Hi, I’m in a classic college crunch, even though I’m fucking 32 and getting my master’s. I have a paper due yesterday and no extension, but I’m hoping they don’t check the mailbox until Monday.

Onto the problem: I’m exhausted and fried from too much stress and weed, and too little food and sleep (zero hunger though, plus I’m puking from stress, so… I’m eating soup when I can and starting with good breakfasts). I have to write, but I can’t think because I’m so tired. I can’t sleep because I’m so stressed. I can’t calm down, because I haven’t written the paper. Weed ostensibly helps with the first two but very much not with the third one.

I wrote two sentences (the first two in the introduction) in 35 minutes, so trying to push through is… inefficient. What do I do?

Edit: I have already discussed and agreed with my fiancé, we’re not buying any more weed at least until I’m done with my studies, so no worries there.

  • applebusch@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My suggestion would be to lay down and close your eyes for like 30 minutes. Set a timer so you don’t lose track of time. You don’t need to sleep but you need to give your brain a break. Next get some caffeine and food, preferably something with significant protein. The caffeine will help you focus. It’s ok that you can’t do it right this minute. Think of the laying down and eating as your setup. Once your body feels a little better and has some food to digest the stress will subside a bit. Not eating enough tends to make it worse so just getting food in your face will help a lot. They call caffeine the poor persons adderall for a reason, it does help. It may make you more tired if you don’t have enough though so just be aware of that.

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      1 year ago

      Thank you so much 🤍🤍

      Right now I’m puking most of what I eat up, but I can stomach broth and vegan protein yogurt, so that’s probably a good idea.