Overwhelmed? Tell us why...

[Tournesol]

Hi everyone!

The past two weeks have been absolutely and completely overwhelming and busy for me! IT STILL IS! :flare:

I thought I'd create a space for us to vent our frustrations:crash: , to unload our fatigues:yawnb: and to voice our complaints:bawling: !

So, why are you feeling overwhelmed today?

[Nossa]

Studying :sick: :bawling: It's too damn hot these days...and my finals are in three days :sick:

[sprinks]

Oh gee wow I have a feeling I'll be in this thread often!! :lol:

Right now I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with the realisation that I have a baby sister now. Also schoolwork, very overwhelming.

[Pensive]

Same for me. Studies. Exams. But this time I am acting a bit differently. Have tried to get myself overwhelmed. Feel some kind of tension too, but no use. The good side is that I feel okay despite the fact my exams are all hovering over me and my preperation is not that great, and I don't bother to study much. For the growth of this indifference, my math exam today contributed a lot too. It went quite well despite my very little hard work, I just went through the basic concepts (would hopefully at least manage a B, and I am pretty satisfied at anything above 80 percent when it comes to mathematics). But this has got me even in more spirits....and the whole day I spent singing and doing stuff other than studying for the next exam.

Can anybody tell me how to feel over-whelmed? I kind of feel as if it's not me...just today in school on seeing me singing before the exam was all about, a class-fellow was looking at me as if I was some other Pensive....well yeah you can see tension reflecting my face before the exam is just about to begin usually but don't people ever change...Bah

[Tournesol]

Oh gee wow I have a feeling I'll be in this thread often!! :lol:

Right now I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with the realisation that I have a baby sister now. Also schoolwork, very overwhelming.

Hi Sprinks! A baby sis! Sweet news! Sure, it'll be challenging, but playing with her and hearing her little laughter will no doubt relieve some stress!

[Mortis Anarchy]

Well, I'm graduating high school in two days...so I'm excited about that, as well as a bit overwhelmed. But I'm also stressed out because of my AP Exams...I've already taken my AP Lang, AP Lit, AP Government, AP Comparative Gov., but tomorrow is Macro and Micro Econ. Then I'll be done...so its a mixture of stress, irritation, and excitment. But hey, I can't complain too much since I'll be done with this mess in a few more days!:D

[sprinks]

Hi Sprinks! A baby sis! Sweet news! Sure, it'll be challenging, but playing with her and hearing her little laughter will no doubt relieve some stress!

:) Yeah once I was over the initial shock it wasn't so bad, although it does take a little getting used to still, hearing new noises that I'm not used to hearing :lol:


I had a bit of an overwhelming experience again today, when I got taken into the office at school because one of the teachers is worried about me burning out again and getting sick from stress and putting too much pressure on myself etc etc. I've had the speech from parents and friends and other family before, but I've never had teachers talk to me about it 'til now and I was sitting there like "woooah this is weird" :eek:

[Nossa]

^^ So Sprinks, you ARE planning on taking over the thread indeed :p
And it's kinda weird, she's afraid of the pressure you might put yourself under, so she takes you to the office :lol: Isn't that stressing enough?

[sprinks]

:lol: I guess I am :D
I didn't actually realise it at the time, that going to the office was stressful in itself, but you do have a good point!! :lol: That is quite funny, I love things that are ironic like that, the act of trying to prevent something ends up being the act that causes it to happen!! :p

[sprinks]

MAJOR OVERWHELMINGNESS today.... not sure that "overwhelmingness" is a real word but that's not the point :lol:

Anyhow, we got told today that we have about 2 weeks to decide our year 12 classes, which is something that could really influence the rest of our lives :eek: and we also got told that next year we can start applying for uni... Like in a YEAR. ONE. YEAR. :eek::eek:

[samercury]

One word: finals

[Nossa]

One word: finals

I hear ya :bawling:

[Lioness_Heart]

I've got my first summer A level module on wednesday. And it's just hitting me that this time, there are no re-takes. And this will decide if I get into the University I want to go to!!!

And. Further Maths (the bane of my life) exams are rapidly approaching, it's our last week of school before study leave, and my teacher isn't coming in. She still has a load of past papers I've done that she either hasn't marked or hasn't given back... as if it's not bad enough we get stuck with the worst maths teacher in the school for A2 further maths, but she doesn't even bother turning up... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[dramasnot6]

MAJOR OVERWHELMINGNESS today.... not sure that "overwhelmingness" is a real word but that's not the point :lol:

Anyhow, we got told today that we have about 2 weeks to decide our year 12 classes, which is something that could really influence the rest of our lives :eek: and we also got told that next year we can start applying for uni... Like in a YEAR. ONE. YEAR. :eek::eek:

It's not so bad,Sprinks :) Unis here aren't hard to get into- and you will really enjoy it!
I think 1/3 of the people I knew in yr12 dropped out of/switched at least one class-so don't over-stress about picking the perfect combination.

