Looks like the forum had 2 mental health topics, one in Jan and one in Feb. Don’t want to bump one, so here we are.
I come from a different place re: CoVid19. What bothers everyone else about being isolated and at home doesn’t bother me. But it does seem that the world has jumped off the deep end, and that does bother me! I can’t do simple ‘business’ or get simple issues addressed. That unhelpfulness doesn’t help my anxiety about the original issue, that’s for sure.
Today, I’m just going to breathe… and let the world’s craziness slip away. Anyone know the old commercial, “Calgon, take me away!” Yeah, that’s what I need.
I’m glad you made this thread.
My story has no direct relation to COVID, but I personally blame most of it on virtually learning, which is due to coronavirus.
School is really stressing me out.
I got my first C+ of the year yesterday. Yesterday, also, for whatever reason, I thought it was the most trying day of this year. I’ve been awaiting some grades back on important assignments, and it’s been stressing me to the maximum. I’m even starting to have nightmares, as I mentioned on wikiTwitter, about me opening emails or the grading software that my school uses, and finding out that i bombed the assignments. It’s scaring the actual crap out of me. Seeing the blank grades in the online grade book is frightening, and just me looking at the blank grades thinking of how bad they might be once they’re filled in is scary. I mean, I get good grades, usually straight A’s and sometimes even straight A+'s. But sometimes I’m not perfect, and I get the occasional B or C. But I always think it’s worse than it will be. I think I’m actually correlating my self worth with my grades, and I don’t think it will be relaxing and comforting to do so. I’m gonna try changing my mindset. Last night I had the first dream this year that wasn’t a grade nightmare, so I’m thankful.
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Throughout my life, I just pushed through whatever difficulties or fears I had, whether big or small. Adults had ignored that I physically shook as a kid, so (shrug) I ignored it too. Quickly, I didn’t even recognize I was afraid-- but my body knew, so I trembled all the time
. By the time I was in nursing school, I was so detached from my physical being. When my instructors watched me do a procedure, saw me shake, and asked if I was nervous, with a genuine straight face, I answered, “no, I’m fine.”
My body doesn’t shake anymore. But OMG, I feel
the anxiety now.
If I could go back, @That21PilotsFan
I’d know that no matter what, grades are false constructs. Any C-average medical student who passes the boards still becomes an M.D. or D.O. (same for R.N. or L.P.N.). I’d know, with my life experiences, that most of the time, life problems do work out. Things I really stressed about fell by the wayside because there are always new stresses to come. “Fears” still get me through… but fears are like gremlins feeding after midnight… they reproduce and wreak havoc. It’s those gremlins I’m trying to round up.
I’m glad your dreams are changing. Can you identify what fears you have about grades?
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Just spotted this on social media!
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Same!! I wish I could get a refund on anxiety, lol.
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My stress has been amplified by the amount of schoolwork and homework that I’m doing. I’m running for class representative, and the speech is so stressful. I started middle school 3 weeks ago.
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You should try and loosen up a bit, Elise. Whenever you feel too stressed, remember we’re here for you! Take care and have fun along the way, try to stress about things as less as possible.
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Aww, thank you! You are amazing and you can achieve anything you put your mind to!
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This all sounds really concerning, I know many friends who feel that same kind of pressure when it comes to grading (or work). My recommendation for stress (in every situation) is to get some distance to it - in many cases the situation you are now facing won’t determine your entire life. Also, find some balance and try to get a daily routine where you can allow yourself to calm and relax. It helped a lot of people I know. Hope that helps you as well
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A bump here, but never mind.
I’m legitimately getting better at the things I’m doing, studies and trying to improve my mental health.
…been working on my mental health all this while and it has become a bit better after all. Just gotta start working on playing music a lil more and focus on my physical health. I feel a bit more optimistic, heck, a LOT more optimistic compared to the start of the year when I was almost suicidal
. Anyways, hope things get better for everyone who’s struggling, and I’m sure they will…
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My mental health has been going into some big changes now that COVID is here. With online school also being a thing, I do confess that I like using wikiHow during that time. I felt like wikiHow was a great community and there’s no way it’ll change.
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You know how there are all these drop off and pick up points now, with CoVid-19?
Well, somehow, people think my house is Anxiety drop off point.
No pick ups allowed from private homes, they say, and no counselors can be employed because I’m not a business. I’m gonna find a way to recycle and repurpose all the Anxiety— maybe into Mood Disorder Rings…
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