Possible wall of text incoming, sorry...
About 3 weeks ago, I started taking medication for my depression. Within about a week, I felt a little better; enough to realise how bad the whole depression episode had been.
A week after that, I had to do my end of year exams at uni, having failed some and withdrawn from others the first time in May (because of health issues, i.e. the frequently mentioned depression).Thanks to the meds, I had about a week in which I was mentally capable of doing any studying for the exams. Which, it seems, turned into a single week in which to learn the entire year's course, as thanks to my mental health through the rest of the year, I hadn't actually taken in any information. Naturally, I failed.
Unfortunately, because I passed 2 modules of my course that were entirely assignment/coursework based, the university refuse to let me redo the year's study, so I'm stuck with the crappy marks I got in those modules and the one module I scraped a pass in somehow. Instead, they'll let me take the exams again next May.
So, I have an entire year in which I'm technically not a student, and therefore unemployed, and very little idea what to do. But I can't really take the whole year and do something interesting, because I'll have to take the time to learn this stuff well in advance of the exams.
I guess I could go to the lectures anyway (200+ person lectures means no-one would notice), but... I dunno. It kinda seems a waste, seeing as all the notes are available online.
tl;dr - depression screwed me over, now I have a year between studying with very little to do. What do, escapist, what do? Crazy ideas welcome.
Also, anyone else ever been in a situation that could be described as in any way similar?
Anyone here go on a gap year who has advice for fun things to try?
Anyone else think the above post comes across as maybe a tad self-absorbed? The word 'I' is in there far too often.
Oh, and any other escapists at Durham university? If so, hi!
EDIT: And sorry to anyone expecting a thread about either Inception or the independent game. Although both are good!
About 3 weeks ago, I started taking medication for my depression. Within about a week, I felt a little better; enough to realise how bad the whole depression episode had been.
A week after that, I had to do my end of year exams at uni, having failed some and withdrawn from others the first time in May (because of health issues, i.e. the frequently mentioned depression).Thanks to the meds, I had about a week in which I was mentally capable of doing any studying for the exams. Which, it seems, turned into a single week in which to learn the entire year's course, as thanks to my mental health through the rest of the year, I hadn't actually taken in any information. Naturally, I failed.
Unfortunately, because I passed 2 modules of my course that were entirely assignment/coursework based, the university refuse to let me redo the year's study, so I'm stuck with the crappy marks I got in those modules and the one module I scraped a pass in somehow. Instead, they'll let me take the exams again next May.
So, I have an entire year in which I'm technically not a student, and therefore unemployed, and very little idea what to do. But I can't really take the whole year and do something interesting, because I'll have to take the time to learn this stuff well in advance of the exams.
I guess I could go to the lectures anyway (200+ person lectures means no-one would notice), but... I dunno. It kinda seems a waste, seeing as all the notes are available online.
tl;dr - depression screwed me over, now I have a year between studying with very little to do. What do, escapist, what do? Crazy ideas welcome.
Also, anyone else ever been in a situation that could be described as in any way similar?
Anyone here go on a gap year who has advice for fun things to try?
Anyone else think the above post comes across as maybe a tad self-absorbed? The word 'I' is in there far too often.
Oh, and any other escapists at Durham university? If so, hi!
EDIT: And sorry to anyone expecting a thread about either Inception or the independent game. Although both are good!