To be honest, I know that the answer is yes, it's definitely unreasonable to be as stressed/anxious as I am right now. But I need to know what I can do to stop feeling like this.
NC for this, and trying not to out myself, but essentially I'm waiting to find out if I've got pupillage (i.e. training/apprenticeship in order to become a barrister.) Decisions will be made on Wednesday, and I'm waiting to hear from 5 chambers.
It's a big deal, obviously, but I am so overwhelmed with anxiety right now that I don't know what to do. I am thinking about Wednesday constantly - I mean, really intrusive thoughts. I'm not sleeping, I can't eat, I have a constant upset stomach and am dashing to the loo constantly (sorry, TMI.) I just keep playing over my interviews in my head, thinking about what I should have said differently, how the course of my life depends on this and thinking how devastating it will be if/when I'm rejected. I genuinely don't know how I'll make it to Wednesday.
Have you ever been this stressed/anxious/overwhelmed? What helps you? I should mention that I already take ADs (have had issues with depression in the past, although not really anxiety.) Please help me come up with ideas to distract myself or keep things in perspective better, and get through this week.
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Kimonolady · 29/04/2017 23:06
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