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[quietann]

so what do I do now?

I don't have time to study much or finish the project due Tuesday (the one due tomorrow is almost done, yay!) ... I have procrastinated due to extreme anxiety -- like attacks -- about not understanding things. Totally irresponsible, I know.

SO do I pull the "psychiatric card" on the 2 professors, say, look, I have chronic anxiety and depression, yes I have good treatments but sometimes that isn't enough, yes I am going to seek therapy for it over the summer, but NO I won't be rerady for your exam? Should I just take it and take my lumps, what should I do????

Or have a complete fall-apart session and get my psychiatrist to call them?

Or do I pull the card after the exam, "look, I have these problems, but I didn't want to get excused out of the exam, but I know I didn't do well... and yes, I am going to seek Tx ove rthe summer and will you please be nice to me when grading?"

Or do I just take my lumps without trying to explain it all?

I'm not a kid; I'm a 38 year old woman. But an utter failure at employment, and now at school. I _used_ to be really good at school. Now I'm not

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[hammercock.livejournal.com]

If you're going to bring up your psych issues, I'd suggest doing so before the exam. Make appointments with the profs, tell them what's going on. If you think you might have done fairly well if not for the anxiety, you might consider saying so (I don't know how well these classes have been going before now). Might as well give them a chance to see if they'll cut you some slack. You might be pleasantly surprised.

I had to do that a couple of times in my last year of college ("okay, I'm overworked and overwhelmed, and I have three projects due on the same day...something is going to give and I prefer it not be my sanity. who's giving me an extension?"). My profs were generally understanding, and no doubt preferred that I was up front with them rather than going through with something, performing badly, and then coming back afterward with what would probably sound like poor excuses.

Look at it this way...when you were at Bentley, how would you have preferred your students handle such a situation with you? Would you rather have known in advance of their difficulties, or only had them bring it up to you afterward?

*hug* I'm sure the wedding planning isn't helping either...lots of stress all at once.