Posted by ayuda on May 9, 2003, at 15:47:49
In reply to Help Help Help!!, posted by mmcasey on May 9, 2003, at 11:05:59
> UGGHHHH! I am not looking forward to this weekend. I don't know what to do. I don't feel like doing anything at all. I don't really want to hang out with the guy that I've been seeing (not sure about the relationship at all anymore, for that matter), but I don't want to be bored and alone. THIS SUCKS! I may just try to do what noa suggested - to rent and watch light movies, but even that doesn't sound too appealing to me because of my concentration and engagement problems. I need to study for my GRE (!) but I can't focus on that either. I know I'm not going to do well on it and I'll have to pay another $115 to take it again. Why why why why why??????
> Everything is so hard! I just started a brand new med (Lamictal) and it's going to take weeks to help, if it helps at all. I have no therapist anymore and I am looking for a new one. But right now I am floundering. I only have my psychiatrist.
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> I think at times that I should really be in the hospital.
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> I don't know what to do.I know this is just a minor part of your stress, but when are you taking the GRE? Do you have a study guide that you are using? I've taken the GRE twice (in 1989 and 2000), and found that the Barron's study guide helped prepare me as well as anything else could. As long as you get the gist of how to answer the questions, you should be fine.
Also, unlike the SAT, whatever area is not going to be important to your grad studies, don't stress on it too much. Like, I'm a historian, so I didn't bother boning up much on math/algebra, etc., and never took trig or calc or anything, so I didn't do too well on the quantitative, but it wasn't important to my area. Even the verbal wasn't as important as the analytical. And using the study guide got me familiar with the kinds of questions they asked, so I did fairly well on that part both times.
It sounds like you are quite stressed out. Maybe you do just need some meditative time alone to be entertained. If you feel you don't have the attention span for a movie, maybe rent one that you've seen before that you really loved, so that if you miss something, it doesn't matter. Or, rent a stand-up comedy routine of one of your favorite comedians, so that if you miss a couple of jokes, so what, it won't disturb the continuity. And you can always rewind, or rewatch it. The trick is to keep your mind and emotions off the stress and occupied.
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