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I totally understand 100% did you set a big goal or small- it’s ok to not always achieve what you set for your goal- don’t give up try again but this time set a small goal 1 step at a time. If I didn’t explain well enough please tell me.
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Have an amazing day you will get thru it
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It was a big goal, but seeing other people achieve it makes me feel so bad.
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@😶😐🥴 It’s ok just start with the little things that make you happy and check it off maybe make a small goal list and then once you finish those reward yourself with something
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Hmmm I see. Ok firstly, I understand that you feel quite let down (in yourself) and it’s taken a kick at your self esteem? Maybe? Especially with school. And now you’ve just gone totally off it because you feel ‘dumber’ / ‘less calable’. But I honestly think you’re being very hard on yourself. It’s okay to not do that well at times. I consider myself smart but I’ve gotten bad grades in things before! One thing that never helps is comparisons. They’re so damaging honestly. Compare yourself to YOURSELF. Maybe just try to work on your confidence with this and then acceptance. Accepting that getting bad grades is okay, and so is getting good ones. That way there’s less of a grip it has over you.
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Thanks, I’ll try. I hope it gets easier
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@😶😐🥴 I hope so too!
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Today was horrible 😐. It’s like everywhere I go people are talking about these tests, And all the people with great grades all seem so motivated and happy. I can’t shake this feeling off and it’s interfering massively with my life.
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Have you ever considered that trying to ‘shake it off’ is getting you MORE stuck? It’s a compulsion to try to get rid of any unwanted feeling, not limited to just anxiety.
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@garden I try accepting it but when I see someone else with good results I get anxiety again and think how would it feel if I was that person.
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@😶😐🥴 I get it. I’m like that with other things. Comparisons are compulsions too. I find them hard to cut out
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@garden I have an appointment with my therapist next Thursday but I have no idea what to do until then, I’m literally stuck in these thoughts and I don’t know how to get out
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@😶😐🥴 I’m so sorry. It sounds very difficult. Beyond school, what are some things you value?
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I had avoided a lot with school specifically, but I did do it in other areas of life as well. School for some reason has been the biggest trigger that sends me into avoidance and it has been for the longest time. Does anybody relate? If so, what did you do to help besides therapy? In high school I used to sit in the bathroom stalls for hours so I could avoid going to classes. I was struggling to keep up because my OCD makes me perfect my school work so much so to the point where I’d never turn it in because I’d never be satisfied with what I’d produce. I’d get so incredibly frustrated with myself and the fact that I could never meet my own standards, never mind the rubrics given. I took ages analyzing all my writing, all my answers, all my google slides and I burnt myself out. So I stopped trying. I stopped turning in work because I’d never be satisfied. I’d cry because I felt I wasn’t good enough. Then I’d be missing assignments, getting them done but not submitting them because I was too ashamed. So, I avoided classes because I’d be in trouble or be called out for not getting anything done. Unfortunately this habit bled into my first year of college last year, and OCD coupled up with depression, made going to the dining hall and attending classes even worse. So I avoided it all together. It’s so hard being a freshman in college, so so hard. I unfortunately failed out of that school but I tried to medically withdraw either semester. No, I wasn’t partying, or drinking or smoking or hanging with the wrong people. I was a college freshman struggling with ocd and depression. I’m trying to not make excuses for myself either because I’m well aware this is my fault and I’m trying to reverse it now at community college. Right now I’m trying to get those Fs turned into Ws from my old school so I can fix my gpa. I want to transfer, I want to be a forensic psychologist, I want to be independent, I want to be ok. It’s gonna take me so long to transfer from community college but that’s on me. I’m willing to put in the work. I’m so embarassed, please help me.
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It's been more than two weeks im obsessing over social media especially my classmate who have freedom to do whatever like wearing revealing clothes be on social media. I've been buying clothes to do exactly like her which I really don't want to do it. But still I planning when to wear and when is the perfect timing. Also even if I wore ut my picture looks ugly then I might pan to do other day. The thing is I'm continually thinking when and how especially when your family member are lil strict. I'm think I ng continually which is effecting my studies alsoeven if I job I still plan when what if I didn't got time. I'm fedup I want to be happy and stay happy. I can't do this anymore because i can't have anxiety due to my heart problems. Plz anyone help me I will be so greatful. Plz and plz.
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I’m in a class with a majority (basically all) people a grade younger than me because I messed up my schedule. it will be like this next year too, because the class that i’m in next year my grade already took this past year. I messed up , and now my friends ask me about it and treat me like younger than them and like below them kind of. and they’re not bad friends, but it is embarrassing bec what i did is just not normal. i’ve tried to keep it on the dl from people because they judge. I know i’m probably overthinking it but i’m scared my friends are gonna leave me because all they talk about is the class that they’re in that i’m not in and leave me because I’m behind. it’s really stupid that i’m not really a part of my own grade anymore, and it ruined my school years that i am currently in (at least that’s what it feels like). basically im scared that i’m going to be lonely the rest of these years and sad and it’s all because of a choice I made, even though i hope they wouldn’t do that.:(
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