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Originally Posted by satsuma
Also, you can be sure that there will be other students who have experienced these kinds of problems, and student services maybe able to offer help or advice.
FWIW my own advice, personally, would be to break down one of your homeworks into very small chunks, and then try doing just one very little chunk. When you manage it then it may help you calm down and give you a confidence boost, and help you to approach the next little chunk.
I hope you can find a good solution.
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Thank you so much Satsuma. It’s good to be reminded I’m not the only one who’s asked for extra help in this way, so they shouldn’t judge or look at me like I’m crazy.
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Originally Posted by Chummy2
It sucks when your therapy stuff or whatever you want to call it interfers with your study. It's happening with me too.
I don't live in your country, so I don't know hoe it works there. It can also be different at each school.
I know at my school you can talk with a special person and make some kind of rules, like an adjusted schedule. You do need a note from your therapist.
Isn't there something written about it on your schools website? If not you should talk to a counseler or tutor at school.
And it's not choosing the easy way out. School is hard enough without dealing with all kind of other stuff.
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I’m really sorry that you’re struggling with this also. It makes everything 10x more stressful, doesn’t it? Thank you for your good ideas. I think a school counselor probably would be the person I’d approach about this if anyone. And thank you for that last bit, I needed that! I think I know it deep down, but I’m just hard on myself because I feel like I should be able to just be fine
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Originally Posted by Breadfish
Is it therapy stuff interfering with your schoolwork, or is it mental health stuff, or treatment stuff? Therapy stuff can generally be resolved fairly quickly if you're both honest with each other - or you find another therapist. Mental health stuff is much more longlasting. Treatment stuff is a necessary evil.
How I differentiate:
Therapy stuff - transference, worrying about session, obsessing over T, stuff like that
Mental health stuff - your actual/initial issues, such as depression, anxiety, things like that
Treatment stuff - feeling tired after a session, still being out of sorts on Tuesday in class if you had T Monday afternoon and the session was heavy, touching on trauma or other deep stuff, or something.
Do you see the difference? Is it truly therapy stuff that's interfering or is it (also) one of the other two options I listed? (there may be even more options - I'm not an expert)
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Ooh those are some really good thoughts, thank you. I have all 3 of those disruptions, but it’s really just the mental health and treatment stuff impacting my ability to study. I definitely feel worn out and vulnerable from doing trauma work, but usually I can push through. It’s just when my symptoms start getting out of control that I feel like I can’t handle it