Why do I study physics?

[@TonaldDrump兀]

sir i'm a student from india, studying for medical entrance exam NEET, i would be very honest i am extremely afraid of mechanics, i mean very very scared, when the teachers teach in class and makes us solve questions, i'm quite fine with it(like i can solve 4-5 out of 10, not very good i know) , but during the exams, oh man the questions just feel like out of this world, which i have never seen before ! i have absolutely no idea what to do sir. any tips would be extremely helpful.

[@StudentofTruth-444]

@@TonaldDrump兀 this phenomenon was why I did not enter a career in physics when I was at university. For me it was math anxiety. Now that no one is grading me, I enjoy maths. I went into medicine and really never needed to know mechanics. I did have to study classical mechanics so I could understand quantum mechanics. To do well on exams I both had to practice solving the problems and also try to address the anxiety itself. The medical entrance exam I took had mostly organic and biochemistry on it and not much mechanics.

[@StudentofTruth-444]

Also: as I look back, although I really did want to help people by being a physician, a significant part of my motivation was to obtain prestige in society to compensate for what I now can see was low self esteem! Is medicine really what interests you the most? What is it that really makes you excited and what do you desire to do when you have free time to do whatever you want?

[@TonaldDrump兀]

@@StudentofTruth-444 I absolutely love organic chemistry, it's my subject, I can feel it. Also physical Chemistry is quite good for me. But this physics is holding me back ! I think I should start to solve more problems then for physics 🥲