Student with Anxiety: my fail-safes are breaking

Lildia — Tue, 05 May 2015 00:25:14 GMT

Help!! Does anyone have advise on what to do when things start breaking down??

I know the typical approaches to help with anxiety and depression. meditate, calm music, having support from family and friends. Spoken to a psychologist and doctors.... I even have mental mantras that help me through the day...

8 years of diagnosed depression, the last two I finally took charge with medication and counselling after the death of my brother, parents divorce leaving my mother dependant on me, and leaving my ex husband for domestic violence issues... I was back on track, life was feeling lighter and happier! i found out I was pregnant!! So happy...

My child was developing healthy, but in the wrong place. My filopian tube had partially ruptured and within 8 hours of find out something was wrong, I lost a child, a filopian tube and left with a note of caution that this will highly likely happen again....

coming back to uni, mid semesters, I thought I was pulling myself together... But I wasnt, every day was getting harder, I thought I was being lazy and pushed myself, then I started waking up feeling nauseous ... Pushed myself as much as I could, then I started vomiting at the thought of studying. Knowing something is wrong, I applied for extensions....

i have submitted hospital discharge summaries, 3 doctors certificates, a letter of declaration, a letter from my psychologist and 2 different application forms... Because I am being pushed around.

The response I got was "I should have approached student services about assistant services before I started studying"

my argument is that my depression was being handled recent events have exacerbated it. Furthermore the way I am being treated makes me feel worthless. Anxiety through the roof, before I lost my pregnancy my GPA was 6, and now will be tainted with three failed subjects. I won't get into research at the end of the year, and probably hampered my chances for the post grad I was aiming for.

does anyone have any advice? Or help? Dealing with the uni and dealing with the anxiety?

Student with Anxiety: my fail-safes are breaking

Chris_B — Tue, 05 May 2015 04:06:22 GMT

Hi Lildia,

Welcome to the forums - it sounds like you're dealing with a lot right now. Please remember you can call our support service any time on 1300 22 4636 to speak to one of our professional counsellors.

Below are some threads from students with anxiety that you might find helpful for that aspect of what you're dealing with, please feel free to reach out in these threads:

Anxiety is ruining my studies

Procrastination, constant anxiety, worried about failing university

Performance anxiety regarding university

Anxiety at university

Struggling with uni, work and pressure

Below also are some threads from members who have lost pregnancies:

Depression after miscarriage, doubting everything

Had a miscarriage, now I feel like my husband doesn't want much to do with me

Lied about miscarriage, partner has left me

Take care, hope to hear from you again soon.

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