i know everybody has something about a teacher, their day, or just the state of things overall, so if you're looking to mind-numbingly scream into the void together, here's your chance!
imma censor this so y'all don't have your days ruined so tw: injustices idk who's keeping up with the chauvin trial from these past couple days but I'm demoralized as fuck, I'm trying to keep informed and up on my shit but god motherfucking damn this shit hurty
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like. i havent made a dent in my history ia, i have a missing assignment in history that i need to turn in by wednesday or else shes not going to grade it, i still need to do my ee outline, i still need to start on my english project, and on top of all of THAT theres exams next week that i need to study for
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oh and the tok exhibition
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that i need to basically completely rewrite because she didnt like my other two objects
oh and on top of THAT theres an (optional) take home test in math but i need to do it as a fallback because god knows i am not doing well on the physical in class test
ryann
okay for real though does anyone else feel really overwhelmed right now or is that just me
nobody tells you that depressive episodes and post traumatic episodes may LOOK the same but one will last months and months and the more you ignore it the worse it’ll get
ok i do have depression but it seemed to be kind of like. muted up until THESE LAST FEW WEEKS where suddenly i am overwhelmed with the desire to just stop doing anything at all
and then i get exhausted from overworking myself to the point of constant paranoid episodes so i do a lil slippy slide back into depression ans the cycle repeats
sorry for venting BUT im gonna keep it real with you all i feel like im two steps away from a mental breakdown with the way things are going right now in regards to. deadlines and everything this week
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like i know this is almost entirely my fault for not getting my work done over the summer but like. i had 0 motivation then and i still have 0 motivation now and it's kind of painful
ideally i will have it done by tomorrow night but if not i'll probably push it a little into friday but then again im probably going to be limited by the fact that i'll be at work that evening(edited)
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i WOULD work on it in study hall but i fucking hate using my chromebook so much it makes me a little nuts
at this point i might just bring my whole laptop into school. god knows its going to be a pain to carry around but that is a small price to pay for being able to actually get stuff done in study hall
i need to work on my ee/actually find a supervisor and do the rest of my hw but i think tonight i will just be passing out, thank you very much 4-h long tennis match.
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i highly recommend bringing your laptop! but!! only some computers connect to the wifi and i couldn’t tell you why
So I dated this guy for like a year and a half from the end of Freshman year to the beginning of Junior year, he was super.. bad .. to me, he went on to date another girl who he was super .. bad .. to , they broke up, she posted about him being .. bad .. and I shared it, adding that he was .. bad .. to me (specifically avoiding using certain terminology because I had prudence), and now his mother (mind you he’s turning 19 soon) is threatening to sue me (edited)
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and I didn’t do anything illegal or even accuse him of anything illegal so I know I’m not going to be in any trouble but like ?? what the actual fuck ?? (edited)
I’m so sorry, Nico. It’s certainly easier said than done, but taking your health seriously is just as (if not more) important as schoolwork. You will be able to catch up, and we’re all here to help and support you!(edited)
i dare not try and keep you in the cult, but that's a one way ticket out, and that's a lot of shit you did going out, and then you gotta reacclimate to gen-ed classes, but at the same time, IB's got enough stress and pain to put down a young elephant so
yeah, the looming threat of IAs and EEs doesn't ease anything
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do what's best for you nico, take the night to think about it and don't psyche yourself up into staying, if you really think it's best course of action take that shit
if it comforts you at all i'm going through a similar thing... this program is kicking my ass so bad rn and quitting and just going into ap/honors classes is looking really tempting
email the teachers with tomorrow due dates and ask for an extension, your brain got rung like a bell and you missed a lot, especially regs, just ask her not to take the test bro
yeah thankfully most of our teachers are pretty understanding
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coming from someone who has turned in things late because of. ahem. extenuating circumstances multiple times and been okay because i wrote a little note in the private comments section thing on google classroom
i’m gonna be honest i feel really overwhelmed right now. hearing that interims close tomorrow when i have a fuckton of late work to catch up on is kind of. discouraging lol
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i know i literally only missed like 3ish days last week but it feels like im drowning in work
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idk like. i’ve just been having serious issues with motivation and actually getting stuff done and now on top of everything i have to finish my ee and my history ia and i kind of want to just explode
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my mental health unsurprisingly is at an all time low
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ideally i would just take a day off to catch up on everything but my attendance is already kind of bad
Email your teachers - I switched bipolar meds a couple months ago and they’re super understanding if you explain your situation and what you need from them
god damn i am so stressed out right now. not going to elaborate too much but i am literally having the worst mental health week of my life right now at the worst possible time
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i know i said i wouldnt drop ib. But. it's becoming a more feasible option
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also im sorry for being like the only one who sends messages in here 90% of the time but. yeah
im sorry to hear that- i hope winter break helps you with your stress. if there’s something i can do, please don’t hesitate to ask! if it’s school wise i’m happy to help with math anytime
ugh. sorry for being in here again but man i really dont want to go to school tomorrow... or ever again really
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after harrison almost made me have a mental breakdown on thursday over the fact that i couldnt get into my school account and thus i couldnt finish my latework idk i just feel so. bleurghhh
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i just have like 0 energy to get anything done anymore
like i've done nothing this entire weekend because i've felt just so drained
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sorry i just feel bad cause im like the only person who uses this channel LOL
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im manifesting a snow day tomorrow with every fiber in my being
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and like... i need to email and communicate with our teachers but the mere though of opening my email makes me want to throw up for some reason and it sucks
it's all good! it's not for lack of trying i just have vulnerability problems LOL, but yeah these IB mfs are being unrelenting and harrison was on that fucking pack on thursday
im in a weird spot cause it feels like i physically cant go on but at the same time i know i have to
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and like... i need to email and communicate with our teachers but the mere though of opening my email makes me want to throw up for some reason and it sucks
in an ideal world i would just Quit IB and my life would be normal again but unfortunately when i talked to harrison about it at one point she was like You can't
sorry to hop in a million messages late, but I totally get it. at this point, when we’re struggling to push ourselves, we have to help each other across the finish line. if it would help to try doing work on vc, I’m sure someone else would keep you company and cheer you on.
