Little help here please?

[elizabeth451]

Ok im in the midst of what is know at my school as an IB breakdown. basically what that means is that i have six or seven hours of homework all due tomorrow plus a bunch of other things going on the same night. what happens is you start to either A) stop caring and start sleeping, B) star crying/hyperventilating or C) a combination of the two.

my situation is about at A right now cause its 11:00 at night and im still up attempting to do homework but i really want to go to sleep, however that will result in bad grades tomorrow, so im sitting here trying to get my brain to stop hurting and im to the point where i just need someone to make me laugh or something the change the subject cuase pretty soon its gonna disintegrate into option B, which is very bad.

 

[Sailorgirl13]

Firstly, TAKE A DEEP BREATH!!

Ok, I know exactly how you feel I don't do IB but I do 5 subjects plus two extension classes (extra, harder work) as well as a ridiculous amount of cocurricular.

Option B isn't going to get you anywhere and it wasted time and energy so just chuck that idea away
On the other hand, crying can sometimes relieve some stress and just let it all out. But pick a better time. The time you waste crying could have been another assignment out the way.
(sorry if I sound cynical, I'm just being practical - I really do know what it feels like)

Pray about it God tells us to give all our troubles to him and let him deal with them.
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30 NIV)


I'm praying for you too
For the future, I don't know how organised you are but maybe be more effective in the way you do things. I do some homework during band rehearsals and on the way home from school. Sometimes even at lunch time.

Give yourself a break though. You might not think you have time, but you will work much more effectively if you go away from your desk and have a run or go outside.

And look after yourself. If getting enough sleep means you don't do some of your work then so be it. At least you won't fall asleep in class the next day!
It's not that you don't care about it, it's the better decision.
Prioritise your work each day so that the most urgent things are done first and the less important might not get done. Use weekends for assignments when you have more time.



Hope you get through it and use me to vent anytime

 

[elizabeth451]

Thanks and I did get over it but the next day was kinda rough. there's a three-day weekend right now though, so im feeling a lot better.

 

[Ivan650CRWC]

LOL I WAS IN THAT EXACT SAME SITUATION BEFORE MY FINALS CRAZY FEELING YOU GET WHEN YOU NEED TO PASS LIKE 5 AP CLASSES WITH A GOOD GRADE AND U JUST CANT FIND THE TIME. Fortunately I passed and I hope you do well in school the next semester with your load of classes. SMILE it works when you are down I dont know why but it does just smiling for no reason makes u laugh. I think it kinda weird and funny. GOOD LUCK!!!. DONT HAVE A MELT DOWN

 

[AfanofJesus]

Hey!

I certainly know what you're talking about but before talking about my experience and opinion I just have to agree with sailorgirl, she is definitely right. You need to sleep, and try not to break down if possible. But of course, when things are getting impossible, vent it here, cry, pray, scream it is all okay and normal. Also, I'll pray for you too!

And over to my story (to support you). I moved to US about a half year ago trying to do the IB program starting it as a junior. I still had to fullfil requirements for my home country's system as well as requirements in the US school system and the IB system itself. Also before moving I was doing a science program so I wanted to have bio, chem and physics in the IB program. As I guess you know this is normally impossible but I made this possible by having my native language as my second language outside of school as a self taught IB course. Already having to face the problems with moving a totally new part of the world including the language barriers since I'm not an English native speaker I also had to do IB all honors level courses with 3 sciences in one year with one more extra IB course outside of school. I ended up with so much homework and trouble that I could hardly sleep of eat, definitely not enjoying life. What I did was to really think it through, consult teachers, guidance counselors, parents and so on being honest with my situation. I got a lot of help and support from everyone and now my situation is so much better. I know that my situation was close to being surreal but what you are doing yourself is not far from it. You're a hero doing it, you should be proud of yourself, and everyone around you. Since I'm coming from abroad I had the chance to drop out and continue my education back home, which I won't regret. You though are doing it for real which is huge.

I'm sharing this since I wanted to tell you how crazy and bad things can be and yet solvable with others help. I know I had a safety rope being able to drop out but I was holding on fighting with different solutions and courses without dropping out all thanks to great support from others. I'm really not telling it since I want you to fight impossibly hard. Don't do. No one consider what I did giving up, and no one would consider asking for support or help giving up either if you do it. I think you should talk to your teachers, guidance counselors etc. about what you're going through, I only them knowing about it encouraging you can make a difference. From this I also learnt that I had my limits, I couldn't put such a big pressure on myself without sleeping, eating, being helped and supported, enjoying life and so on. I learned that it's not giving up in a bad meaning to realize and accept that you have limits. I encourage you to keep fighting and not giving up but still try to find solutions easing it up for you.

Once again, I'll pray for you, that everything will work out the best, that you find a way to do this without wasting yourself in the process. I pray that God will help you, that you in those times you can't see Jesus walking and protecting you from behind is carrying you.

Stay strong!

 

[mentalkitty789]

Ok im in the midst of what is know at my school as an IB breakdown. basically what that means is that i have six or seven hours of homework all due tomorrow plus a bunch of other things going on the same night. what happens is you start to either A) stop caring and start sleeping, B) star crying/hyperventilating or C) a combination of the two.

my situation is about at A right now cause its 11:00 at night and im still up attempting to do homework but i really want to go to sleep, however that will result in bad grades tomorrow, so im sitting here trying to get my brain to stop hurting and im to the point where i just need someone to make me laugh or something the change the subject cuase pretty soon its gonna disintegrate into option B, which is very bad.

I would say go to sleep. Breaking down won't do you any good, if your teacher's are kind enough they will let you do the work and turn it in late. If they aren't then you can try harder to make up the lost points further down the line.