If you're anything like me, you've seen every single episode of "Grey's Anatomy," start to finish. You maybe even watched it over from the beginning on Netflix, like me. Not only is the show amazingly tear-jerking, entertaining and funny, it is educational. I've learned a lot from watching it. Here are a few of the habits you may have picked up from watching this Shonda Rhimes creation.
1. You dissect your food as if it's a patient undergoing a transplant.
Every meal becomes a surgery, every dinner plate, a body.
2. When in doubt, push one of epi.
I'm no med student, but if there's anything this show taught me, it's to push epi whenever and however someone is dying. If one doesn't work, push more.
3. You begin to refer to babies as "tiny humans."
Thanks, Dr. Robbins.
4. You have a "person."
We all have one, whether we've seen "Grey's" or not. But once you've seen it, you learn the term and begin to call your best friend "your person." The Meredith to your Cristina, and all that.
5. You have a sudden urge to scratch the whole white wedding idea and get married on a Post-It.
Who needs a white dress and a church? Give me a Derek Shepherd and a blue Post-It and I'm good.
6. You get a headache and you immediately think the worst.
That's it, I'm done. It's a tumor. I'd better drive myself to the hospital and await my death.
7. You have sky-high expectations for your doctors.
You walk into the doctor's office, never to be greeted by a McDreamy or a McSteamy, no. Always a McAverage, McOld, or McWoman. Sigh.
8. You don't wash your hands, you scrub in.
Palms, knuckles, in between your fingers, everything. Even if it's just to go eat a snack, we can't risk getting sick!
9. You genuinely considered switching your major.
Because 12 seasons of "Grey's" probably equates to like, a year of med school right? In all seriousness, I've learned a lot from the show. You get to see real life situations and watch medical professionals handle them. Before this show, I had no idea what an LVAD wire was. But now I know, do not cut it. If someone is in V-Fib or V-Tach, you call a code blue and get a crash cart ASAP!
10. "The carousel never stops turning," has become your life motto.
Though Ellis Grey wasn't around for long, she sure did give us a very good piece of advice--life doesn't just stop when there's tragedy. We must keep going.
