I am a college student. I I have been feeling paralyzed and am not able to do anything at all for the past couple of weeks/months. I dug up some old posts from HN to read stuff to find helpful information. Most of the relevant advice pertained to
- change your diet / cut out sugar / healthy stuff
- exercise / releases endorphins / makes you feel better
- go to a doctor / shrink / and talk stuff out.
- get enough sleep
I have made changes to my diet, sleeping more regularly, and exercising every once in a while, on the whole I am a healthy individual. I do also want to add that though I don't think I am burned out, because I have hardly put any effort into anything that I have been doing/done. I was a top 1percentile student in high school, and had a pretty good social life, though I did put in more time to studying stuff then. I am smart enough to get through classes and stuff with little effort at college, but I don't know what the deal with me is. I am unable to concentrate, I can't seem to find motivation to do work, I literally stare the screen for longer than 30 minutes and do nothing. I am in my third year, and well now I have no connection with my peers anymore because they seem to engaged in the partying / drinking phase of life, and though I did have that phase, I can't stand that anymore. I would like to say that I have matured more than my peers, but I am not sure that is entirely true, because if it were, I would have more stuff figured out. I have been holed up by my self pretty much, and well I don't seem to understand what is wrong with me / what i need to do to fix this ? is this just a phase of life ? please help me out, i really don't know what i am asking for, but if you know something that you think could help me, or any personal experiences in the same realm, please let me know. thanks.
- change your diet / cut out sugar / healthy stuff
- exercise / releases endorphins / makes you feel better
- go to a doctor / shrink / and talk stuff out.
- get enough sleep
I have made changes to my diet, sleeping more regularly, and exercising every once in a while, on the whole I am a healthy individual. I do also want to add that though I don't think I am burned out, because I have hardly put any effort into anything that I have been doing/done. I was a top 1percentile student in high school, and had a pretty good social life, though I did put in more time to studying stuff then. I am smart enough to get through classes and stuff with little effort at college, but I don't know what the deal with me is. I am unable to concentrate, I can't seem to find motivation to do work, I literally stare the screen for longer than 30 minutes and do nothing. I am in my third year, and well now I have no connection with my peers anymore because they seem to engaged in the partying / drinking phase of life, and though I did have that phase, I can't stand that anymore. I would like to say that I have matured more than my peers, but I am not sure that is entirely true, because if it were, I would have more stuff figured out. I have been holed up by my self pretty much, and well I don't seem to understand what is wrong with me / what i need to do to fix this ? is this just a phase of life ? please help me out, i really don't know what i am asking for, but if you know something that you think could help me, or any personal experiences in the same realm, please let me know. thanks.