This is something that has been a big issue for me. I remember it started to happen a lot in college. I would encounter situations that I just could not figure out how to deal with. For example, I was taking a class and one of the final projects involved interviewing a foreign exchange student and writing a report about it. I just could not fathom bringing myself to interview someone. I couldn't even figure out how/where to find such a person. That assignment just upset me so much that I stopped going to that class all together (thus failing it). It's a shame because I was doing pretty well in that class up to that point. Sadly, this wasn't an isolated incident. I did manage to graduate college but it took me 5 years, instead of the usual 4, and even then, I just BARELY graduated.
The only advice I can offer is try to know yourself and what kinds of things will cause you issues. At the beginning of each semester I would carefully look through every syllabus and see if there was anything that looked like it would be problematic for me. If there was, I would drop that class and take something else. I was also very picky about professors. There were some that just had an attitude that I could not tolerate. On the other hand, there were some excellent ones that I would try to take as many classes with as I could.
I hope my suggestions help. That's pretty much how I made it through college. Unfortunately, I still run into plenty of situations where I feel overwhelmed and end up giving up.
26 Aug 2016, 12:38 pm
