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i'm struggling with uni work. i cannot concentrate at all. i feel really bad. i keep crying - about other stuff; not about uni work . i feel like shit. i can't focus myself on what i should be doing at all.
basically, i've got a huge project plan to do - it's in on friday... and i just cannot get my head around it. tbh i've not even decided what i'm going to do it on yet :eek:
i'm way behind. and if i say anything to one of my tutors i'm going to get crusified (sp?);
because i've been pretending for ages that i'm absolutly fine: i've got supervision sorted; i know what my project will be based on; and i've done a load of research in that area - and am just putting all the pieces together - WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP!!! - i haven't got anything sorted. :no:
on friday, i probably won't have anything to hand in at all and then i'll fail the module - and it's a compulsory module for progression into level 3!!! - god! i feel half like screaming and half like burying my head in the sand.
i cannot focus and i cannot concentrate. :crying:
i know you guys are probably going to tell me just to get stuck in ... but i keep trying and i REALLY cannot manage it. H E L P !.
basically, i've got a huge project plan to do - it's in on friday... and i just cannot get my head around it. tbh i've not even decided what i'm going to do it on yet :eek:
i'm way behind. and if i say anything to one of my tutors i'm going to get crusified (sp?);
because i've been pretending for ages that i'm absolutly fine: i've got supervision sorted; i know what my project will be based on; and i've done a load of research in that area - and am just putting all the pieces together - WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP!!! - i haven't got anything sorted. :no:
on friday, i probably won't have anything to hand in at all and then i'll fail the module - and it's a compulsory module for progression into level 3!!! - god! i feel half like screaming and half like burying my head in the sand.
i cannot focus and i cannot concentrate. :crying:
i know you guys are probably going to tell me just to get stuck in ... but i keep trying and i REALLY cannot manage it. H E L P !.
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If you can't do it then you can't sit there with your head in the sand. Only by doing nothing will you fail it totally.
chin up mate
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you need to know that you really really WANT this degree, dont you?
think about how much you want it, and use that as some motivation
What sort of problems are you having besides uni? You may be able to get an extension because of extenuating (sp?) circumstances.
Do what you can for Friday but don't let yourself get too stressed. Take a step back and you'll find you've probably got enough time to get it done with some serious dedication to it.
i suppose it's good to know too that a lot of people experience this kind of problem? ... i guess i was thinking i'm the only person ... i guess too, thats because a lot of people i know... have already got theirs sorted!
I had serious problems with my dissertation because of health difficulties, and the uni took them all into account and gave me a mark I wouldn't have otherwise got.
Now, if this is the first time you have asked for an extension you are likely to get it. But if you have fallen back on this method in the past your year tutor(s) may be less sympathetic.
The next note of action short of saying someone has passed on (no I'm not suggesting lies, but it's for you to make a moral judgement about how desparate your situation is) and desperate situations SOMETIMES call for desparate measures. I mean actually I am rather warming to this theme, if let's say your gran passed away in 1985, you could say my gran died and not say when and then it wouldn't be a lie would it? Who knows if you were not still suffering the psychological effects or not??
Probably a much better option is to quickly go and see your uni GP and explain your 'downess' /problems say it has been affecting your work, which it has. You may a) Be able to get a medical certificate (outside chance) But at the very least try for a doctor's note suggesting relaxation for stress-related mild depression.
It's all worth a try. No one deserves to fail needlessly. Good luck mate!
Mazza
apparantly, i need to "do what i can by friday" and hand that in with an extenuating circumstances form. and i should get to do a bit more work on it over the summer referal period so long as the extenuation is upheld. - which makes me feel a bit better
but, if i fill in a form like that - who would be the best person the verify "personal problems" 'cos i'm not allowed counselling or anything, would my gp be the best option??? - and does that mean i'm going to have to talk to my gp properly, or could i just get away with just saying i've been feeling stressed, upset, etc??? - 'cos i've already spoken to my gp a tiny bit but not much (and my gp is pretty useless tbh, but thats a different matter).