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I feel like I'm stagnant

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  • 12-01-2017 2:10am
    #1
    dappledden
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    Story all; I literally created an account to get advice from strangers on the internet, which is tragic enough, but sure here goes...

    I'm early twenties and I am heading back to college soon, I've been feeling anxious about heading back ever since New Years when I was obliged to do a mental stock-take of my existence.

    Last academic year I loved everything about college. I loved heading out two or three times a week, spending almost every waking moment with my friends and just having a good time. The course work wasn't half bad either. This year however I feel like nothing engenders any fresh emotion in me, I feel like every night out is the same and conversations with friends only traverse well-worn ground. I find most of my lectures painfully dull and the only moment I felt truly alive last semester was when I was hitting the books like a madman right before exams because I had done not a tap up to then.

    I just don't think I'm living in a proper sense and am continuously painfully aware that my college days are crawling past in a grey haze, and that makes me anxious because I'm supposed to be savouring every second.But i have no idea how to change things. I joined a couple clubs but they bored the tits off me even though they were full of people that enjoyed the same things as me (literature and history). I suppose those are more solo pursuits anyway.

    I'm not sure what I'm asking for. If anyone has any tips on changing things, it'd be appreciated. I can't bare the thought reliving last semester again


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    #2
    Estrellita
    Registered Users Posts: 638 ✭✭✭Estrellita


    Perhaps you have the post Christmas returning to college blues. I remember finding it very hard to tune back in.

    Are you enjoying your course in general?


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    LLMMLL
    Registered Users Posts: 4,588 ✭✭✭LLMMLL


    Sounds like there are two issues here: you're bored with life. The question there is do you just need something to take your interest or is there a deeper problem such as depression.

    The other issue is viewing your life from the outside and judging it. You judge yourself for posting a problem on the internet. You worry you're not living as you should be. You worry about the college experience. It's a pretty common trait in your early 20s but I would recommend trying to live life without worrying so much about whether or not that life meets some criteria that qualifies it as a good life.


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