# @juliarose.md on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRdwtX-AOjd
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/57631518-juliarosemd-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-25T03:52:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Julia, MD | Resident Doctor (@juliarose.md) — https://gondola.cc/juliarose.md

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Hi welcome to my page!⚡️For anyone new here, I recently graduated medical school and am now in my second year as a resident doctor (despite the critiques of many who believe my attendance of music festivals and edgy fashion expression in my free time is “unprofessional behavior” that makes me “unsuitable for the role of a physician”).
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Throughout this 12 year process of college, medical school, and now residency, I have made an active effort to not lose my identity outside of medicine along the way. I created this account to show that you don’t have to sacrifice your personal life to have a high achieving career, and to remind everyone yet again that women are deserving of respect regardless of what they wear. 
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There is so much stigma surrounding going out, having fun and living life intensely, and I’m tired of this narrative that doctors should sacrifice everything and devote their entire lives to medicine. Being a physician is just a part of who I am (a pretty big part ! ) but not something that should take up my entire existence.
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People have this idea that for every weekend you take care of yourself and go out with friends rather than reading up on peer reviewed research articles, you’re causing harm to your patients. When in reality, burnout is the true enemy causing suffering and hurting the entire medical system. My patients are best served by me taking care of myself, so that I have more to give when I’m present with them and can show up fully with joy and compassion for longer into my career as a psychiatrist.
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I absolutely love being a doctor, but I also love being human. The feeling of being surrounded by the rave community that shares a deep love for music, dance, fashion, self expression, and embracing what it means to be alive is more recharging than any amount of sleep to me. And trust me, its not lost on me for a second that being a doctor is a career of lifelong learning; just because I have a balance of doing fun things doesn’t mean I’m not incorporating the hard work and learning along the way. Don’t let anybody tell you you can’t do both. 
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#medicalschool #burnout #physicianburnout #doctor #medicalresident #premed #rave #edc #dubstep

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