ZsaZsa Wrote:I don't know if anyone else has ever had this problem...I'm almost done (1 Aleks, 1 PLA, 1 bio lab, and 2 ECE away from BA degree) and I seem to be paralyzed. The PLA is done except for finishing the narrative...which I've been writing in my head for months. I was blindsided by turning in a different PLA which was returned "no credit". This was the first thing I've ever failed at during this long and complicated journey. Now I just can't seem to get started again. Am I just shooting myself in the foot, or is it normal to freak out at the last minute? This group has become my classmates, and I've found so many answers here. My husband is my cheerleader, and is always supportive, but he has less than zero interest in the process. Now I'm afraid I have some underlying psychological issue that will prevent me from ever finishing (still need to take Abnormal Psych ECE, lol!) I'm also a mathphobe and have left that for the very last. AND [B][B]just for fun, I am now terrified of screwing up my GPA by doing poorly on the last two ECE's.[/B][/B]As usual for everybody, holidays are here and things are a little crazy, both inlaws are in different hospitals, and granddaughter is having surgery the 19th.
OK...I feel better for having vented.
Anyone else out there losing it?:willynilly:
Yup and Yup...Ever since I officially registered with Excelsior, my "self-doubt-o-meter" has been running at full speed...I have wanted this for so long, and I constantly think I will NEVER finish...Added to that, I'm a perfectionist (I NEVER think I know enough to pass) - so it takes me 4,000 years to complete courses and prepare for exams. Added to that, last Sept. I began studying for Research Methods in Psych, was convinced I "couldn't get it" and it would destroy my GPA.
At that point, I stopped, took a month off, did every menial household chore I'd put off for the past four years (including re-grouting the entire kitchen floor:p), then began a comeback with an entirely different course (BYU's online course, Sport Psych)...:ack:. So my best advice is to pick your least stressful exam/course and just keep moving forward...
And don't even get me started on my fear-of-all-fears...EC's Capstone...:ack:
You are definitely NOT alone...
"I dwell in Possibility." Emily Dickinson
2011-12 CLEP Int Psych - 75 / H G & D - 69 / Ed Psych - 72 / Am Lit - 80 / A & I Lit - 75 / Eng Lit - 73 2012-13 SL Eng Comp I - 95.3% P / Eng Comp II - 97.5% P 2014 EC/UEXCEL Ab Psych - A / Soc Psych - A / Psych A & A - A / Gerontology - A / Info Lit - P 2015 BYU Sport Psych - A / DSST Sub Abuse - 470 / Int World Rel - 481 / H T Y H - 465 / Tor College HIS 301 - 81% P 2016 EC LA498 Capstone - A
1991 AA Liberal Arts USNY Regents College
2016 BSLA Magna Cum Laude Excelsior College - A 5 year journey COMPLETED!
2017-2019 Study.com Certs. - Am Lit/Brit Lit/Shakespeare/Poetry Review Shmoop - Shakespeare's Plays/Shakespeare in Context/Women's Lit
2011-12 CLEP Int Psych - 75 / H G & D - 69 / Ed Psych - 72 / Am Lit - 80 / A & I Lit - 75 / Eng Lit - 73 2012-13 SL Eng Comp I - 95.3% P / Eng Comp II - 97.5% P 2014 EC/UEXCEL Ab Psych - A / Soc Psych - A / Psych A & A - A / Gerontology - A / Info Lit - P 2015 BYU Sport Psych - A / DSST Sub Abuse - 470 / Int World Rel - 481 / H T Y H - 465 / Tor College HIS 301 - 81% P 2016 EC LA498 Capstone - A
1991 AA Liberal Arts USNY Regents College
2016 BSLA Magna Cum Laude Excelsior College - A 5 year journey COMPLETED!
2017-2019 Study.com Certs. - Am Lit/Brit Lit/Shakespeare/Poetry Review Shmoop - Shakespeare's Plays/Shakespeare in Context/Women's Lit
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