Is it normal to be so unhappy with "vacation time"?

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I go a pretty prestigious university, with a tough course load and many extracurriculars and friends. I burn myself out time and time again, sleep very little and give it my all when I am there. Its 2000 miles from my home, so when I come back for the summer and break I leave all that stuff behind. I am currently on summer break and my internship doesn't start till late June. The thing is I AM MISERABLE and so very anxious with nothing to do. Well things to do include talk to people I am completely bored with, clean my room, read random books, watch TV, and internet surf. I feel my heart racing constantly and can't go to sleep sometimes because I feel so dissatisfied, like I have nothing to look forward to or do. Is this normal? I mean at school I did fun stuff, but not very often. Here I have the freedom to have all the fun in the world and I am so very unhappy. I know its only a short break but it makes me very anxious to graduate in a couple of years. Is it normal to be this unhappy with vacation time back home?

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  • thepickler
    11 years ago

    I feel the same way. I'm a teacher and I don't look forward to going back to live with my parents during the summer. Like you said, sure it's nice and all not having to do anything but it leaves you feeling empty.

    What you and I need is a sense of purpose during the holiday. Without it you feel useless. Am I right?

    My suggestion is to get yourself a part time job. As soon as you find some kind of work you enjoy doing you'll feel useful and happy again.

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  • Turk
    11 years ago

    You should reflect on the time you had in school, think about goals and everything else.

    You have nothing to do, so meditation is a perfect mental exercise. I have nothing to do so I just fantasize all day after doing my reflection and take short naps.

    I'm so relaxed most of the time that people think I smoke marijuana.

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  • FJK_frm_AK25
    8 years ago

    Life gets kinda wigigdy wack like at my age25,everybody I used to hang out with all have kids now n the other half of my friends are bad for my sobriety so ya lame.I'm sure if I had a gangster job situation it wouldn't b as bad tho.

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  • tellmeimwrong
    11 years ago

    Me too, sometimes I fear I'll kill someone in my sleep. It sucks. I also die in my dreams a lot, mostly by car accident. Usually being projected out of the windshield windshield into water or a brick wall and dying. I also get murdered a lot, stabbed shot everything.

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  • mae94
    11 years ago

    you should live your life more ... not care too much with worry about school when your doing fine.

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