I'm so stressed out I think I might explode.

[Techmonkey]

It's not any particular thing that's getting me down... just a mixture of everything. deadlines I've gotta meet for schoolwork... for projects I'm leading and helping out with... charity work... so many insurance forms that need sorting out and letters that need to be written... family stuff out in Iraq... family stuff back at home.

I feel bad complaining because most of you have it much worse than I do, but even still, I feel so worn out and worn in and worn through... Haven't had more than 4 hours sleep in a night for some weeks now just because of the volume of work I've got to get through.

does it ever end guys?

[MakiSupaStar]

You're living the dream baby. Living the dream.

[Pilgrim]

One night's decent sleep will return some perspective. Find a way to get it.

[peaveyuser]

Originally Posted by Techmonkey

It's not any particular thing that's getting me down... just a mixture of everything. deadlines I've gotta meet for schoolwork... for projects I'm leading and helping out with... charity work... so many insurance forms that need sorting out and letters that need to be written... family stuff out in Iraq... family stuff back at home.

I feel bad complaining because most of you have it much worse than I do, but even still, I feel so worn out and worn in and worn through... Haven't had more than 4 hours sleep in a night for some weeks now just because of the volume of work I've got to get through.

does it ever end guys?

Fun being an overachiever ain't it

Hey think about it for a sec, your doing all these great things that will lead you to success it will all be worth it. You'll get more respect by elders and your fellow peers.


I myself am an underachiever, as a result I get bad marks, don't do the hardest classes, get my intellect insulted and feel kind of intimidated in front of these "smart kids". All this means I'll prolly not pass all the end of year exams and have to take some courses after high school is finished if I want to get into a pre-university college. I'm not stupid, I'm just lazy but I still get called stupid.

^^^^ you don't want to be like that

Think about all that, your work will eventually pay up, plus your busy (I wish i was) good luck

[Ericman197]

Well for the time being, quit the charity work. You're not going to be of much use to anyone but medical school students if wind up killing yourself from the stress.

[scorpionldr]

Originally Posted by Techmonkey

It's not any particular thing that's getting me down... just a mixture of everything. deadlines I've gotta meet for schoolwork... for projects I'm leading and helping out with... charity work... so many insurance forms that need sorting out and letters that need to be written... family stuff out in Iraq... family stuff back at home.

I feel bad complaining because most of you have it much worse than I do, but even still, I feel so worn out and worn in and worn through... Haven't had more than 4 hours sleep in a night for some weeks now just because of the volume of work I've got to get through.

does it ever end guys?

vitamin b-100. Take a few a night.....your body might have a gripe or two, but believe me you get a burst of energy to help

[disenchant]

Please don't explode. Because that would be, well, gross.

[machine gewehr]

1)Yes,it never ends.
2)Take a beer and relax.
3)If the beer ain't helping,take more till it helps.

[Armueller2001]

Originally Posted by scorpionldr

vitamin b-100. Take a few a night.....your body might have a gripe or two, but believe me you get a burst of energy to help

Which vitamin B? B complex?

[MAJOR METAL]

Academic strain is underrated by many. Hang in there.

[Baryonyx]

No, it never ends. Either you get strong enough to carry it or it crushes you and thats you done.

[Johnny Crab]

Originally Posted by Pilgrim

One night's decent sleep will return some perspective. Find a way to get it.

+100
Fulltime day job + band gig during the week(200 mile roundtrip for me!) + family = lost sleep during the week.
Sleep "late" at LEAST one day on the weekend. Late means maybe sleeping 10 hours instead of 4~6.

[blizzard]

Academic strain, I've found the best thing to do is to take a break from work doing something thats isn't related at all to your work ie, TV, game. Also another great thing is exercise, a bike ride always clears my heads.

[Ericman197]

Originally Posted by scorpionldr

vitamin b-100. Take a few a night.....your body might have a gripe or two, but believe me you get a burst of energy to help

Vitamin supplements do not increase your energy levels unless you are deficient. This is not a problem for those with normal habits. If you follow a strange diet, drink excessively, do drugs or have a metabolic problem (ie: can't absorb certain vitamins) then supplementation may be necessary. However for normal people it's unnecessary: all those extra vitamins will either be pissed out, or worse yet stored (this can kill you in the case of vitamins A, E, PABA and many others).

