[Rayne Selene]

I really want to study behavioral neuroscience in graduate school, but I'm starting to wonder if I'm ever going to get there. I planned to start double-majoring in Stats as well as Psych this semester because I love both. This semester I started a new job and I think maybe I couldn't handle the pressure? It's the fourth week of school and I haven't done a single assignment, and every time I think about it or think "I really should get to work" I have a panic attack. So now I'm failing three classes. I dropped them all and enrolled in a bunch of stupid late-starting classes that mean nothing to me just so that I won't lose my scholarship. I'm going to be wasting an entire semester on classes that have nothing to do with my majors. I'm really disappointed in myself. I'm scared that I'm too lazy to ever be anything but a waitress. And at the rate I'm going, what graduate school is ever going to accept me? I have Withdraw after Withdraw on my transcript, and it's going to take me six years or more just to graduate undergraduate school. Sometimes I want to forget the whole thing, just quit going. I don't know what to do right now, if I even have a future. I'm scared.

[K2TOG]

Take a deep breath and relax. It's never to late to start again. I returned to school almost 30 years after high school. My anxiety hit an all time high and I didn't think I could do it. I'm taking only one class this semester to get used to studying and to feel comfortable.

Think positive and do positive self talk. Do it for yourself and don't quit. Who cares how long it will take to graduate. It's going to take me four years to complete a two year program. Have you visited with an advisor or counselor at your college?

[Travelinglady]

Please don't be so hard on yourself. All is not lost. I agree about talking to a counselor for support. You might be right that you just took on too much. Many people take longer than the traditional four years to graduate from college these days.