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HELP!

! I am in my second year of college. I am smart, I have really good scholastic skills, but I am on the verge of dropping out. I can never organize anything, my classes are a mess, and I procrastinate compulsively. I’ve been trying to take charge and just do things for so long but it never works. I honestly dont know what to do at this point I feel as if Im going insane. I dont want to drop/fail out of college but it truly seems inevitable right now. The worst part is that I know its my fault but I still continue to f*** up… I dont really know what I expect to hear since my problem really is me. Ill plan to do work, and then realize that the day is almost done and I havent done anything. Even if i manage to stay on top of things for a day or two it just ends up going back to the usual routine within a day. I feel like Im on the verge of a nervous breakdown and I just dont know what to do.

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C.M.Theisen offline Verified User (6 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Providence, RI, US | 6 years, 7 months ago (15 hours, 45 minutes after post)

Have you always been a compulsive procrastinator? Maybe you are subconsciously sabotaging yourself. If so then maybe seeing a therapist can help. On the other hand, maybe you’re just being lazy and undisciplined because nobody has ever really taught you discipline. I was smart but a really terrible student until I went to boarding school as an 8th grader. Proctors made sure we stayed in our rooms and studied during set homework hours. It was enough to get me into a more disciplined mindset and that served me well once I left boarding school to go to high school. Do you not enjoy your classes? If they don’t excite you it can be hard to do the homework outside of class. Maybe you need to take a year off and get your head together about whether college is important to you even. Maybe you’ll be better motivated when you eventually get back to school after experiencing life on your own for a year or so.

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