So just to preface, I'm in my final year of uni and a currently writing my dissertation. I fell super behind this term and barely scraped through with extensions after I lost a parent in december and honestly now everything has kind of caught up with me, I've been sleeping terribly, having panic attacks often and had to go to a GP to get prescribed an anti-anxiety medication because I'm just not handling things well. I'm about 3000 words into my 6000 word dissertation, but in the headspace I'm in right now, everything feels so difficult. I was thinking of applying for extenuating circumstances so I could instead submit my dissertation in July when I've had time to sort myself out and pace my work better, but I feel so disappointed in myself that I won't graduate on time. Is it worth just taking the time out? I've never had to do this before and it's kind of making me more anxious having to go through the extenuating circumstances process than actually just writing the dissertation but handing in a piece of work that really isn't up to my usual standard