Fellow readers,
It is another Wednesday where I share with you from my heart with the hope that you learn or get inspired.
This week’s edition of the newsletter is about me. I want so share a true story with you.
In October of 2020, I began my MBA journey via distance learning. I had struggled within me for years with the idea of whether I can ever pass if I embarked on further studies given that I graduated with a third class. I however applied to Quantic School of Business and Technology with half a hope that I’d get admitted. Well, I didn’t just get admitted, I got full scholarship as well.
So the journey began and my first course was Accounting. Oh my! I almost cried because that course showed me pepper. I struggled so hard to pass the course and I must say that I am grateful for the kind of group members I had when it was time for the project.
In March 2021, my mental health started dwindling(I didn’t know then but I knew I was getting tired of things around me) and it continued until May when I was finally diagnosed of clinical depression, stress and anxiety and that was how my journey into therapy and medication began.
Studying became very difficult as I lost interest in everything and would rather just stay in bed. I struggled to go to work and return but in the midst of that, I was like a dead man walking because I was neither eating nor sleeping and I went off the radar until September.
In the midst of all these, I made a resolution that I would study at least every night in order to graduate and even though I faltered sometimes (there was a time I was behind by 2 weeks), I kept pushing.
Then something magical happened…
I wrote and individual project in July and the feedback I got was a score of 1/5 but the school gave me 2 weeks to rewrite the project.. yours truly did not rewrite and I had concluded that was it.
Just 2 weeks before graduation, I got a second chance to rewrite and I got a 5/5. You don’t want to know how happy I was. So yours truly graduated on the 8th of December, 2021. Now why did I share this story?
There are people who are struggling with doing things and they cannot understand why they are. You are mentally drained and tired of everything around you such as eating, sleeping, studying, going to work etc. I urge that you seek help of a professional right away before it gets worse.
We all need people. One of the things I struggled with during that phase was getting along with people( I am adjusting gradually) but the truth is you need people.
A change of environment might help. This is not cast in stone but you should consider it as it has been known to help recovery especially if the environment is a trigger.
Importantly, try not to repress or suppress your emotions. While you cannot pour it on someone always, find a way to get your emotions out.
It is healthy to rant. This could be done via journaling or even with your therapist.
Don’t get a therapist because you are ill, get one because you need one.
I hope these few points I have shared are helpful.
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Cheers