Being Honest... I wanna quit and I'm in my third and FINAL year.

Okay.
So it's a longer story that "I want to quit"
To be honest I've felt like this for a while...
I am in my third year, I am expected to have
3 essays in and a 12,000 dissertation in by the end of the march
and as it stands I have done nothing :|
I have severe depression and leaving the house is a real task.
Over Christmas I had some seriously bad news which just made things
worse :frown:

I haven't attended since and I had regard for my degree or my health.
Now I am feeling significantly better - still struggling- I am attempting to get through this mountain of work.
I just don't seem to have any motivation whatsoever.
I want it but I just can't get my head into it.
I feel it's because I feel as I have too much to do and just see it as a mountain I cannot overcome.
When I set a timetable to do work, it just seems like I have no spare time whatsoever and I get up at 8am and work till 10 at night which makes me feel worse.
I wanna know if anyone else has any experience and has any advice on how to make my work more manageable?

Thanks

Reply 1

PardonMyFrench96

1

Original post

by stargazer_5

Okay.
So it's a longer story that "I want to quit"
To be honest I've felt like this for a while...
I am in my third year, I am expected to have
3 essays in and a 12,000 dissertation in by the end of the march
and as it stands I have done nothing :|
I have severe depression and leaving the house is a real task.
Over Christmas I had some seriously bad news which just made things
worse :frown:

I haven't attended since and I had regard for my degree or my health.
Now I am feeling significantly better - still struggling- I am attempting to get through this mountain of work.
I just don't seem to have any motivation whatsoever.
I want it but I just can't get my head into it.
I feel it's because I feel as I have too much to do and just see it as a mountain I cannot overcome.
When I set a timetable to do work, it just seems like I have no spare time whatsoever and I get up at 8am and work till 10 at night which makes me feel worse.
I wanna know if anyone else has any experience and has any advice on how to make my work more manageable?

Thanks

Tallkk to someone first? Make sure you're getting the help you need to combat your depression, so that you can get better and manage your work properly. In terms of work, I would make a master list of everything I need to have get done/understand by the end of this term - I would break it down into tasks. Then I'd just work through it for a couple of days (wuth no time deadlines). After a couple of days see how much work you realistically can do easily - then use that as a guideline to set a loose timeline for your list of tasks. Make sure to leave some contingency time. That way you'll be reassured that you can et your work done for your deadlines and you can manage your stress better. Instead of focussing on all of the work you have which is seiosuly depressing and makes you feel utterly helplless - jjust focus on the task at hand, not the bigger picture. If you set really high standrads for yourself, let them go and accept you'll be fine if you work hard. Keep chipping away at it, ask for the help you need and be easy on yourself. Oh, and motivation? Well, matey, your graduating and you want a good grade don't you? That's why you're stressing now - otherwise you wouldn't care. Personally, I don't really see the point of looking for motivation because that hit of motivation will only last for half an hour max, what's more important s daily discipline and commitment. Just remeber, don't set a timetable with really specific timings because you're bound to fail on that - pick a few tasks you want to have done at the end of the day. And make sure you sleep afull night's sleep, are eating properly and take some time out with friends!!!

Reply 2

Klix88

17

Talk to your uni as soon as possible. Your bad news may well constitute extenuating circumstances, for which you could get extensions.

Make contact with your diss supervisor as soon as possible as well. They'd rather know you're having trouble whilst they can still help, than find out at the last minute when it's too late to do anything for you.

Your uni can't help unless they know there's a problem, so don't feel that you have to struggle on alone. All unis will now have some kind of counselling service as well. Talking through your issues with someone who is familiar with uni-specific stresses, might be very helpful.