Is it me?

cherokeesummer · Jul 28, 2004

I have had the same experience. It is very wierd and stressful. Except, I've always had to work so I don't know that part but when I don't have school and work, I've been somewhat confused!

I would love to just go to school and be able to concentrate on my studies. If I could I would take time off from work and just try to concentrate on studies but to have neither work or school would definately be wierd. I'm 27 years old and have been working and going to school since I was 15. At some points working 2 jobs and going to college full time.

It is different to stop and not have the same things happening!!!!

emme2004 · Jul 29, 2004

i don't know what is going on, and i just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this. i've been out of school since june, anxiously waiting to start nursing in sept. at first the thought of having a summer off was great. being that i haven't had a "summer off" to actually do nothing since i was 15. but suddenly, i feel awful, literally. first i caught a cold, then for no reason, i found myself depressed the other day. i have had minor panic attacks, again for no reason. and now my menstrual cycle has ceased. (not due to pregnancy)
could i be going through some type of school withdrawal? this is the first time in my life; i'm not doing anything (productive). i mean, i admit, i hate not working, it was a real struggle to feel so dependent on my husband, and take the role of homemaker.(i had quit my job to go to school). but i've come to terms with that. however, i really think being idle is bad for my mental and physical health. i've tried to keep busy, but for some reason it's not good enough or not meaningful enough. i know it's not stress, because i don't have any, not to mention i've had unimaginable stress before, (i was an emt for nine years, and went through a&p finals during the death of my beloved dog)..yet never have felt like this awful. i'm just wandering if anyone else out there is feeling like me. let me know.

i have the same problem. if i am not in school or working out of the house, i get very depressed. i like the feeling that i am doing something productive. i enjoy not having to rely on my husbands' income if i want something. you are not alone.

mariedoreen · Jul 29, 2004

Sometimes if a person is very close to the cutoff, and the ones who have been accepted dont respond w/in a certain time for orientation, administration will contact the next available applicants and give them the seats. Marie...its hard sometimes thinking of all I have been thru as a single mom w/ 2 kids maintaining my 3.5 Gpa, working and schooling full-time. But one thing I have learned from this experience, and that is that no matter what happens...always surround myself w/positive people and NEVER give up.

Then there's still hope! Remember, so many people apply to more than one program. I applied to two this year and was taking a Chem class Spring Term at the school that I was going to turn down. In this one Chem class alone (of about 22 students) there were 4 people total who were going to be turning down their spots! There are always those who picked another school, or couldn't get everything put together (such as finances or day care etc..) in order to go forward or, honestly, lost their nerve and gave it up. Hang in there, if you are that close to the cut off, then there's definitely hope.

That is the wonderful thing about this website, you aren't alone, and we all know how hard this is. We all understand that being a single mom, working, going to school FULL time, AND maintaining an awesome GPA is an incredible feat.. and know that you have much to be proud of.