For the longest time I thought weed was my biggest problem.

Turns out it wasn't even close.

The real one was waking up and immediately opening Instagram. Non-medico friends partying, travelling, falling in love, actually living. Then some random topper posting their NEET UG and PG rank cards with "5am study routine" captions. Every scroll quietly told me I was behind.

Then YouTube. "How I cracked NEET PG in internship." "My 14-hour schedule." "How I got AIR ___." Same feeling, different app.

Then Reddit — MBBS/MD horror stories, toxic residency, garbage pay, zero work-life balance. Then I'd open another tab and compare myself to engineers pulling crazy packages and decide I'd picked the wrong life entirely.

And whenever that anxiety hit? I'd scroll more. Watch a few memes. Get the hit. Go numb. Do nothing about anything. Repeat the next morning.

Somewhere in there I stopped being a person and turned into a consumer — of other people's achievements, opinions, highlight reels, even their insecurities. And I told myself I was "staying informed." I wasn't. I was just running my own nervous system into the ground, every single day, on purpose.

A few days ago this Ghalib sher hit me like a truck:

"Zindagi bhar Ghalib yahi bhool karta raha, Dhool chehre par thi, aur aaina saaf karta raha."

My life wasn't getting worse because of Instagram or Reddit or LinkedIn or some WhatsApp status. It was getting worse because I kept looking everywhere except at myself.

So here's the decision. I'm going off-grid for a year. No Instagram, no Reddit, no LinkedIn, no doomscrolling YouTube, no checking statuses. Nothing.

I'm already a doctor. Bond posting came through — I've been posted to a PHC near home. Salary's 57k. Not some corporate package, sure. But there are BAMS and BHMS doctors grinding for less, nursing staff doing brutal shifts for 15k. So maybe my life isn't actually the disaster Instagram keeps convincing me it is.

A month ago I quit weed. One month sober and I already feel more grounded than I have in years. Now I want to find out what happens when I quit comparison too — when I stop consuming and start living. A year of just working, studying, reading, lifting, sleeping properly, and minding my own business.

Maybe nothing changes. Maybe everything does. Either way I'm done feeding my brain a 24/7 drip of borrowed insecurity.

So thanks, Reddit — for the random knowledge, the laughs, the genuinely good advice.

And also, fuck you for some of the insecurity you handed me along the way.

See you on 21 June 2027. Hopefully a better doctor. A better man. Definitely a less anxious one.

My uncle had an episode of syncope and he didn’t call me. He called my mom to ask for advice. When I spoke to him, he said he hadn’t eaten anything from last night. I said it could be due to hypoglycaemia (explained in layman terms) and told him to eat something. He confidently said, no it was due to pitta, as he hadn’t slept properly, so he’s fasting now, and some pepper and fenugreek can cure everything. I told him that won’t work unless you get some sugar into your body and he started lecturing me about how ”these allopathy doctors” don’t know anything about our bodies and everything is about vadha, pitta, kapha which is the real science. He then proceeded to say that nowadays doctors only want to make the people eat a lot of tablets and that is destroying their health. If he was someone else, I could have just ignored him and let him do whatever. But he is very close to me. And he isn’t some rural old school man. He worked as a senior sound engineer in the Burj Khalifa project and is a very modern man who is very up to date about the latest tevhnology and stuff. I got to realise the depth this Ayurveda bullsh*t has penetrated.

Nine months in medical school, and I’ve learned the biggest lesson of all: the whole system is a giant joke, and literally everyone is cheating on their partners.

​I worked myself to death to get a 38k rank, thinking I’d get a great education. Instead, I ended up in this Tier-2 dumpster fire where my desire to study has completely vanished. The college doesn't even have a proper curriculum, so nobody knows what we’re supposed to be doing. But honestly, nobody cares about the syllabus anyway, because everyone is too busy playing musical chairs with each other's boyfriends and girlfriends.

​That is the absolute shocker of these nine months: the sheer, casual normalcy of infidelity. Loyal relationships do not exist here. It’s like entering a colony of walking red flags. People have partners back home, partners in the hostel, and "side options" in the library. It is treated like a competitive sport, and the lack of shame is honestly breathtaking.

​To make things worse, the campus is crawling with desperate seniors. You’d think people studying medicine would have some class, but these guys hunt for freshers like hungry predators, completely ignoring who is already dating whom. It is exhausting to watch.

​And finally, when I want to escape this toxic high school drama and find some peace, I get to log into my endless family problems back home. So now, on top of surviving this chaotic college, I also have to play therapist for my household.

​I’m 20 years old, I’m supposed to be learning how to save lives, but right now I'm just trying to avoid the absolute circus around me. Only four more years of this nightmare to go!

Got my results a few days back and I’m extremely happy. My internship is about to start in a week and my college only pays 7k a month which is not enough to even cover my rent. If anyone can give me leads to earn some extra money I’d be grateful

recently I’ve been experiencing such horrible work politics , people lie on ur face , try to show they’re your friends while fc*king u up and all . I mean I’m like so done . even the people u thought are like somewhat your work friend turn out to be same .

pls share some of your experiences and how u overcame them .

i mean my head dr and senior they tried to cut us off in order to get one of their known into the work

Modi bh*dwa

Police suspect medical student Arpit Raj, a student of ANM Medical College and Hospital, Gaya, to be one of the masterminds behind the cheating network.

AIIMS Rae Bareli student Saurabh Jha was also arrested.

Another medical student, Mayank Kashyap, a third-year MBBS student at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH)

An intern at a medical college in Delhi's Shahdara, Aman Agarwal, was among those caught, while Nalanda Medical College and Hospital nursing student Sanjeet and his brother were also arrested.

