I can't handle this. How am I going to get through 4 more years of school? I'm ready to shoot myself already just so I won't have to write this paper. Or write the mid term, or do the presentation. And that's without even thinking about the rest of my life. Too much stress right now, and I have very little ability to handle stress. Feeling like I'm going to have a panic attack, and I really can't do that. Don't know what to do . . . Why do I never know what to do?
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It\'s hard to know what to do, and most of us have trouble handling stress. Some of the ability to balance all sorts of different demands comes with growing up. It can be helpful to break a job done into smaller pieces that are more manageable. Then you can make a schedule that allows you to get everything done by the deadline. It might be helpful to see a counselor or your academic advisor. They have talked to a lot of students who have problems like you\'ve described.
I do see a counselor, and a person from accessible learning who helps me with all the academic stuff. And I could technically get an extension, because I\'m identified as disabled, but I hate doing that. It bothers me when I do that, because I shouldn\'t need it.