I feel like a dummy. But then again my bad grades in school were beyond my control. How could you make a D in sex ed? It's an easy A, but because of the situations I've been going through all summer made me just depressed & immobile. Can't get outta bed-type depressed. Well, I guess you would expect bad grades from a student who's been out of school for a while, & having mommy & brother misuse her money, then being kicked out & threatened & then becoming homeless & then being kicked out the shelter for not going to church b/c I had to study, & then getting my own apartment & buying a car that turned out to be trash. & being just let out the mental hospital in April from someone trying to stab me & then me attempting suicide. Maybe I wasn't ready to go back to school. I'm a college grad. but I'm going back to school to try to strengthen my GPA but it looks like I'm setting my expectations too high & will never make it b/c of my mental disability.
2007-07-09 17:06:42 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
You can and will make it if that is what you decide to do. No one could have gotten good grades while going through all that you did. If you still have your funding, then go to school. We can always learn something and you can improve your grades next time. The college has to make adjustments for your disability so make sure that they do.
I am so bad at cheering up people. I think because I have gone through depression myself and still have not completely recovered.
The best of luck to you and don't let things like a letter grade get you down. Think of all that you have accomplished; you already did it once (a college degree) you can do it again.
2007-07-09 18:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by Patti C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Okay. I am going to take you seriously.... ahem.
First of all... to answer your first question... No. We cannot force you to be happy. Your emotions are your choice.... yes, there might be outside circumstances that really suck, but you CHOOSE how you are going to face them, how you are going to react, and what you are going to do about it.
And I'll skip to the last part... honey, no one asks what your college gpa was... they want to know that you finished. You did. Move on with your life. Stop trying to change the past. There are no do-overs. Just move on from here... stop obsessing over your grades, take your college diploma, have it framed, and get going. No one cares about your GPA except you and maybe your dysfunctional family. Employers don't. I've never ever ever had an employer ask me my GPA in college. They want to know that I FINISHED. That's it.
Now... for the stuff in the middle. Yeah, your life has had it's share of crap..... but move FORWARD. Get some therapy.. find someone beside us late-nite readers on Yahoo Answers to help you out....
And move ON... mommy & bro are history. The car is history. The homelessness is history. The mental hospital is history. MOVE.
You want to really cheer up? Volunteer at a shelter...find someone else to help.... a few hours a week of helping others will get you focused on something besides your own misery... and CHOOSE to react to difficulties in a different way....
It is quite possible you are suffering from a chemical imbalance... a good psychiatrist will pick up on that and help you out.... honest.
But it really IS up to you to move FORWARD with your life instead of wallowing in misery.... I am not sure if your mental disability is real or imagined... many people attempt suicide but are not mentally disabled... so if that is your basis for your self-diagnosis, then drop it... you made the only choice you thought you had at the moment... it happens.
MOVE FORWARD. Go on. Pick up the phone and call a therapist that can help you get out of this funk... and move on with your life.
2007-07-10 00:21:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
hey life sucks sometimes. i know i have been trying. bought a car it was trash to. got kicked out then invited to move back in wear i suffer emotional and phsyical abuse from my sister who manage to turn it around and put a restraining order on me then wrecked the house for me to take the blame. got fired the next day and my ex who i am completely in love with got married on saturday not to mention i should be heavely medicated i just cant accuire the funds but u want to know some thing i made freinds with a guy who fixed my car and found a job pushed colleg off until next semester to give me some time to straighten all the kinks in my life out and rely on my friends and simple stuff like skating at skate parks or watching cartoons(i am way to old to still be doing either but who cares) to keep my spirits half way up and i take every day as it comes dont think ahead dont think behind just make it by and slowly catch up push college off for a while relax go have some fun give urself a chance to meet some ppl keep distance from ur family as much as possible try and focus on alot of u time trust me times get tuff and u just have to deal with every situation as it comes i will wish u good luck wish me the same cuz i could use it as well good luck girly
2007-07-10 01:31:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry things will look up.You need to not be so hard on yourself.All of us had made mistakes at one time or another.Keep a positive attuide even when times get hard.About you tinking your expectations are to high there your goals and what you make of those goals are up to you.Keep a positive attude and have a positive attuide on life and everything will be fine for you.Try to relax.
With care,
Bonnie T.
2007-07-10 00:29:08 · answer #4 · answered by Bonnie T 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
hun, you need to remember that life is what you make it!
"will never make it because of my mental disability" ???
are you seriously writing yourself off because of an obstacle put in your path?
i do NOT think so!
you are not a VICTIM you are a SURVIVOR.
look at what you have gone though! your hardship is in the past now, servicing you as a valuable life lesson.
so focus on turning your life into a success story that others will admire you for.
2007-07-10 00:26:34 · answer #5 · answered by hmm 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Treat your problems, then resume your education. You will have to cheer yourself up, though: no-one else can do it for you, but there is help to be had at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris on page 2: depression treatments.
2007-07-10 01:21:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dang! Its seems like u have problems all around!!! If I was u...i would find something that would make me happy and focus on that for alittle while.....then take it day by day..work out problem to problem!...I WISH U THE BEST!!! I HOPE THINGS GET BETTER FOR U!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-07-10 00:17:24 · answer #7 · answered by blondie4real101 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Give me a yell and we can chat about it. You need more than some 10 second instant coffee.
2007-07-10 00:11:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Honey... please go get the book "the secret" I cant tell you why but I know that you will change your life if you read this book... YOU ARE A SURVIVOR..... keep on movin' mama!!! You have made it to where your at... you can make it further... show em you can and their all wrong!!!
2007-07-10 00:22:45 · answer #9 · answered by Shan77 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
you can do it! its in you! you just have to tell yourself that you CAN make it through all this crap. all that other stuff if behind you, there has to be some good stuff coming. just no matter what, keep believing that you have a future and its as bright as you make it. good luck and god bless! :)
2007-07-10 00:14:05 · answer #10 · answered by poisonberries 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