Relief is an amazing feeling, a sort of tranquility to which you succumb when your stress level falls. Your muscles relax, releasing the accumulated stress. When you lie down, you melt into your bed. You feel something distinctly different in your whole body. My nerves were as tense as the cords of a violin but … Continue reading Relief after exams…
I know I'm a litte obsessed with exams right know, but I'm in the middle of an important session and still freaking out. One of the worst parts is, being online, you have to wait for them to start by yourself. Usually chatting with classmates got me through those moments: I don't have that now. … Continue reading Waiting for exams to start…
I have huge problems staying by myself. It's mainly connected to my borderline personality disorder, bit also a pain. I wish I could be more autonomous and am working on it. I hope to manage but, in the meantime, I present the guide on How NOT to Stay Alone. 1. Be anxious. Make sure your … Continue reading How NOT to Manage being Alone
I have exams in a little over a week and though I already wrote a "How NOT to Study" post, I now feel the need to explain some of the mistakes I realize I'm making. First of all, I'm exhausted. To the point where by the end of the day I can't even watch TV … Continue reading How NOT to Study – Reprise
Panicking is the natural result of anxiety. Imagine a fibonacci spiral, at the beginning you have the seeds of anxiety. Let's say these seeds proceed and manage to complete a whole three cycles, you are therefore three cycles closer to panic and feel three times more anxious... and so on. At a certain point (for … Continue reading How NOT to NOT Panic
This is how I felt during most of the lockdown. Empty, without the will to even get out of bed. Never have I spent so many hours gazing into nothingness. It was horrible... Dysfunctional Girl
How NOT to be functional 