Severe Anxiety and Homework

ClaySoul
Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:39:01 +0000

i used to keep a list of “things I did well today”

things like, “had a good conversation with graham” or “ate 3 full meals” or “didn’t sleep through alarm”

it’s actually a good practice

but i know what you mean. as soon as there’s judgement attached, a freak out. i was gonna do this paper for a class i ended up dropping. i thought, you know, maybe i’ll just do the research anyways cuz it’s interesting. but then i thought, you’re being an idiot, if you can do the research, JUST WRITE THE PAPER. but the mere THOUGHT of writing the paper caused me so much anxiety i couldn’t do it.

i’m actually having more luck than i thought this semester, but it also hasn’t been a very demanding semester at all…intellecutally enriching, yes, but not too demanding :)