College Stress Support Group
This community is dedicated to the unique challenges and stresses of being in college or university, including: relationship challenges, roommates, financial issues, academics, and questions about careers and future. College is exciting, scary, fulfilling, and sometimes a little out of control. Get support from other students and make a new friend!
I have an associates degree in General Studies and have maintained a 4.0. I am now finishing up some classes at the community college level because I've decided I want a degree in computer science. I'm a mother to a two year old and I've taken semesters with 19 credit hours of all online classes in the past but this semester is different. I am taking 4 in person classes and one online class. This totals to 19 credit hours. I've never struggled so much and I just want to give up and cry. I am maintaining A's in my three computer science classes(that I love!) with no issues but calculus and chemistry are killing me. It's not that its hard, just, I don't know, they stress me out. I understand all the material but, for example, I got a D on my first Calculus exam. I've never gotten a D and I had to leave the room to cry. I feel like I don't have time and I never stop to do anything fun because I've got so much school stuff to do. I'm not sure what I'm hoping someone can do or say but I just need help :(
But I learned that if i just focus on school I am miserable all the time and my grades go down even if I spend hours on hours of studying. So I started making time for the things I love and things that are stress relieving too. And my grades have gone up. It helps because a positive mental health makes my studying more focus and I retain the information more.
College is really stress and I know we need to do well but it is also important to make time for the things you enjoy too.