1st year Medical Student here. My brain is so fucking smashed most of the time that I don't even have the energy to play mindless AAA games like Assassin's Creed Odyssey or Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
All I'm looking for now is comfy games with great settings that I can fit into my schedule or any game that can help me relax after 8 hours of cadaver dissection. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Fuck off
Why?
I'm legitimately asking for recommendations. I've been browsing Yea Forums for around 5 years now.
Anodyne 2 has some pretty chill music and atmosphere
Unironically nintendo shit, like a Switch
they're good for 10-15 minute bursts, and you'll find other students to play Smash, Minecraft, and Mario Kart with
I can't believe I haven't seen this until now. Currently looking it up. Thanks a lot.
space chem
Get yourself some VNs. Ace Attorney Trilogy, Danganronpa, 999. Don't fall for the "setting" jew, it's empty promises that you have to fulfill in your head. Get yourself a story that respects your time
Animal crossing
Sid Meier simgolf
Zelda Breath of the Wild
Super Mario odyssey
Splatoon 2
Basically just buy a switch, it’s comfy game central
That's that autism game, right?
Mad because OP’s successfully pursuing a fulfilling lifestyle I see
I don't have autism, I've never even met a psychiatrist!
Physician since 2015 here. Stop whining, the harder is when you work.
For recommendation, play nuDOOM or Wolfenstein TNO and TOB.
I really appreciate suggesting getting a Switch especially since the Lite just came out. Unfortunately, I'm solely relying on scholarships to get through Medical School and I (luckily) have a gaming pc with a GTX 1070. So I'd really prefer PC games. I'll definitely consider getting a Switch in the future though, so thank you.
Can you drop some study tips? I'm a psych grad who miraculously got into a decent medical school, but my review methods are fucked and ineffective, man.
Katamari Damacy
Try vermintide 2 then, if you haven't.
You signed up to become a doctor. You better adapt to a life of constant stress or just drop out. You won't have much time for leisure.
I graduated in Switzerland. It's probably very different in the US. What's a psych grad ?
I've been planning to play that for a while now. Thanks for reminding me. Might finally buy it.
>MED SCHOOL
OH NO NO NO NO NO NO
wagies and studyslaves will never learn
Law School student here. I've always had one hour of free game time in my schedule for some nightly TF2. Just git gud at time management user. Organize your shit.
It's wrong. You can adapt easily. I'm 30 and I play every day. It's different if you want to do surgery. The real challenge is when you have a child. That is the most time consuming challenge of one's life.
How do your organize your time?
A person with a degree in Psychology. Also, I'm studying in a thirdworld shithole but we're admittedly pretty good in handling Public Health (since we need that the most right now). Also noticed that we're studying cadavers way ahead of other schools (e.g. it's barely two months in and we've already identified every muscle in the upper and lower extremities and have met our first patient as well as discussed everything about Dermatology).
I'm not bragging, I really just can't adjust to such a high volume of things to remember in a such a short time.
It's subsequently the most beautiful thing as well as the most challenging thing I have ever faced in my life. You should try to study some anatomy to see if it interests you, user.
>one hour of free time
>'git gud at time management'
So you're already 26 or something ? Why have you started a med school if you already have a psychology grad ? Do you want to become a psychiatrist?
Just don't play JRPGs. Those are for worthless NEETs.
This was gonna be my suggestion.
Katamari Damacy is a great time and pretty stress-relieving once you get the hang of it.
Ah, we must have different medical school requirements. Where I'm from, we need to take a "preliminary" course or undergraduate course before we can enroll into Medical School. So we have to have a degree first. Most of my classmates obviously chose undergraduate degrees which are highly related to Medicine so they have lots of stock knowledge already. I, however, enrolled in Psychology which is literally one of the most theoretical courses out there so I find myself struggling most of the time.
Wake up at ~6
Finish breakfast, quick review from last night's study, bathroom breaks all done before 7
Classes and study promptly take up all time from 9am - 5pm, take half an hour out to eat in between
6pm - 8pm for all homework/study inquiries, finish dinner before 9
At 9 just take half an hour to shower/dinner, brush teeth, then study everything in general until 10
Then I play all the way down to 11pm, where afterwards I take a 15 minute fap mostly hmaf or western stuff and go to sleep.
7 and a halfish hours of sleep is manageable if you wake yourself up an hour earlier to stop being a little whiny zombie BITCH.
Unless you're trying to flunk law school, every single hour of free time you have should be used productively. I'm in the higher half ranks of my class, dabbing on socialfags, and live a pretty content life.
Rolling a ball on shit does seem fun. And it released on Steam too, if I remember correctly? I'll definitely check it out.
>scheduled faps
>hour of free time
>brags about breaking 50th percentile
>And it released on Steam too, if I remember correctly?
Yes, it's an HD remaster and it runs perfectly.
Sounds retarded. Got into med school just after college (or whatever it's called). Well good luck then. For tips I don't have a lot. Don't overwork yourself. In my school, there were retards that went to the library until closure (10 pm). Most of the time, they weren't really working but looking at other students, giggling and chatting. If you have courses m, don't work more than 3 hours after class. Get enough sleep, take a half day or full day break every week when you're in pre exam reviews.
Damn, I'm jealous. I'm probably bottom 20% in my class. My father and my brother are lawyers, too. I sometimes wish I chose law school.
Anyways, thank you for the advice.
No time to exercise?
Also, when you're studying, take some time to let informations sink into your memory. Don't go over different courses too fast.
>take some time to let informations sink into your memory
Huh, I noticed I studied better when I had this mindset the past month, too. Most of the time I get anxious and rush through things because I see my classmates going by topics so fast. It feels good to hear this from a doctor. Thanks a lot.
Just study more user. I recommend flash cards, post-it notes all over your room. Above your bed. Commit to it. Ignore everything else.
I heard med school is almost exclusively memorization, so that can really really help you out.
But seriously, do stuff life recite everything you learned in simplified one-liners every day, then by the end of the semester you should have written a book-worth of study notes, stickies, and flashcards that you can easily review and crush just about any test.
Literally just don't eat (too harmful) garbage. Walking from place to place really is enough to keep you in shape. Though, I've always been slightly underweight since my teen years, so maybe I just have a genetic advantage there.
>Waa waa I have dissection
Fucking first years. At least wait until you've done step until you start bitching. Go fuck yourself.
>t. 4th year in ERAS hell
I know I'm just adjusting. And I know I'll get fucked by clerkship or residency. I just want game recommendations. Do you have any?
Animal Crossing New Leaf
Stardew Valley on switch
Peak comfy senpai
You could try hollow knight user, combat is methodical but not too paused, exploration can be relaxing but also stimulating, the art is excellent, and overall it has a lot of SOUL.
Not him but the brain requires repetition in order to facilitate long-term potentiation, as well as regular and healthy sleep in order to encode information into long-term memory. Cramming is bad, do not try to force a lot of info into your head within a short time. Mnemonics are great study tools.
>t. experimental psych m.a.
>Started playing HK in short bursts this year
>Having a lot of fun
>Stopped playing for a few weeks
>Don't remember where I am not what was I doing
>Lose all interest in the game
I was like 20 hours in, I'm not in the mood to restart from zero
A lot of people (aka most) don't know how to organize themselves. A few years ago I had to juggle a full time job, traveling across the country 4 months a year due to said job, studying for my masters and training for my first half marathon. The key is to prioritize and make a schedule: if I have to do A and have X hours, then that means I have to do B in Y hours.
Here's to us psych majors. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks a lot.
unironically taking a stroll through HL2 is a good and relaxing time