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Anxious Little Sister
italianranma
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When I woke up this morning my little sister confided in me that she couldn't sleep at all last night because of feelings of guilt (at 'wasting' her day off) and impending stress from starting the school semester next week; she's a second semester freshman at a junior college. One isolated incident isn't something I'd post about, but this has been routine since part-way through her first semester, and it seems like it's getting worse. She got straight As, but that required tremendous emotional support on my part as she was too stressed to study for her finals. I literally had to be in the room with her coaching her along or she would just stare at her notes without doing anything. I understand stress: I'm a fighter pilot by trade and I've had some stressful nights, though I learned to cope. I was more stressed prior to my first flight in training than I was before my first night in combat. And now when I go to war I sleep like a baby. I kind of expect the same progression in a healthy person, so the fact that she's getting more stressed about something that should be (more) familiar by now is distressing.
Should we go to a doctor about this? Would it be a general practitioner first who would refer us to a mental health professional?
Should we go to a doctor about this? Would it be a general practitioner first who would refer us to a mental health professional?
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I would say she should go see a doctor, because much of life is way more stressful than freshman year at college. And the sooner she learns ways to cope with and manage her stress without shutting down the better.
I also think you will be somewhat limited in any ability to help her get these skills. You obviously have a high tolerance for stress. Just the way you talk about stress as distinct activities that no longer stress you out when you do them, is very different than someone who does not have that tolerance or has some sort of anxiety engages with stress.