New to Board-stress Question Posted: 11-17-05 14:54pm
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?
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pinksalter
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 124
Posted: 11-18-05 20:53pm
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.
