I Feel Stressed.....

Hello all,

The past few weeks have been some of the most difficult in my entire life. I know that no advice can be given on 7Cups, but I hope that you all will hear me out and suggest a way to get through the stress, whether through therapy here on 7Cups or otherwise.

I am not sure where to begin, because I feel the same stress in almost every domain of my life whether it is in my academics, emotions, or relationships. I know that 2020 has been a difficult year for many, yet all of these areas are too personal to be a direct result of the pandemic at hand. To show this more clearly, I will contrast my life in each domain this year from that of last year.

Last year, I was an overachiever. I took four Advanced Placement classes and passed all the tests, ran an afterschool club, studied Spanish weekly with an online tutor. In virtually all my other classes, I did extremely well and met all my ACT benchmarks. I also conducted research with a professor at a nearby university. Emotionally, I was super happy because I was able to fit in at my work, I had many friends, and was doing well in school. I met a wonderful person with whom I used to hang out a lot and she was virtually the first person to hang out with me outside of work. I felt very happy.

This year, maybe I am still an overachiever, but I feel completely bored. To combat this, I have taken on virtually some of the largest workloads than ever before. I am self-studying for the AP Spanish Language and Literature examinations, taking Chinese and Arabic, trying to conduct research, run an afterschool club, taking four classes through a local university and trying to stay ahead in addition to working. As a result, I feel bored and find it difficult and stressful to stay caught up in each area. Emotionally, I am dealing with matters as they come and many of these are unexpected. For instance, my pet fish died a number of weeks ago and this hurt a lot. I want a new fish greatly, but I know that it would be best to wait until college. The friend I used to hang out with and was made very happy by has moved to another city and I miss her a lot. But there is a distance between us, both distance-wise and socially. I can't describe whether I am sad or how I feel, but this is obviously a difficult time and I want to request help somehow.

Jakaka