Stressed...depressed...tired...HELP PLEASE!

chaucers_pal
Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:05:30 +0000

I’m not sure what your guidance department was even thinking to permit you to take 6 APs. An AP is supposed to be the equivalent of a college course - I can think of very few colleges where you take 6 courses in a semester. Typical course load is 4 courses, occasionally 5. So you are already signed up for 1 1/2 times the normal workload in college.

You haven’t mentioned your parents in all of this. If you are concerned they will be upset, speak with the school first. If you feel they will be sympathetic, speak with them first, and get them to help you with sorting this out at school.

You’ve taken on a lot, and it’s not surprising that you are feeling overwhelmed. And if you are getting little or no sleep, it becomes much harder to do a good job at anything, which means things take longer, that you don’t remember things as well, and so on.

Once things start getting out of control, it gets worse. So try to sort things out now, and then get a ton of sleep to help you feel a bit better.

What year are you?