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First off: I would get a thorough physical to make sure there is nothing physically wrong with you.
Then, if you are cleared medically:
https://allnurses.com/nursing-articles/nurses-must-learn-300832.html
https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/web-sites-burnout-101056.html
I think for people like me, learning to deal with anxiety is a lifelong process. I have always been this way and I have tried meds but I ultimately decided I did not want to be pill dependent. I struggle a lot but I think maturity and experience have helped me a lot. I hope you find your groove!
I know so many people who have felt similar levels of anxiety in nursing school. I think I appear more anxious than some and perhaps tend to put other students at ease about revealing just how deep their own fears and go. For me because I have had to anticipate a certain level of performance anxiety where clinicals are concerned I have found practicing skills over and over to be helpful. In addition I think it would be a step in a healthy direction to work towards beginning to create a more safe atmosphere where expressing fears are not seen as somehow weak but instead healthy and human. Just a little bit more authenticity in the mix about anxiety I think could go a long way toward ameliorating it.
brokenroads27
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i'm constantly anxious and nervous in nursing school to the point where i have GI problems and it gets pretty bad. how can i deal with this?