“I am stressed about being stressed” – Unknown

Everyone else seems to be okay with the amount of assignments piling on top of each other. But … maybe they just have it together more than I do.

I am so overwhelmed that I have anxiety attacks where it’s like I am frozen in time. I am watching the time go by but I just sit, stand, or lay there unable to move or do anything. This leads to a lot of procrastination, as you can imagine. All of this just ends up giving me even more stress because I was so unbelievably unproductive. It has come to the point where my stress is giving me more stress; there is way too many hormones surging throughout my body, it makes me feel sick. I only wish I could take enough time to breathe and reset to not be as stressed, but unfortunately for me, it doesn’t work that way. I really wish it did. I wish I could push past all the stress and just focus on what needs to be accomplished, so I could be less stressed. I even made to-do lists but they never worked. I tried to do self-care like yoga, work out, or free time but they made me more tired or distracted. At this point, it is inevitable because I am always going to be stressed and I will always stress about stressing.

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However, I made a list of the Top 5 Things Getting Me Through the Semester because I was trying to focus on the good.

1. Australia
2. Christmas
3. My Friends
4. My Fav Prof
5. C…..

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88 more days until I am officially done with this semester! That’s not very many when you put it in perspective. I can do this!! I know I can and whenever I get stuck, my best bet will be to refer back to my Top 5 Things Getting Me Through the Semester.

Yours Truly,

Anxious & Depressed Me