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I can't talk anymore :(

  • 08-09-2011 5:40pm
    #1
    Chuchoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭


    I'm in my Leaving cert year atm and I'm a girl. I have a few close friends that i like to hang around with but then there's a load of others that just tag along. They make so much noise and argue so much over the most retarded stuff so nobody ever hears what I say. What I'm finding now is that I can never seem to talk to anyone anymore, even my girlfriend and we already barely get to see each other. I'm just so exhausted I can't think of anything interesting to say and I feel like people are getting really bored of me. I'm bored of me. I can't even seem to make eye contact half the time and the thought of facing into the scrum of people in the corridors makes me feel sick with stress and I seriously don't know how I'm going to continue like this the rest of the year. :(


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  • #2
    Taltos
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    Hi OP

    Sorry that you are feeling like this. This probably won't help but believe it or not there are hundreds if not thousands of 6th year students who are and have experienced this.

    First step is to take a deep breath and take some time to yourself.
    Next step is to talk to someone - if you can't share this with close friends or if they just don't hear you (eg "sure what have you got to be stressed about") then jump straight to the next step.
    Go see your GP and tell them how you are feeling.

    There are loads of techniques out there for dealing with stress - and this is where your GP should be able to help.
    In my case I do one of the following
    > take 5 minutes each day just for me, find somewhere quiet and just do deep breathing exercises, I can never clear my mind on this so I just hold one happy thought in my head, in my case a place in Kerry.
    > exercise - I have really gotten into jogging - will never win a race but last year I did enter and complete a half marathon, ok so I am off the road with an injury at the moment - overdid it and didn't follow strengthening advice from other runners - thought I knew best.
    > read / play games - just the distraction factor.
    > set clear targets - maybe work with your year tutor on setting up a study plan with clear and ACHIEVABLE goals - as you reach these it will help you come to terms that you are getting there.

    Above all else - talk to someone, shutting down and withdrawing will just make you feel worse and could exagerate in your own mind how bad things seem. My 6th year was hell - hated it - college though and life after were just so different - basically reinvented myself or came out of myself. I know this sounds crass - but it can get better if you just believe it can.


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