please, please, please, take away my

ANXIETY

Feeling rather anxious. I try to tell myself that it's not school/graduation related, but it partly is. I am not eating well, I am not sleeping well, (you know these are two things I generally have NO problem with). Drinking does NOT seem to be a problem, surprise! I'm not even really talking about alcohol, just beverages in general I AM THIRSTY ALL OF THE TIME. Of course, this is all symptomatic of me FLIPPING OUT! Half of the time I'm telling myself to just soak it all in -- be a student and enjoy these fleeting moments, like today when I was walking on campus and got a little misty-eyed, (I pretended it was just from the cold which it kinda was) I was just appreciating the incredible setting I've had for the past four and a half years. The other half of the time, I'm thinking about what I have to do for finals, what I need to think about for graduation day, what I need to do before Christmas (it always sneaks up on me), what I need to finish up at my student job, what I'll need to do to start the job hunt, what amount of money is (will be) in my checking account... The list goes on and on and it keeps me up at night and makes me nauseous.

In any case I know that this is just me and my whole freakish thing with transitions, and I know others are going (or have been) through similar PANIC! So don't worry about me, I actually feel better already from just letting it out, however, if you do have any suggestions as to how to deal with the ANXIETY (deep breathing isn't cutting it, these days I have to remind myself to breath AT ALL) I am all ears. <---Ha! What if I was literally all ears? That'd be a sight.