Studying all by yourself - A LOT: How do you keep from going ****oo?

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Me: I try to study around people in coffee shops so I'm not entirely isolated. I call people on study breaks, and try to form study groups.

You?

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I'm not going to lie, this one is very tough. Exercise is a good one. For me it was very hard to not go crazy. The last month I was in my room studying for all hours of the day. Personally if I had to do it again (which I might 🙁 ) I wouldn't do this again. I found the lack of human interaction with people was becoming a breaking point. It was also especially hard because I had a girlfriend who was away at college who I couldn't visit during that last month, which made it even harder not seeing her. Sounds lame but for me it was all about just talking to people and keeping up with friends, towards the end of my studying I would go over my friends house and have a couple of beers with them which helped me from being tense and stressed all the time.
 
I try to break up my day so its a little more tolerable, like I get up early to study but sometimes take a nap in the afternoon and feel recharged to keep going in the evening. Also an hour or 2 of xbox at night helps me unwind
 
If you get too frustrated, just get up and go for a walk, do something else. The trick is to make sure to come back and be refreshed.
 
I have a dog so that helps, but you will still have your moments where its very irritating.

I particularly hate when its beautiful outside and I am planning on studying most of the day.

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My father calls every night to say hello--calls it a pulse check--so I have that for human interaction. Also, I have this girl. She notifies me of break times by using my book as a pillow:

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