[Weisinheimer]

resumes and job applications

[sprinks]

It's not so bad,Sprinks :) Unis here aren't hard to get into- and you will really enjoy it!
I think 1/3 of the people I knew in yr12 dropped out of/switched at least one class-so don't over-stress about picking the perfect combination.

Thanks :) I guess I'm just a little worried about how I really don't have any idea what I plan on doing at uni or anything. But I've chosen my classes: Art, Media, Drama, History, English Lit and study; so I'm happy with that :)

[aabbcc]

Piano. Four to six hours every single day in the past two weeks.

Forced social activities. The season of being bothered by my parents to attend with them cultural events or dinners with their friends, so that we all together look good and pretend we are normal family.

Preaches by my mother. Every day. But I mean, every single day. Ranging from how she doesn't like my outfit because it's not enough lady-like (because I refuse to walk around dressed and with full make up as if I came from some fashion event - and my feet don't like high heels on daily basis - and my mother thinks that anything less than that signifies "lack of personal care for oneself" blah blah :rolleyes:) to how she doesn't like my friends.

Exams to come. A rather big deal. I have to graduate.

[cipherdecoy]

O Levels! Pooey. I don't think anyone here hates studying any more than I do, really.

[Pensive]

Which subjects are you taking, cipherdecoy?

Hmmmm why am I overwhelmed? Lack of sleep.


Forced social activities. The season of being bothered by my parents to attend with them cultural events or dinners with their friends, so that we all together look good and pretend we are normal family.

Preaches by my mother. Every day. But I mean, every single day. Ranging from how she doesn't like my outfit because it's not enough lady-like (because I refuse to walk around dressed and with full make up as if I came from some fashion event - and my feet don't like high heels on daily basis - and my mother thinks that anything less than that signifies "lack of personal care for oneself" blah blah ) to how she doesn't like my friends.

Aww that sounds bad. At times parents it can be really difficult to please parents...

[cipherdecoy]

I'm taking
English
Chinese
Mathematics
Science (Physics/Biology)
Social Studies/History
Literature
Principles of Accounts

I'm taking my Chinese Os tomorrow, so I'm pretty screwed. Besides that, Mathematics and Physics frustrate me to no end, since nearly everything about them remains eternally elusive to me.

Cute avatar by the way, haha.

[Scorpio Ascendant]

Networking. I'm totally drained.

[Tournesol]

hey you guys - look what I found!

Anybody overwhelmed?!

[Delta40]

I'm sick with a head cold and depressed. I'm off work and I have to start writing two major essays which I have no idea about! My doom looms!

[andave_ya]

*sighhhhhhhhhh*

I'm nervous about my math test in 18 days...

I'm nervous about my math final in 20 days...

I detest the idiotic scene I'm blocking for my theater final...

I have to write a speech to give for my graduation...

I have to help plan the graduation...

the house is topsy-turvy...

I have to practice piano...

and finish my literature textbook...

[higley]

I just finished a major portfolio show, for which I had to scan/format/print my pieces, create and order business cards and postcards, and design a resume;
Tomorrow I have a twenty (!!!) board illustration presentation;
Wednesday I have ad concepts
and then an essay;
Thursday I have three final illustrations to turn in
and then mounted and wrapped pieces for the student show;
Friday I have ad finals
and a finished painting.

And I work Monday morning at 6, and then on Tuesday afternoon - evening.

Yuck!

[*Classic*Charm*]

:idea:Sounds like you could all use a hug!

[Weisinheimer]

lab report due tomorrow
case study due tomorrow
another case study due a few days later
a bunch of worksheets to fill out due...sometime in the near future
finals

[LostPrincess13]

Term paper due tomorrow and I haven't started at all!
How bout them apples!
:lol:

[BienvenuJDC]

I'm the new Sr Estimator for our Steel Fabrication shop...times are tough, work is scarce, and we are laying off guys right and left...I can only get work if I bid things at a loss...doing jobs at a loss gets you no where!!!

[Lily Adams]

AP tests this week, uncertainty in many aspects of my life, feel like I'm gunna puke/faint.

[JBI]

I'm on vacation until the 11th, so it's all good. Just came out of an intense week, so need to unwind - didn't get to read much in April, so also have some catching up, but as soon as the Summer Semester starts, back to stress begins.

[Tournesol]

Hi all!
I dug this thread out, cause I'm majorly OVERWHELMED!!!! My wedding is in three and a half weeks, and everything's under control, but I can't help but think that something isn't! I think I might start hyperventilating one of these days....

I need a break...hmmm....I'll grab my sis and go to the movies...something funny to take my mind off the stresses...and then a huge ice cream to reward myself for losing 25 pounds
[no, Tournesol, no ice cream, you were supposed to have lost 35 pounds by now]

Did you guys hear that??...that's what I have to live with...that inner voice....no, no need for concern, I'm not going insane or anything!

