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?
