[SunReach]

Hello everyone,

So it's week 3 in the new city and I'm still adjusting (expected) but I've started getting shaky with the constant stream of things I knew I'd have to deal with but now I fear I might not be able to...I have lots of reading to do for uni even though we haven't started yet but I'm still in that phase where nothing is automatic - just performing every-day tasks drains me to the point of feeling ill. How am I supposed to do an MA degree like that?! And as fear creeps in I feel even weaker and less equipped for this...And I have no idea how this new university works, I'm too scared to try get mentoring support, or having to explain anything to anyone, be it a professional or not, I realised how much I was relying on my old uni and the good reputation I had as someone who would never fake illness to get extra help for instance - because that's one of the things I fear people will think if I ask for support as I have no idea what's on my medical record...Is this the response of an adult who has the brain to master a 20,000 words project? I don't even want to make friends, it sounds even more tiring than the academic work, I just want to keep building a child's sanctuary which involves minimal interaction with the outside world...One week for the world is a couple of days in my sanctuary.

Sorry for the childishness of this....Thanks for reading

[Ygrec23]

Wishing you well, SunReach. Sorry that this is a time of unhappiness for you. London's a lovely city, with so much to offer. I have no doubt at all that ultimately you'll settle into a routine and be able to take advantage of all the fascinating things and places to do and be in that you'll find over the next several years. Been an awful long time since I was there, but the memories at least are fresh and very pleasant.

Do you have any ways of calming yourself? Have you learned things like, just for example, yoga or mindfulness meditation? Or lots of exercise? These can help bring that anxiety under control. I'm sure you know that. You just need to get serious about calming down. Seriously!

[SunReach]

Originally Posted by Ygrec23

Do you have any ways of calming yourself? Have you learned things like, just for example, yoga or mindfulness meditation? Or lots of exercise? These can help bring that anxiety under control. I'm sure you know that. You just need to get serious about calming down. Seriously!

Thank you Ygrec I just realised I hadn't changed my location on PC, I moved away from London, I'm in York now, but it is very beautiful and less overwhelming (partly why I moved) whilst very lively. So it all applies here as well!

You are quite right about calming down. I bought a day to day diary to help myself plan each day (therefore avoiding overloading, or the opposite).
And indeed I have ways of calming myself. It just feels like my brain hasn't caught up with the external reality - still processing basic things so everything seems to require a bit of a readjustment, including how I calm myself! Also, the sun always makes me crazy (and it's been too sunny lately) so now that the usual grey weather is back it might be easier...As little sense as that makes..

I also realised I probably should have posted that somewhere else on PC but I only ever visit this forum and feel safe here

Thanks again