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Makes sense, everyone I met in college who said they were pre-med would immediately suffer narcissistic injury and refuse to be professional in any future conte

Makes sense, everyone I met in college who said they were pre-med would immediately suffer narcissistic injury and refuse to be professional in any future context when I'd remind them Pitt has no pre-med program then go back to doing whatever I want on the wifi. (I also met a few folks who took what they needed to do well on the MCAT then also did some practical courses on information science or focused on art so they could have something to do that would let them turn off their brain after work other than binge reality tv, and most of them are doing OK.)

permo-w 4y ago
what does this mean
- dontbenebby 4y ago
  It means that someone would say I am "pre med" as in, they are sure they will one day be a medical doctor. However, not only is that not guaranteed -- you need to do a standardized test called the MCAT, as well as a number of other things. Further, while at many universities there is a defined "pre-med" major, there is no such major at the University of Pittsburgh, where I obtained my BS. So if someone who is a Pitt student says "I'm pre med", they're engaging in a best, a bit of stretching of the truth in order to impress people. When myself, more of a science oriented person, would say "There is no premed at Pitt. What do you study? Biology? Chemisty? Something else?" they would get angry and refuse to interact. This is known as "narcicistic injury": >Narcissistic injury and narcissistic scar are terms used by Sigmund Freud in the 1920s. Narcissistic wound and narcissistic blow are other, almost interchangeable, terms.[76] When wounded in the ego, either by a real or a perceived criticism, a narcissistic person's displays of anger can be disproportionate to the nature of the criticism suffered;[12] but typically, the actions and responses of the NPD person are deliberate and calculated.[2] Despite occasional flare-ups of personal insecurity, the inflated self-concept of the NPD person is primarily stable.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder#DSM-5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disor...
  - colpabar 4y ago
    I think it's a huge stretch to assume that anyone who simplifies "I am taking all the required courses to position myself to do well on the MCAT and go to med school" with "I'm premed" has a personality disorder. Also, maybe they stopped interacting because what you said is just kind of rude? People really hate it when you "get them" on technicalities.
  - permo-w 4y ago
    I hate to diagnose people over the internet, but have you ever been tested for autism?

permo-w 4y ago

what does this mean

dontbenebby 4y ago
It means that someone would say I am "pre med" as in, they are sure they will one day be a medical doctor. However, not only is that not guaranteed -- you need to do a standardized test called the MCAT, as well as a number of other things. Further, while at many universities there is a defined "pre-med" major, there is no such major at the University of Pittsburgh, where I obtained my BS. So if someone who is a Pitt student says "I'm pre med", they're engaging in a best, a bit of stretching of the truth in order to impress people. When myself, more of a science oriented person, would say "There is no premed at Pitt. What do you study? Biology? Chemisty? Something else?" they would get angry and refuse to interact. This is known as "narcicistic injury": >Narcissistic injury and narcissistic scar are terms used by Sigmund Freud in the 1920s. Narcissistic wound and narcissistic blow are other, almost interchangeable, terms.[76] When wounded in the ego, either by a real or a perceived criticism, a narcissistic person's displays of anger can be disproportionate to the nature of the criticism suffered;[12] but typically, the actions and responses of the NPD person are deliberate and calculated.[2] Despite occasional flare-ups of personal insecurity, the inflated self-concept of the NPD person is primarily stable.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder#DSM-5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disor...
- colpabar 4y ago
  I think it's a huge stretch to assume that anyone who simplifies "I am taking all the required courses to position myself to do well on the MCAT and go to med school" with "I'm premed" has a personality disorder. Also, maybe they stopped interacting because what you said is just kind of rude? People really hate it when you "get them" on technicalities.
- permo-w 4y ago
  I hate to diagnose people over the internet, but have you ever been tested for autism?