No social life...can anyone else relate?

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Help... kind of just a rant :( I'm a sophomore in a BSN program... I worked SO hard to get into the program, I was always always studying.(Cut off was 3.5 for the program) And now... it's worse. I'm constantly doing something for school. As a result, I've lost contact of all/most of my friends and I hardly do anything "fun"...ever. I almost feel guilty if I ever do anything. I feel so disconnected from the world. Whenever i try to make plans with friends, they're almost always "busy" or "broke" so... you guessed it, I'm stuck doing my school work. I hardly have any friends anymore, I have one or two and a long distance boyfriend.. and I'm lucky to see him once every month or two. I just feel like I'm going crazy and I'm wondering if anyone can relate? Have you ever felt so swallowed up in your school work that you have no time for anything else? :unsure:

What s a social life?

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Specializes in cardiac CVRU/ICU/cardiac rehab/case management.

This too shall pass. Hang in. Not long to go

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Specializes in LTC, Rehab, CNA, HHA, Nurse Mentor.

Social life? What's that? LOL Social life for me is waving at a fellow nursing student and asking they are leaving so I can take their parking spot. LOL

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I've turned down so many invitations over the past few years that most of my friends don't even bother to invite me out anymore. :arghh:

Hahaha! same!

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Social life? What's that? LOL Social life for me is waving at a fellow nursing student and asking they are leaving so I can take their parking spot. LOL

LOL. Ditto.

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You definitely need to make time for yourself as well. I have a wife and a 2 year old, so I make every Friday night, "Family Night". Regardless of whether or not I have homework or an exam or whatever on Monday. If I can't get it done working on it all day Saturday and Sunday, then it probably wouldn't matter if I worked on it Friday night as well. So take a night a week, or every other week, and use it to just relax and let loose. You've earned it!

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Specializes in Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgical.

I do have one compared to nursing school standards, but I hyper-plan my schedule to make it happen. I always make sure social events double as something else...exercise, chores, etc. I also compress my studying around clinicals and classes so I can truly have days off. My friends are understanding and accommodating if something comes up.

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Social life? Who has time? I'm in my first semester and I'm seeing my "friends" quickly drifting away! My friends don't undertand how difficult this program is.... or why I don't have time. When I do see my friends I feel like I'm out of the loop since I have no clue whats going on with who!My priorities have also shifted and I've met some great people in the program...so instead of friday night drinking and dancing with the "girls" it's friday night library study group!

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Instead of going out tonight, tomorrow night, Friday, night, Saturday night and Sunday night. I am locking myself in the library to study Pathophysiology. Love being a 21 year old male with no life!

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Specializes in ER, progressive care.

Oh to be a nursing student...my social life went on the back burner once I started my program. I ended up not having a lot of friends outside of nursing school after awhile...people no longer bothered to invite me to places. That's why the friends I made in nursing school became my best friends :) What about planning something with them? Although it seems like nursing school consumes our life most of the time, make sure you make some time for yourself, too.

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