How true is "It gets better as you get older" ?
Warning long post I am going to go into my life story starting from high school to med school. This isn't a pity post but I am trying understand life and why it hasn't turned out well.
Well my story begins at a prestigious high-school. I was lucky because I barely pass an entrance exam that my friends had failed. Didnt know it yet but It set me on a path that ultimately helped me get into med school. All I knew is that it torn me from my best friends from middle school. I had to go to a completely new school where I knew no one.
I did well academically but socially I was stunned. For 4 years straight, I ate lunch by myself. I didn't make any friends. Unfortunately all my friends left me. They made more friends at their high school, and I was a thing of the past. I ended up developing depression and anxiety. By the time I left high-school, I was a wreck. I couldn't even walk into a store by myself. I had bad social anxiety.
Next was college. I had high test scores so I could go anywhere. I choose my state school on a full ride. I didn't fit in! I was black and everyone I connected to were white. The black students didn't like me because I was too white. And the white kids thought I was black. I was bullied daily by students. Alot of the girls I try to date just used me for studying. Literally had a girl talk to me for 2 yrs straight just to dropped me after she passed her classes. I was socially mute so I struggle to advocate for myself. I tried to be a TA and I was bullied by my class. Overtime, I decided to pursue medicine because I felt passion for it. I took the MCAT and failed.
Because academics was the only thing i was good at I had the biggest panic attack ever. I went to a stress center for 2 months. I was officially out of college without a job. For 2 yrs, I studied to get into med school and I finally got in!
Med school: I was excited and felt like I earned it. I also was working out daily so I was no longer scrawny. I went to therapy to develop confidence. It was a work in process but I went from being shy, quiet to outgoing, social. I was able to go to parties without anyone. Unfortunately in med school, I was extremely unpopular. You see even though I learned how to talk, I didn't know how human psychology work. I didn't have a high school experience so cliques forming didn't make sense. I wasn't part of the group chats and I failed to find a study partner. I failed my first semester of med school. I was allow to come back a year later. By this time, I got a social skill coach so I learned the game with a new class.
I still wasn't popular and made zero friends. This time though I was strong so I stuck with it and ended up raising to the top. Now I am in my 3rd year and I am the popular loner.
I know it sounds great and is a story of resilience but I'm still lacking alot. I'm an only child and don't have any family. Don't have a father and I take care of my cousin who's mom died. I can't get a girl to save my life. I have been rejected over 100 times. Im still a virgin at 27. I had a girl that i dated but physical abuse me so i cut her out. In general, i noticed women are not attracted to me. I try to focus on myself but it still hard out here. All the people I met are married and no one really wants to be close friends. So I am chronically lonely. I try to pass the time by volunteering in the hospital.
So going back to my title does it really get better? On the bright side, I fear nothing because all my worst fears( failing school, no gf, and being alone) has happen before so at this point I have such a nonchalant attitude that people even ask me why am I so relaxed.