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Q: Stress overload and pounding heart

asked by: CM495 on February 12th, 2008

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Hello. I am seeking help because I do not know where else to go. I am 18 years old right now, and I am a full time college student majoring in nursing. I also work 2 jobs (about 28 hours per week) as a nurse's assistant for mentally challenged and autistic children.

When I was 16 my mother moved away and I had nowhere to live so since then I have been living with my boyfriend (who is now 21.) He lives about an hour and a half away from my college, so each day I drive an hour and a half to school, go to class all day, then drive to work and work till about 9:30 at night and then go home and do homework for an hour and go to bed.

I am so busy all the time, that I have lost alot of friends and the only person I ever really socialize with is my boyfriend.

The problem is, that I am so stressed out everyday. From the moment I wake up till the moment I fall asleep my heart is pounding, and I am constantly stressing out about everything.

Especially in my car, since I do so much driving and I am thinking thinking the whole time- I get so stressed out that I often throw up and I cry everyday, at least once or twice. After a long day of feeling stressed out, I turn to feeling just drained, and sad and just cry and cry until I fall asleep.

I am trying so hard to get somewhere and make myself something, but I feel so alone and so stressed out all the time that it is really staggering me.

Help me please.

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mominashoe

replied on February 18th, 2008

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Wow that's a pretty heavy work load. What you are feeling is normal under your circumstances. If you were in a better situation, you would probably not have any anxiety-related symptoms, so this is a good thing. Good meaning that you do not have medically related anxiety.

Just read what you put up there. Who can do that much and still be sanely human? Two jobs, full time college, and living with a boyfriend that is over an hour away. So that's like having three or four jobs at the same time. You probably need the jobs for college and you can't give up college because that is your future.

Is there any way that you could convince your boyfriend to move closer or get a place of your own that is closer? That's three hours every day that you are missing....time that could be used for sleep or for study.

If you don't want to change this lifestyle, which I'm guessing you don't because you would have if you really wanted to, then what I suggest is using that long drive to your benefit. Use it as your relaxation time. Your time for YOU. Get some fun music, buy some inspirational tapes. Drive with the windows down and sing at the top of your lungs.

I'm sorry no one got to this post sooner, but I do hope that this helps you out a little. You are so young and have so much of a load for your age. The best of luck to you!

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