Graduation Blues=lack of control

[Guest guest]

I just graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English, and I've been anxious all

day, I overate a little bit and now I'm fighting the urge to plan a diet and

exercise plan. I know I feel uncertain about the future, and planning a diet is

my way of gaining some sort of control, but I really don't want to just sit with

this feeling. I've journaled, planned out productive things to do this week to

advance my writing career, etc. The feeling isn't going away though. I can't

handle lack of control.

And advice? Did anyone else have this problem when they went through major life

change?

McKella

[Guest guest]

I don't really have any advice other than to try to relax and work

through it, but congratulations on your degree!

Sohni

I just graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English, and I've

been anxious all day, I overate a little bit and now I'm fighting the

urge to plan a diet and exercise plan. I know I feel uncertain about

the future, and planning a diet is my way of gaining some sort of

control, but I really don't want to just sit with this feeling. I've

journaled, planned out productive things to do this week to advance my

writing career, etc. The feeling isn't going away though. I can't

handle lack of control.

And advice? Did anyone else have this problem when they went through

major life change?

McKella

[Guest guest]

A forum that I am on says to practice breathing. Focus on

the anxiety and breathe through it, focus on where it is, how it feels, and

send air to there and surround it by breath, feel the emotions and release

them. Keeping them trapped makes it more difficult. We have to

learn to feel and not eat and unfortunately it is very uncomfortable to feel

these emotions. I think what you are going through is perfectly

normal.

Sara

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Subject: Graduation Blues=lack of control

I just graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in

English, and I've been anxious all day, I overate a little bit and now I'm

fighting the urge to plan a diet and exercise plan. I know I feel uncertain

about the future, and planning a diet is my way of gaining some sort of

control, but I really don't want to just sit with this feeling. I've journaled,

planned out productive things to do this week to advance my writing career,

etc. The feeling isn't going away though. I can't handle lack of control.

And advice? Did anyone else have this problem when they went through major life

change?

McKella