I would go as far as to say that the B-100 supplement is unhealthy, because you may enter into toxicity territory. Not that B vitamins are particularly harmful, but taking several pills which have over 5000% of several vitamins is totally unnecessary: that's referred to as a pharmacological dose. The only redeeming feature is that each pill has 400mcg of folic acid, which sounds about right.

Generally speaking one never needs to take more than 100% of a vitamin per day, unless advised to by a doctor. Even then, patients have in many cases been ill-advised to take vitamin C and other supplements which have no effect. Off the top of my head I can't remember which vitamin it was, but several women were instructed to take pharmacological doses of some vitamin which lead to permanent damage... I want to say it was panthothenic acid, but I'm not sure.

NOTE: Some GOOD supplements are iron and folic acid for women, and calcium for everyone.

[Jiggybass]

Hey, I'm in the same boat as well, I'm finishing high school, doing a co-op, working between 16-27 hours a week. I'm getting 5 hours of sleep a night on average. I get about 6-8 hours of sleep on the weekends, and pull an all-nighter at least once a I week. I'm incredibly burned out, but the holidays are coming, just 2.5 more weeks and I can finally relax, and catch up on sleep before returning to school for 1 month to do summatives, exams, and major assignments. and then after that it's work a good 50 hours a week and save for college.

I have accepted that it never ends, and have actually gotten used to it, sadly. I don't know how well I'll make it through 4 years of college...

[IconBasser]

hm... I spose I'm in the same boat as you, tech.

my solution (and your parents won't agree with this): cut out as much erroneous work as possible. I'm taking mostly honors classes this year, and I usually have lotsa work to do.

for example: for AP history: I'll maybe do one homework assignment a week. I study every now and then, still have a B in the class.

Physics: I can't remember that last time I did physics homework. I still got a 90% on the last test.

English: screw english. Bullsh!tting is a sufficient skill for this one. I have a 93% in the class.


the one and only one subject that requires constant work is pre-calculus. You have to do every assignment, or you'll miss out on huge chunks of info, and most likely fail the tests.

this equates to an average of 1-2 hours of homework a night. I use the rest of the time to play bass, chill with friends, go bowling, go biking, practice with my band, ect...

[lowenduser]

Originally Posted by Techmonkey

It's not any particular thing that's getting me down... just a mixture of everything. deadlines I've gotta meet for schoolwork... for projects I'm leading and helping out with... charity work... so many insurance forms that need sorting out and letters that need to be written... family stuff out in Iraq... family stuff back at home.

I feel bad complaining because most of you have it much worse than I do, but even still, I feel so worn out and worn in and worn through... Haven't had more than 4 hours sleep in a night for some weeks now just because of the volume of work I've got to get through.

does it ever end guys?

I wouldn't feel bad about complaining - a set of specific circumstances has left you feeling stressed out - some people trive on this, and some people fold under far less, so, stress is a very individually based reaction.

A good night's sleep will help clear the cobwebs as such. IMO, it's the body's way of "restoring factory settings" if you want to use that expression.

I always have a "to do list" with deadline dates on it, and priortise as circumstance dictates. It's a matter of blocking off x amount of hours a day to do a task, and if you finish early, give yourself some me-time. Incidentially, a solid night's sleep is one of my essential daily tasks. If it looks like during a perticular week that you're not going to meet a deadline, flag it with whoever you're going to have to talk to as early as possible and explain your situation. You'll find people are more understanding than the "worse scenario" that would probably cross your mind.

So, take half an hour - red pen and black or blue pen and pad. What has to be done, when and how long will they take to do and timetable your week out.

[Deacon_Blues]

I'm very stressed at work right now. So TB is a way to escape that **** for a while. Too many projects I need to keep running, too many deadlines to meet and too many deadlines I won't be able to keep. Simply too much to do.

I don't work too long days (8-10 h mostly) because I need my time away from work. Just too bad I haven't got very much of a social life currently. I have too few really good friends in my current hometown so the spare time I mostly spend alone, meeting my friends mostly in the weekend evenings only and when I go home to the town I grew up in. That's 400 km away so I don't want to drive that distance too often.

It feels like I need a radical change in my life, but I can't see that happen very soon for a number of reasons... And I don't know what the change should be either.... A GF wouldn't hurt though...

Sorry for this rant, but I needed it I think...

[middy]

Wow. Relax, man. Slack is priceless.