promised beaven and harrison i would finish my ee rough draft by the end of this weekend but im going through another depressive episode again today and just the thought of opening the google doc makes me nauseous ughhh
im back in here again because im currently living in a hell of my own making thanks to all of these deadlines for essays i haven't done about to hit me in the face
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i havent touched my ee all weekend because i've been constantly dragged around by my family which makes me feel completely drained and then when i get home i have 0 energy and therefore just climb in bed and do nothing
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im just now sitting down to try and get some progress on it and i
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i hit enter too early my god i just can't win today can i LOL
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anyways. i think i might have to pull an all nighter to get this done and im gonna feel like absolute shit tomorrow morning but at this point i dont really have any other options
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harrison is at the end of her rope with me i can tell and when i told her i was having a "bad week" (read: depressive episode) last week and that's why i didn't make any progress on it she was like Well everyone's having a bad week.
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i'm honestly just ready to give up but at the same time it feels like i'm stuck here if that makes any sense
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i wish i could just go back in time and stop myself from doing ib in the first place because all this has really done so far is make my mental health a thousand times worse and has probably caused irreversible damage to my mind but. at least i'll get a diploma that basically means nothing to me i guess
ryann
i havent touched my ee all weekend because i've been constantly dragged around by my family which makes me feel completely drained and then when i get home i have 0 energy and therefore just climb in bed and do nothing
i keep trying to rehearse it but i keep making mistakes and having to start all over again.... i've only gotten up to 2 minutes without me fumbling over my words
if this is what it's like right now when im just sitting alone in my bedroom without any pressure i cannot IMAGINE what it's going to be like tomorrow when im sitting across from her trying to get everything out
if you put it off the anxiety will just get worse i promise you
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make a conscious effort to slow your speaking down in your practice, make sure you know the points you want to hit (even if you fumble over your words, as long as you can make your message clear at the end of the day everything will b okay), and maybe do some deep breathing before it’s time idk
now he’s like “ryann you just have to calm down and relax your brain” and he’s getting pissed off that i’m being short with him because i feel like i’m about to break down crying at any moment. this is not helping. i can’t just relax on a moment’s notice
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i can’t even get past my opening lines and a little bit of examination about my first passage
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yeah i’m in mental breakdown mode now i don’t think there’s any coming back from this
just got off the phone with my mom. i started breaking down sobbing as soon as she asked what was wrong
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she’s calling me off sick apparently. she was absolutely appalled by just how hysterical i was and is letting me use the entire day just to keep practicing. i don’t want to have to keep running away from my problems like this but right now it feels like if i tried to walk in there and do this presentation right now i would be the first person to have a full on breakdown on tape
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this blows
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i’m gonna email beaven but i don’t expect her to be sympathetic to my plight
when i’m able to get through all of my talking points and speak cohesively i’m sure i’ll nail this thing but for right now i’m a complete mess and i need more time
update to this entire situation: im doing my oral at 7:45 this morning and i feel GREAT
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i just recited the entire thing in my head without even having to look at my bullet points so i’m sure i can speak this without stuttering and fumbling
ughhhh i feel like shit (im actually physically sick this time and NOT mentally ill surprisingly) and i kind of don’t want to go to school tomorrow but at the same time i’ve missed so much school this month already
also i dont mean to alarm you considering i was at your house yesterday but whatever i have miiiiight be contagious considering my brother and dad are having very similar symptoms so. it’s probably for the best that i don’t come in LOL
somehow i feel worse than i did on wednesday which is saying a lot and my french oral is tomorrow morning
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i can barely focus on studying for it
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i think my game plan right now is to do my french oral tomorrow (it’s going to be a trainwreck but what can i do at this point) and then go home cause right now at least i feel absolutely miserable
Do you have something that you enjoy that’s doesn’t require a lot of effort? Usually when I’m in crisis mode I read to focus on something else and give my brain something else to focus on
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It doesn’t mean I ignore that I’m worried it just means I force myself to move the worry down my priority list
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Also yes I think going home after is a good idea
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Trust yourself. You know your shit and I honestly think you’ll do great
my entire oral is just going to be me speaking french interrupted by me sneezing and then madame going “a tes souhaits” and me going “‘merci” like 100 times in a row
my manager smokes weed out back and then comes back and fucking reeks of it for the rest of the shift and is constantly high on the job and im just. UGHHH
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lol i should
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also they scheduled me for saturday. by myself. from 2-7