[Buh4Bee]

Tournesol,
You are going to be fine. All people that get married deal with this anxiety. It is a normal reaction to a large event. As much as you may not realize it, you are an actor and putting on a performance. Just be real and lean on the support of your family.

I am upset, because I am a teacher and school has ended for me. It is complicated and heart wrenching at this time of year. Every year I go through this, but this one is one of the worst years. I'll recover soon enough, but getting through the process is somewhat like going through drug withdrawal. The emotional disconnect from your students take a major foundation away from your being. All that you have given is gone and you can't see it grow in the world. It's kind of like giving a child up for adoption. I apologize if any of these comparisons are offensive, but this process is excruciating. Nothing in the world can make the pain go away and one has to just feel it and move on. This is the lamentation of the teacher who teaches too hard.

[Gracewings]

Overwhelmed? Tell us why...

Just know that I am. ;)

[JBI]

Well, just finished my midterms for the summer, so the stress has gone down a bit, but now I have exams to contend with, and a desire to do well (which hasn't been happening, since I was averaging like 7 hours of homework a day, which is far too much), so now I have taken a day to cool off, and need to bring the stress metre back to the top so I can finish French off for the summer, and then just cruise with my other course.

[Chava]

Final exam before startnig the bachelor year on Wednesday, karate camp and blue belt graduation later this month to train for (everyday), Work and being short on money, an inexplicably unruly apartment (where does the mess come from?), Gah, and to top it all, fretting that i'm not enjoying my summer vacation yet, which I should be. Okay, so nothing terribly serious, but it's a tiring schedule to maintain. :)

[Scheherazade]

I am upset, because I am a teacher and school has ended for me. It is complicated and heart wrenching at this time of year. I know how you feel Jersea. I feel the same thing as well. Some of my students stay with me for two or three years. Over that period they study with me, I get to know them very closely so when it is time for them to move on, I feel I am saying goodbye to very good friends or family members.

I am frustrated with the paperwork and the amount of worksheets and such accumulated in my house since September. Someone needs to sort out all those.

[JuniperWoolf]

I'm overwhelmed for two reasons:
1. The Stanley Cup final is going to start in like, three minutes. I CAN'T TAKE ANOTHER HEARTBREAK!
2. I don't know what to major in (pretty cliche student concern).

[Jozanny]

I'm overwhelmed for two reasons:
1. The Stanley Cup final is going to start in like, three minutes. I CAN'T TAKE ANOTHER HEARTBREAK!
2. I don't know what to major in (pretty cliche student concern).

I would have lost money, because I would have bet Detroit--but the series did provide me with evidence of the erosion of journalistic rules online. A contributor *speculated* in a Thursday piece that the NHL asked Detroit to throw game 6, because of its unique contract with NBC, post-lock out era.

His only evidence offered for this is Detroit's shot to goal ratio in game 6. I mean, come on. Were there rumors in the locker room? I wouldn't insinuate things like that without at least one verifiable source.

[Remarkable]

Oh, I am feeling overwhelmed because I have to solve the heart problems of someone else while they are my problems as well. But I can't say it loud and clear, can I? I like him, yes I do. A lot! I know that now. And I don't care if he's a summer crush or true love, I don't have to go through all this. She likes him as well! And she's not even my friend! But she views me as her very personal psychologist and now I have to give her tips. I can't tell her take your mind off him, I can't tell her he's not worth it and I certainly can't tell her I feel about him! Because I have this feeling that he might do that as well about me so why go and blow everything up? I am so confused!

[imthefoolonthehill]

Oh, I am feeling overwhelmed because I have to solve the heart problems of someone else while they are my problems as well. But I can't say it loud and clear, can I? I like him, yes I do. A lot! I know that now. And I don't care if he's a summer crush or true love, I don't have to go through all this. She likes him as well! And she's not even my friend! But she views me as her very personal psychologist and now I have to give her tips. I can't tell her take your mind off him, I can't tell her he's not worth it and I certainly can't tell her I feel about him! Because I have this feeling that he might do that as well about me so why go and blow everything up? I am so confused!

At a time when I was less manipulative, I encountered what seems to be a similar task. Now, I would sabotage and manipulate it to my advantage, and **** the moral outrage.

I am currently overwhelmed by the lack of solvable problems. I want to contribute to the field, but have been wasting my time trying to solve 500 year old problems... and it simply isn't going to happen. I'm not smarter than Gauss. Not by a very long shot. I need some mathematical direction, or else some other place to put my energy.... maybe I'll go back to the oh noetry... but you can all see how that turned out. Maybe it will be better. I just need an outlet...a challenge that is not insurmountable. I'm stuck oscillating between the trivial and the impossible. I can't find middle ground. I need Erdos to sneak a message past the SF to me.