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Wanting to go to uni but college messes me up

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I really want to go to uni do something with my life but I’m so scared it will make me as depressed as college did. At 16 I got really bad self harming, suicidle thoughts and depression I was miserable. I work in a pharamacy and it’s going great I’m on an anti depressants to help with my anxiety but I never thought this good feeling will last. I have all these ideas but can’t do anything about them

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Do your studies when you are ready and able to deal with it - is the best advice I can give

My College days were terrible, What Uni I did was very little, I enjoyed the courses content more than my Engineering.

Generally if I remember correct College was at a slower pace than Uni The education at College was set for a lower standard of education at school than Uni The entry levels where set at a lower level so people where brought up from that lower educational level

If it is hard at college, it may be worse at Uni. If you are having problems consider at the cold light of day what you want to achieve and the best way for you to reach a positive conclusion. Remember generally in Engineering you may need to follow about two years more to get to the level of a Uni Student because of your educational standard reached at school

BOB

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Sounds to me like you will need a change of mindset..like im doing rn.

i actually left college because i was too depressed 2 years ago as well..

like i left left..I didn't even finish my freshman year with one semester

of that to go. Anywho.. if you go into with fear you will never go any-

where. You will be stuck there is no other way if we have a mindset of

some kind of lack. If you believe that your good feeling can't last then

it most definitely wont last. Have faith(easier said then done ik) then it

will. Go to the root of the problem write down ways to adress them in a

positive way then RIP IT OUT! If you need to affirm the crap out of it then

do that. I can give you affirmations right now..because it may work for you..

For example..

I no longer feel as reliant on my meds

I feel at ease when among crowds

I am strong, I am wise, I no longer feel the pain that once lied before my eyes

I mean you can literally get creative with affirmations. The purpose of them is

to help retrain your subconcious/unconcious mind. To get rid of those limiting

beliefs that you may have and switch them over to positive ones. When you really

have faith/hope for something you will get it. If there is a will there's a way and this

is just one way that can help you.but nothing will help if you dont BELIEVE. If you be-

lieve then you will most definitely act and that's what alot of us have to realize. Don't

walk on in uni if you still feel like that 16 year old you. We should be able to build up

our confidence, build up our courage..build ourselves up in order to do what we want.

Why? Because you are most definitely capable. You are capable of going to uni. That's

what's set in your heart, but how can we get there and work efficiently and shed all the

light on our ideas if we can't function because of our mind. Our hearts and heads must

be aligned. So instead of saying you can't say I CAN. Always go to the root of your issues

and find the many ways to go about it. Once you do that, you will ahve the plan to go

through with it. AGain you don't have to do affirmations but that's one way you can try.

OOOo actually.. watching interviews with Tom Bilyeu and tedtalks are always bomb stuff.

I learned alot from them self help stuff..event hem entrepreneurial stuffs. There's always

a pattern in them things.. you will see it the more you watch. They all dont have lack

mindsets so searching on that..searching on how people deal with these things and how to apply it to your life is always amazing . You got this. Go on and go get er💜💜💜👌

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