Do you ever feel like your not smart enough?

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Sometimes i battle my self thinking im not smart enough to do the nursing program. I am taking Chem right now and i literally just started and its kind of tough. I just wonder if people ever feel this way while going threw school? I feel alone in this and pretty lame.:(

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I feel the same way ALL the time.

It is a constant battle with myself.

Some days I think-heck I can get through it no prob.

Other days I am thinking that is really no hope for me in the nursing field.

Part of it is convincing my family that I can do good at it while trying to get myself to think the same way.

Being that is such a high responsibility my fam doesn't think I will be able to handle it.

I would like to prove them wrong. At the same time I worry about what may happen if they were right.

They say I will eventually mess up and there goes my 3 years in college..that would be a waste.

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It's not "lame" - it's normal. I took an algebra class last summer - more than one page of my textbook had tear stains on it because I felt so frustrated and dumb that I cried all over it. I have an IQ high enough to get me into MENSA, but I still question my abilities and wonder if I am really smart enough for the nursing program. I AM. It's funny how much we are willing to believe our own negative self-talk but deny or refuse to listen to positive self-talk.

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i feel this way at least twice a week. Then I realize if others have done it before me then I can do it too. i also think, Its takes a 8- to pass..I stopped trying the all A thing(I was a all A student in high school and my first year in college). My goal now is to get RN,MSN,DNP behind my name with hardwork and dedication. :) It'll get better and pay off in the end, just remember why your doing it.

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I know quite a few nurses...and some of them I always felt are not that bright. So it makes me think..if THEY can pass a Nursing program and actually get jobs as nurses..then surely I can too!

I have already been through a full college experience while raising little kids, work and school full time and more than once, hell more than a hundred times, I found myself sobbing because I didn't think I could do it. Sometimes I felt so stupid, too stupid to be in college, that I would never succeed in life. But I made it, and I made it with really decent grades.

You can do it. I promise you, you really can.

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I hear that Chemistry can be tough, its alot of math and formulas. I am lucky to say I don't have to take it for my program, but I do need it for my BSN. Get some tutoring, before you become so lost in it and bogged down.

Its normal to feel the way you feel, but don't lose sight of why you are doing it. Attitude is everything.

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Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.

Feeling like you just aren't smart enough has a good-side to it: it helps drive you to study more, read more, collaborate more.

Nursing education and practice is one of lifetime learning. You can never be too smart, so keep trying to get smarter!

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All day, everyday. It's kind of how I'm hardwired, but it helps me through school. :]

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