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Mia183
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Procrastination Strategies dont feel like they help. (Executive dysfunction)
Student Support / by Mia183
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 December 3rd, 2025
...See more I feel really stuck. My stress just keeps getting worse, and no matter what I always procrastinate. My whole life ive dome it, but it's becoming more of a problem and ive been handing in a lot of things late. Ive gone through so so many strategies that are supposed to help, and when I can actually start an assignment they help a little bit but no matter what I tell myself it feels impossible to start things. Its hard to even start the strategies that will help. If I told myself to start 1 minute of work sometimes even that is too overwhelming. Im just scared that im always gonna be like this. Im scared for my future and really tired of being scared in general. I dont think I have ADHD, ive done a lot of research but while I have a lot of behaviors that point to ADHD its never been severe enough and there has also been things that point to it not being ADHD, but I know I technically need a real diagnosis. Its just kinda hard for me to get that rn. Im worried these struggles might be more anxiety related. Idk im not an expert. If anyone has any advice or at least just has had a similar experience to mine, it would mean a lot to hear about it, thank you so much for reading this. Im really lucky I have you all as a resource, I've gotten a lot of help from here so far and im really grateful for it.
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Struggling with Stress and Procrastination
Student Support / by Mia183
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 December 3rd, 2025
...See more So, I've had a really busy school year so far. It's been really overwhelming but lately its gotten worse. My stress is worse, I feel like im stressed all the time unless im distracted by something. And my procrastination has been getting really really bad. Ive always procrastinated but not this much. Ive had a couple assignments that I let go late and then handed in on the last possible day I could hand it in and still get credit. Im really scared im gonna mess up really bad. Im scared that it will keep getting worse. My college applications are due on nov 15th and I haven't touched them nearly enough. Im going to be busy the whole week before and will have very little to no time for them. So they need to get done next week. I just keep getting stuck, like freezing up when it comes time to do stressful tasks. I dont know how to avoid getting stuck or how to get unstuck when I am frozen. I usually end up just sitting and worrying or distracting myself with other little tasks (that also need to get done but not as urgently.) If anyone has any suggestions that might help with this it would be really appreciated, thank you all so much for listening!
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Dad's girlfriend moving in
General Support / by Mia183
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 September 26th, 2025
...See more So- my dads girlfriend and her 8 year old daughter are moving in tomorrow. I knew this was coming for a while but it hit me and im kinda of panicking. I have two younger siblings though so I feel like i need to be strong for them. The people moving in are really nice but its a big change and I feel like strangers are moving into my house. It feels like nothings gonna be the same and like its always going to feel weird, especially cause im moving out in August it feels like ill never get time to make it feel normal. Thus big change just feels the same as when my parents divorced. Its scary and it hurts a lot. Im mostly over thay now cause it has been like 6 years now but of course really thinking about it can still make me cry. It feel like I lost a lot of my innocence so young *** so I get upset thinking about what my life might have been like if my parents were happy together. Im just not really sure what to do. Im sure other people have gone through this too so, im wondering if anyone has any advice? Thank you so much for listening.
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Hesitant to try something. Afraid of overwhelming or overbooking myself.
Student Support / by Mia183
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 September 30th, 2025
...See more An opportunity to audition and be in a rock band for a mounth at my school presented itself. Its somthing i would love doing. The only thing is the busy part of drama club is going to happen around the same time. Im in crew so it wont be as big as a commitment but the dates overlap so it might be tough to juggle. Then on top of that my college aps are going to be due around that time as well. And then i have all of my coursework to juggle. AND ill be working with a vocal coach for auditions for college aps and i will be having piano lessons. So it being a lot might be an understatement. The band seems a bit rigorous with a lot of at home practice but- it seems like a really amazing opportunity and one im afraid i might not get again cause im graduating this year. Being in a band is somthing amazing id love to do but seemed so out of reach up to this point. Im just always so busy and dont know who id wanna have a band with. I dont wanna give up a good opportunity but i dont want to mess up my college application or somthing else important cause i give myself way too much to do and overwhelm myself. Any advice would be really really appreciated, thank you so much for listening.
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Overwhelmed by College Applications
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 August 28th, 2025
...See more Im sure everyone gets stressed about college aps but im really not doing well because of the levels of stress im getting over this. School hasn't even started yet and I feel like im drowning. Im worried about all the responsibilities I have for the upcoming school year, some that I need to get done before school starts, and on top of that I have college aps to worry about and im just going to get more work once school starts. Ive been crying almost every day over this and I dont think the stress is helping me make things better, its like a vicious cycle. I honestly feel like the stress is making it impossible to make any forward progress on getting anything done. I just feel really stuck, lost, and scared. I know there's strategies to help with executive dysfunction and stuff like that but- even those feel impossible to do right now. Idk what im doing and im afraid im going to mess everything up. Thank you for listening by the way, I really appreciate it
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Struggling with procrastination
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 September 2nd, 2025
...See more Hi, im new here so im kinda nervous about posting but- I need to get this out and maybe someone will understand how I feel. Ive struggled with procrastination my entire life. Literally since getting my first kindergarten homework I have always been procrastinating. Its gotten to the point where im just so tired of it. Ive tried so many strategies and some of them work at first but- very quickly it stops working. Sometimes I feel like im sabotaging myself. Sometimes it feels like ill never get better. Like, ill always be stressing myself out and ruining everything for myself because of my procrastination. I just dont know what to do anymore. I did a little research about self sabotage and it says it can stem from low self esteem which I really struggle with. Im hoping that maybe if I start there, even if my procrastination doesn't improve, my self esteem will. If anyone has any other thoughts, suggestions or just comments in general they would mean a lot to me. Thank you so much for listening
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