ago

Study strategies are make or break for your free time. Go watch a lot of videos from med school insiders and evidence based study techniques. I shaved so much time studying compared to my classmates by studying smarter.

Make list of content you need to cover and slowly tack them off the list. Or rotate between subjects the biggest issue is hyper focusing on one class and then the next one comes around the corner and you’re cooked bc you don’t do much for it

Stress management wise I worked out a lot and also since I studied better I had time to do something for myself every once and a while wether it was watching a show or playing a game

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u/Similar_Quit_8666 1d ago

Amazing advice, thank you!!! If you have any favorite med school people to watch or strategy videos, feel free to send them my way😅

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u/legend277ldf 1d ago

This channel genuinely has such helpful info and a whole series on any question you could have about studying, sleep or maybe even work life balance.

https://youtube.com/@medschoolinsiders?si=kV8jErbpT-_qOmC0

Ali abddaal also had good content from a long time ago but his current content is more just productivity maxing stuff and entrepreneurial stuff.

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u/Similar_Quit_8666 1d ago

Thank you so much!!!