[Susan Liu]

First, congratulations on the upcoming graduation!

I don’t know what your circumstances are, but this helped me when I was really spiraling, had to be hospitalized, and felt like I tried every method in the book. I also wasn’t shooting for grad school, so consider this as just 1 datapoint.

What worked for me was to shoot for the bare minimum so that I could pass.

I had to let go of any high expectations I set on myself, because I had always been an overachiever until the depression and anxiety hit. I accepted that sure, I could do better, but given my mental health, I had to be pragmatic.

I accepted that I’d play video games nonstop or watch shows with my friends while skipping most of my classes.

I accepted that I wouldn’t get good exam grades, but I crammed to get passing grades, and I didn’t care at all what others thought of me.

I knew what I needed to study and optimize for in order to pass, so I did just that. I knew what I needed to do to secure my dream job, so I did that.

I can tell you that after college, no one cares about my college GPA. I have a high paying job now where people would look at you silly if you brought up things you did in college. Now I look back on my college years like how college me looked back on their high school years. My only regret was not enjoying the time more.

[Susan Liu]

+1 to the above.

I ask myself if I will care about the thing I’m angry about 10 years in the future. Even though it can be so hard, I try to remove myself from the negative situation and distract myself with hobbies

 

I’m still practicing letting things go everyday, so it isn’t foolproof, but it’s a start

[Susan Liu]

Longterm for me

I’ve tried a lot of things, like exercise, trying new hobbies, journaling, therapy, acupuncture, and medication.

I had varying amounts of success with them. Now I’ve decided to accept the episodes when they come

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