What Do I Do When My Self-Belief As A Pre-PT Quickly Turns To Doubt And/Or Fear?

"Find people who believe in you more than you even believe in yourself."

Do you ever just get so overwhelmed? Studying for tests, working at your job, filling out applications, studying for the GRE, trying to maintain a social life, and everything else? No doubt, it is TOUGH trying to juggle all of that. But don’t stop putting in the work. Keep training your mind and your body to put up with the stress of life because you’ll get to that next level of graduate school and it will just get more intense than it is now. Life doesn’t get harder, you get better.

If you’re applying to PT school now, have you felt really good about the direction you’re headed in and felt so confident? At some point, have you felt yourself slipping, having frustrations, or even doubting yourself? Maybe right now, you’re at the point where you we’re saying to yourself, “I don’t know..I really don’t know if I’m going to be able to get through this thing. Like I thought I could, but now I’m getting to the point where I don’t even know.” At some point in all of our journeys, we have struggled with this. If you can relate to this, know that you are NOT alone.

But then what happens if you don’t get into PT school? What happens when you get waitlisted or denied? When things don’t really go your way, it’s very easy to quickly start looking at your friends or other people in the same boat as you. It’s easy to start looking online and seeing people get accepted into schools you wanted to go to. Now the problem is..what do I do? What do I do when I get to that point where I WANT to get in. I want to get into physical therapy school. I want to pass my classes this semester. I want to get better grades. I want to pass my GRE. I want to do all these different things but honestly, after not passing the first time or the second time like I’m actually getting to the point where I don’t really know if I am even capable of it. Should I listen to the people who told me I shouldn’t keep going? Maybe you’re thinking you should just pull the plug and say, “You know what, it wasn’t for me. I wasn’t smart enough. I just wasn’t cut out to be a physical therapist.”

You first have to find your group of people. Who do you have reigniting your fire when it is almost burned out? Who do you have in your circle? Who do you have listening to your frustrations? Find people who believe in you more than you even believe in yourself. Once you find those people, hold on to them and don’t let them go. Because those are going to be the people that help you through those challenging times when you doubt yourself. Or when you fail a test. Or maybe even when you don’t do as well as you wanted on the GRE. Surround yourself with positive and inspiring people.

You also have to set up habits. Forming good habits will keep you consistent. Because the honest truth is, your self-belief is everything. It shows how you carry yourself, how you handle situations, and how you overcome adversity when you are faced with it. When you form good habits, you become more confident and keep that fearful feeling out of sight. Set yourself up for success, plan ahead, and become more organized.

Let’s make this very clear- if your DREAM is to become a physical therapist, LOCK IN TO THAT. You have to make that happen. Don’t let your fears, frustrations, or doubts get in the way of that dream. Don’t settle for short-cutting your way through what you really want in life or who you want to serve. If this is want you want, then we will figure out how to navigate around this frustrating wall that we are talking about. That doubt, that fear that’s building up, that’s all we have to figure out because once that’s taken care of, you will be golden.

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