VENT/Question… does anyone feel like non-premed friends don’t seem to get you?

I feel like this whole "premed" process has hurt some of the friendships I have with non-premed people.

This also goes back to those months when I dedicated to the MCAT entirely.

People don't seem to understand why you are "locked in" (from the MCAT, to constantly worrying about GPA, to writing applications, to the stress of waiting for interviews and to how much prep goes into interviews if you do get an invite).

It's hard to explain why and have others understand why sometimes I may just need some alone time to process everything and why I might need to reject hanging out for now. I know that non-premeds in other fields also experience competition in gaining internships or co-ops, but I just feel like they don't really understand why sometimes I'm "different".