I don't seem to care?

Pneumonic said:
Taking "drugs" to combat a mental condition does not mean you are fail... Most people at some stage in there life will suffer from some sort of mental condition the worst thing you can do is ignore it, go to the doctors get advise and drugs if you need them..

I have a successful career and a well paid job and have no shame in admitting that I take Citalopram, Amitrityline and Diazepam on occasion, without them I would not be a functioning person... I suffer for no apparent reason (or so the head doctor tells me!) from bouts extreme anxiety, you can be as healthy as you like, take regular exercise and use a myriad of non-drug based techniques but in some cases without the drugs I would be buggered. Before I had the drugs in one of my worse "bouts" I didn't sleep for nearly six days and had rolling panic attacks.. which lead in the end to my passing out from exhaustion... whilst trying not to be a "namby pamby" and get on with it...

In relation to the OP:
Doing badly at uni is not the end of the world... didn't hold me back.. if its not for you then it isnt for you and nothing is going to change that... biggest mistake I made was trying to please others (i.e. parents) and going to uni and staying even though I knew the course wasnt for me.. and having a rubbish three years.. no point flogging a dead horse..
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I took Citalopram and it helped me a lot it but no way could I take it week in week out it made me come back down to my old self but I have tiny panic attacks, which I cant put my finger on, my dad had a heart attack last year and for some reason I think my heart borked, the worst place is in a supermarket or a public place, I just feel uncomfortable, I don't feel paranoid is very strange but so is the human mind, I should count myself lucky I am alive. Thing is when I have exercised hard I feel super and for the rest of the day I am chilled.
 
Chris1712 said:
I was in the same place just a month ago. My only motivation has been the chance of a placement year next year (I HATE education), which just about kept me ticking over.

Recently I got the placement I wanted at Broadcom, and since then have been working like a Banshee trying to pass my resit year. I've been in uni 12 hours+ everyday for the last 3 weeks and its finally paying off as I head into my exams.

It sounds like Uni just isnt for you, tbh I don't think its me but the placement has saved me. I'm just not good at academic stuff!


Its just not is it. I've felt like this for the last two years but I would never consider myself in need of professional help! Life just sucks hard sometimes, just gotta try and hold on and hope things work out better.
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Spot on, I'm with you 100%.

I experienced a lot of difficulty during my second year of university, I was working far too many hours and I had a shed load of responsibilities and my studies started to suffer and things got bad. Real bad. I failed my C++ module and I was absolutely gutted, I was on the verge of giving up so much.

That happened right up until I got a call from BMW who wanted to interview me for my placement. That gave me hope and lots of it. I started raking through work even though I really hated it. It was the only thing that kept me going. I wanted it more than anyone I knew. I showed that in my interview by preparing for it like crazy. I ended up getting the placement.

Now a year on with only 6 weeks to go. It has been a absolute life saver. It's been the best year of my life. Not only did I learn more in a few weeks than I did 2 years at Uni, I've come a long way excelling in many areas of life I lacked in. My confidence is sky high and I know what I want in life. I'm actually looking forward to challenging my final year. It's been a lovely break too! :D

My advice to the OP is nothing gets handed to you in a plate. If you can't motivate yourself hard lines. Being in a dead end job sucks real bad. Why do that to yourself when you're in a position to do better?
 
I spent my y1 and y2 of uni in the same position.

In the end I thought long and hard how my life could be different with or without a degree, and convinced myself failure was not an option - how embarressing would it be that I couldn't pass a degree at an average uni with 3 years attendance! What was I going to do? Flip burgers? Not for me.


Worked like a trooper from end of semester 1 y3 and managed to get a 2.1 - 3 years later I'm on 40k in IT @ 24 years old. I don't think I'd have managed it without my degree/experiance of last semester.

Stick with it man, Good Luck!

Remember - if those idiots on your course can pass you should be able to wipe the floor with at least some of them! (Works for my gf, who hates her course - but wants to beat her coursmates more!)
 
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For most people in life things do not get handed to them on a silver platter. In order to get something you have to work for it. The pathetic mentality of "I don't seem to care" is bloody ridiculous. You have accumulated a lot of debt and you should quite frankly get your bloody finger out and work for it. If you don't like your course you should have figured it out by now, taking a year in industry would probably have been a good idea. (if not to late to organise now?)

I passed uni with rather ease and I am not trying to brag. What I did was rather simple but most people seem to overlook what stares them in the face. In order to pass I turned up at Uni every weekday at 9am and left at 5pm regardless of how many lectures I had. I spent all the free time doing my projects and coursework and any background reading that was needed. I then spent pretty much every evening get hammered.

Revision I always found tedious, the best method for me was to find a group on my course and all revise the same subject together. This allows each person to teach other people things. The act of teaching someone re-enforces the knowledge in my own head and did for everyone else. Also take regular breaks I can only concentrate for 30mins or so and need to walk it off.
 
I was feeling exactly like this and then just decided to pull my act together and stop being a little child. I worked hard for about 3 weeks and done all the work i was meant to do in a whole year and now it's all handed in. It's one of the best feeling when you know you have everything done and nothing to worry about or even think until september. Just get on with it you'll feel a lot better once it's done.
 
I'm feeling depressed allot, I don't have a clue why but I've noticed if I do some work I feel better, but it has not been working, I've almost finished my work but it has not made me felt any better, the only time I feel OK is when I go out for a ride on my bicycle, it's as if all my problems have disappeared, until I come back to the flat.

I think if/when I get a job I'll be much happier, but since I've had no employment as silly as it sounds I think it's going to be hard but I hope to try get something in the summer holidays, I just have to build up confidence to go places on my own more and confidently ask in shops about vacancies.
 
I'm feeling depressed allot, I don't have a clue why but I've noticed if I do some work I feel better, but it has not been working, I've almost finished my work but it has not made me felt any better, the only time I feel OK is when I go out for a ride on my bicycle, it's as if all my problems have disappeared, until I come back to the flat.
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Contradict much?
 
willhub said:
I'm feeling depressed allot, I don't have a clue why but I've noticed if I do some work I feel better, but it has not been working, I've almost finished my work but it has not made me felt any better, the only time I feel OK is when I go out for a ride on my bicycle, it's as if all my problems have disappeared, until I come back to the flat.
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Have you tried getting a job as a postman?

They seem to ride around on bicycles all day long (around here anyway). So you would be working and riding a bike at the same time. Bliss.
 
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