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user-inactivated  ·  1965 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 28, 2018

Tried ordering a drink but then I realized I have chemistry class in ten minutes. Life is shit but it keeps getting better everyday. Everyday I realize more and more things that I wish I understood when I was 16.

The ultimate "realization" recently was how to deal with anxiety, especially in a university environment. The worst thing you can do in that situation is go home and collapse into the fetal position. One has to do the exact opposite. It must be confronted with a personal act of courage in the present moment. Doing this is nigh impossible but focus on the word nigh. Ask a question in class. Go to office hours. Prof is a dick who likes to pick on students? Sit in the front row and get ready. Roast him back when you realize he screwed up the matrix multiplication. If you can do this the anxiety quickly changes into a feeling of empowerment.

Now I have moved from the point of falling asleep to a 12 hour physics grind. See you at midnight when I finally collapse from doing rotational motion problems.





OftenBen  ·  1965 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You can do it friend.