I finished college in May 2007 and have been having trouble adjusting to life after college. I found this article and I completely agree with it.
Turbulent20s.com:
“Right after college it slowly dawns on us that this way of life is gone forever and we will never be able to relive our undergraduate years. While some of the twentysomethings I spoke to were going to graduate school, every one of them said it just wasn’t the same as undergrad.
There’s never been any other time in which so many aspects of our lives change so quickly and drastically. From work and career, to finances, to relationships, to coping with creating a new vision of self, so many parts of life can be up in the air. What’s worse is that we have to attend to them all at once, which can overwhelm us and create a feeling of not don’t have any control over the important areas of their lives.
Many of the symptoms that twentysomethings said they experience after college are:
- Difficulty concentrating or making decisions
- Feelings of worthlessness or guilt
- Focusing on failure at motherhood
- Excessive anxiety
- Lack of confidence
- Feeling of being overwhelmed
- Sadness
- Loss of interest in normal activities
- Tiredness
- Feeling like they’re not good enough
- Impaired concentration or memory
- Inability to cope
- Despondency or despair
- Hopelessness “
Are you or anyone you know feeling these symptoms?
