Nursing Studens and Depression and/or anxiety

[rosyariana]

Hello! I am in my 1st semester of the BSN program. I feel like i am under water. I have never been diagnosed with depression or anxiety, but i feel that how I am acting and feeling is not necessarily normal. I am constantly stressed and I feel like my closest friends and family just do not understand what i am going through. I cannot voice my concerns without getting the whole do not worry you will be fine. It just makes me feel like they do not understand, and that particular thought is causing a ridge in my personal relationship. I have such a wonderful supportive guy, but the fact that I feel like he just doesnt understand is stopping me from talking to him. Or if all i get are positive things, it just aggravates me and ends up in an argument. Am I the only one that has gone through this?

[loriangel14, RN]

I won't go into the details of my life, but lets just say I DO truly understand depression and anxiety -- what I listed helped me greatly with working with it all

Oh I am so sorry.I wasn't referring to other posters. I was referring to the OP trying to explain to her friends and family.No matter how hard you try, depression is hard to explain to anyone who hasn't been there.

[seconddegreebsn]

You're not the only one. I hope hearing that makes you feel at least a little bit better.

I'm also married to a great person, but I've essentially put my entire life on hold for the course of this accelerated program and it sucks. It does. I thought I had done my best to gird myself for what was to come and nothing could have prepared me for this. I have a hard time talking to people outside of nursing school because they don't know what to say and I honestly don't have the disposible income to have "going out" friendships anymore. I only have a few friends in school, none of them are deep, close friends. I'm just putting my head down and getting through it. I quick drinking (since it a depressant), which has helped, and I make plans with people at least once a week so I don't feel totally isolated from my old life. I have read the Burns book, it's good - it might help, give it a try!