Application Trauma

[finnpipette]

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I dunno if I'm the only one having this problem, but since starting the application process, I've been perpetually stressed and camped out by my mailbox. I can't sleep because I have nightmares about going to interviews without being properly dressed, then having to run back to change, only to find that I've missed my interview. Make it end. The horror. The horror.

 

[PMED99]

Ya, same here. I think I have had few dreams that are nightmares, but I do think about it in my sleep. The worst is the times that I cannot sleep because the thoughts of what I need to do and timelines running through my head. Considering this is my second application cycle, I just want to relax for a while.

If it is any help, it does get easier to deal with as time goes.

 

[KirsteenB]

Yep, it gets easier to deal with once you're in, you mean?! 😉 I remember a couple of years ago when the application stress reached its apex--right before the acceptance letters were to be sent! Gads. Fever pitch, that.

Cheers and chill!
Kirsteen

 

[Eraserhead]

I'm so there. I'm literally done, I just have to wear a suit, smile, and talk and that's easy yet I feel more stressed than when I had 4 secondaries with long essays to complete by the end of the week.

No nightmares but constant email and mail obsession and feeling worn down and stressed all the time when there's nothing left to do really. I'm trying to just get back into working and my ECs and thinking of taking a class to give me something additional to focus on.

 

[MDmiracle]

just remember the stress of those who are done and haven't received interviews yet, Losers..... Wait That's me. Damn 😛

 

[kito]

Well I don't camp out by the mailbox but there certainly is some anxiety, especially when I run to check it for new mail. As for dreams, I must admit that I have been sleeping really well. Lately I've been dreaming that I am a covert CIA operative on the ground in Eastern Afghanistan. In my dream I am running around with a suitcase full of greenbacks buying human intelligence and hunting for fugitive terrorists.

 

[finnpipette]

Originally posted by ankitovich
Well I don't camp out by the mailbox but there certainly is some anxiety, especially when I run to check it for new mail. As for dreams, I must admit that I have been sleeping really well. Lately I've been dreaming that I am a covert CIA operative on the ground in Eastern Afghanistan. In my dream I am running around with a suitcase full of greenbacks buying human intelligence and hunting for fugitive terrorists.

that's awesome. you're my new hero!