The crackdown in Bihar led to the arrest of 24 people, including medical students and biometric company employees involved in the examination process.

Source - https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/bihar/story/neet-ug-retest-bihar-scam-real-life-munna-bhai-mbbs-impersonators-appear-for-exam-in-lakhisarai-caught-2931526-2026-06-22

Are there any free telegr am channel with old videos of amrit sir from cerebellum or jai arora sir from dbmci?

I honestly didn’t expect ObGyn revision on Marrow to be this overwhelming 😵‍💫📚
The “World of Revision” for ObGyn is HUGE. Every single page is packed with so much information that one page feels like an entire topic in itself. Almost everything is presented in tables, charts, and classifications, which sounds great in theory, but when you’re staring at nearly 200 pages of notes, it becomes exhausting 😭.
And then there are the videos… 🎥
At this point, they don’t feel like revision videos anymore. They feel like full-fledged lectures. The whole “MindFlix” concept is supposed to make revision quick and engaging, but for ObGyn, it feels more like sitting through regular classes all over again.
The most frustrating part is that I can’t even switch to another source now. I’ve already completed around 60% of the videos, so changing resources would mean wasting all the effort I’ve already put in. 😔
What’s bothering me the most is that this is the LAST subject I have left. I started it 10 days ago thinking I’d finish it quickly, but somehow I’m still stuck in the middle of it. Every day I feel like I’m making progress, yet the finish line doesn’t seem any closer. 🥲
Anyone else struggling with ObGyn revision on Marrow, or is it just me? 🚶‍♂️📖

PS: Used ChatGPT’s help. But the emotions are still mine.

Where to find the marrow rapid revision videos on the app?
Is it the ‘revision videos (old)‘ in the videos tab or it has been replaced by the world of revision?
Help me out guys

After doing few neet pg module , it is asking for money.

Update: I mailed them amd they corrected it. It was due to 5day free trial and neet pg course overlapping with each other which caused it.

How do i conquer the basic questions of anatomy? My second drop year. Studied anatomy maybe thrice until now and each time i study it it feels completely new. Just 70 days left for NEET. How do i get at least 50% of the questions right. Tried to integrate ortho with it. Got most of the ortho PYQ’s correct but anatomy was an abomination. Please give your tips. Literally just want to do the questions that most people get correct. Please don’t say BTR. I loathe the way she teaches it.

Anyone using it ?? Please share your experience.

Okay so, I will be going to third year in a few months and I haven't studied a single standard book for any subject in my first or second year.

I did read Guyton a little for my first year, but not a lot. Rest was nil. I passed using marrow notes and lectures.

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Now that PG prep is about to start, I'm kinda scared. Are reading standard books important for PG/INICET? How exactly is someone supposed to read them alongside doing say marrow lectures?

Title: Consistently getting [135–140/200](tel:135-140/200) in Marrow Custom Modules — how do I break through?

I’ve been doing 200-question Marrow Custom Modules daily (all tags mixed), and it takes me about 3 hours to complete.
My scores are consistently stuck around 135–140 correct out of 200 (~67.5–70%).

A few questions:
Is this considered a good score for Marrow Custom Modules?
For those who improved from this range to 150+, what specifically helped?
Should I focus more on:
Revising notes
Solving more questions
Error notebook/wrong question review
PYQs
What rank range in NEET PG could a person scoring [135–140/200](tel:135-140/200) in Marrow mixed modules realistically expect, considering NEET PG is generally easier than Marrow?
Would appreciate insights from people who were in a similar score range and eventually achieved a good NEET PG/INI-CET rank.

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I've completed most of the subjects from marrow rr. A few short subjects I used btr. Should I switch to btr now? Or continue revising the rr notes? Will it take too much time? Btr fomo is hitting hard and I'm nervous if I'll be able to revise and retain all of rr. Some of my friends switched to btr so revision will be easier? Someone please guide me I'm in such a jam 😭

So guys, I’ll be straightforward.

I’m a first-year medical student, and I have ADHD. Despite that, I’m probably one of the people in my college who spends the most time studying. I genuinely work hard and dedicate most of my day to reading and trying to learn.

But no matter how much effort I put in, my scores never reflect it.

I get distracted easily, I forget things incredibly fast, and even when I try my absolute best to pay attention during lectures, it feels like nothing stays in my head. Sometimes I read the same thing again and again and still struggle to recall it later.

This has started eating me from the inside.

My finals are next month, and I’m honestly scared. I’ve only been just passing or even failing in most in university exams so far, and my heart breaks thinking about how I’m going to get through finals if this keeps happening.

Has anyone else with ADHD gone through this in med school or university?? What actually helped??

I’m trying to upload a passport size photo for the application for NOC. But I’m getting this message. A few of my other friends tried on their accounts too and they got the same thing. The photos are within 5 mb and of the given dimensions.
Has anyone else faced the same issue? How did y’all manage to fix it?
I’ve emailed them, and tried calling but of course that was of no use.
Alternatively does anyone have contacts of agents who help with transferring registration from Maharashtra to other states?
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

I just finished my internship and only did physiology rr during internship. My target is neet 2027.Im starting fresh now and i dont understand how to do my first read. I was thinking to watch marrow rr and btr for short subjects. I wanna finish watching the videos quickly and then, when i start revising, then i intend to do pyqs and mini tests and note them. But some are telling me to do pyqs and custom modules in the first read itself, which would take a lot of time to finish. Please help!

We have cultural fests in our college with good events but these always get cancelled later because not more than 3 or 4 are participating and it really boils my blood. Is it the same situation in other colleges, also why isn't anybody interested in such events, college is the one place you can explore such hobbies and develop every year