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Q: New to Board-stress Question

asked by: lawstudent1 on November 17th, 2005

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Hi. I'm experiencing some things that are making me worried...

I'm a law student and frequently become completely overwhelmed with work and stress. That being so, whenever I have oral arguments or huge exams I get completely stressed out...To the point where I scare myself.

For example, I have a huge argument next week, and as i'm preparing i'm feeling completely stressed out, I get out of breath, my jaw starts to ache (maybe i'm grinding my teeth?) and sometimes I feel a dull pain in the left side of my chest, and I completely lose my appetite. It scares the crap out of me because I sometimes think i'm having a heart attack. I'm only 23 and the only medical problem that i've ever had was a bout with anemia in college.

So, should I go to a doctor when I feel like this? I told my family physician about it once but she said that because I am so physically active and never experience chest pains while working out, I should just try to reduce my stress levels.

But, how do you reduce your stress levels? I love the profession that i'm going to enter, but it's all about handling stress.

Any tips?

Replies(1)

pinksalter

replied on November 18th, 2005

Experienced User

Hi there,

you have so much going on right now, no wonder your stressed. When I was at uni my hair started to fall out becasue I was so stressed. I just tried to work out a study plan which gave me time off as well as set times for my work load. I know this never always goes to plan but it gives you a rough idea.

Make sure you take breaks even for 5 mins, there are some great relaxation tapes you can get, I do them before bed and i`m asleep in no time.

But I would like to warn you although you love what your doing be cautious about how much your working. I had a great job travelling the country but I was doing so much I didn`t realise how stressed I was and how my body was suffering. I wasn`t eating properly, travelling all over the uk my body was puched to the max. Earlier this year I paid for it as my body was so run down I caught a viral infection in my spinal fluid which was really bad and I developed anxiety. I now have chronic fatigue illness because of it.

This isn`t to scare you its just to warn you don`t do too much and pace yourself.

Good luck

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