Question inspired by a Charley horse that hit in the middle of the night.
Heartbreak
You will I promise :) I’ve had my heart broken badly 3 times in my life so far.
The first one I needed antidepressants to kick me out of the slump, the other two were hard as well but with time and distractions and new hobbies and interests, the pain fades. Just be patient and talk to yourself like you are your own little brother/sister. Treat yourself like another person and take care of that person. Give them the love they need to get through the heartbreak.
College exams. Life after graduation has its own stresses but nothing was more stressful to me than having 6-7 exams coming up and having to spend so much time and effort preparing for stuff I don’t care about that much.
At some point it got so bad I’d wake up a few times at night drenched in sweat a day before exams. Yeesh. I guess it was partly my fault for taking it too seriously but I couldn’t switch that off.
School in general. It was so much work. Homework is torture, at least now once my day is finished I don’t have to worry about it until the next morning.
So few responsibilities while in school, though. I think about this often. I don’t know how anyone stays on top of everything that needs doing as an adult. Work, bills, laundry, dishes, cleaning/tidying, cooking, meal planning, shopping, trash, recycling, healthy sleep,… It’s endless.
Now that you say it, actually highschool was pretty chill. I was living on my own in college, so it was your whole list, plus classes, plus homework, and that was the real hell.
I went into the doctor one time explaining all these strange symptoms I was experiencing. Rapidly developing OCD, heart palpitations, it felt like I needed to pee all the time, etc. I thought maybe I was dying. College exams. It was stress. I was having my heart rate spike up to the point where my smartwatch was warning me several times a day. I haven’t had it happen once since the day I graduated about 7 years ago.
It’s unbelievable that going through that much stress is normalized.
I have exams coming in five days. As the exams get near, i really get stressed. I often dont even eat anything and get less sleep.
You should really try to eat. You’ll be less stressed and perform better.
Having to go to school for classes I don’t like
Swallowing while having strep throat.
