nphc and anxiety

[cutie_cat_4ever]

Originally Posted by quietriot

thanks most of y'all were helpful. i know making progress with my anxiety definitely doesn't guarantee a bid, i didn't mean to imply that by any means. i feel like if i did get a bid and was apart of something so much bigger than myself would help take my focus off of my anxiety more than anything can (its much lesser when i feel that other people are absolutely depending on me for something) and encourage some sort of...healing process? (cliche cliche, i know). even if i don't ever get a bid, just going out and seeing what its all about would help me immensely because something like that is so out of my comfort zone, but i don't want it to be.

This is just my opinion (and please don't grill me for this ) But if you do have severe anxiety disorder, you may want to help yourself by going for other organizations or societies to train your social skills. At least those groups will be less vigorous and you hence a less chance to have an anxiety attack. Give it like a semester and if you're comfortable, you can try next year (though I understand as you wait longer, the chances of being cut are higher).

However, lets say in the worst case scenerio, if you did get cut, you may end up having a worse anxiety because (I don't really know your condition) of the rejection. Please take care yourself, and you should really focus first on your health, your studies and then you social life. Good luck and I wish you the best

[1908Revelations]

LG, we are >>>>here<<<<

Originally Posted by cutie_cat_4ever

This is just my opinion (and please don't grill me for this ) But if you do have severe anxiety disorder, you may want to help yourself by going for other organizations or societies to train your social skills. At least those groups will be less vigorous and you hence a less chance to have an anxiety attack. Give it like a semester and if you're comfortable, you can try next year (though I understand as you wait longer, the chances of being cut are higher).

However, lets say in the worst case scenerio, if you did get cut, you may end up having a worse anxiety because (I don't really know your condition) of the rejection. Please take care yourself, and you should really focus first on your health, your studies and then you social life. Good luck and I wish you the best

I am not going to grill you.

The suggestions of seeing how the OP deals with other orgs is a great suggestion! As for me, there are times when I want to just do things in the background, but I have to be in the forefront.

I joined as a senior as well as a few more of my other LSs, so don't discount trying as an upperclassman, plus NHPC has graduate membership.

quietriot, I hope you get better! Good Luck!

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by 1908Revelations

LG, we are >>>>here<<<<

Of course we are, we know the drill.

[fantASTic]

I was thinking about this, and here's what I came up with:

From what other people [NPHC members] have said, this could be a big problem for you. If it does turn out that it won't work for you, you COULD consider pledging a non-NPHC GLO. Is it really be-all end-all that you pledge NPHC?

I don't really know a whole lot about NPHC, and I'm not trying to drive the wrong way down the boulevard so if I've said something stupid, please recognize that I'm trying to help by offering an alternative idea.

[quietriot]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

I was thinking about this, and here's what I came up with:

From what other people [NPHC members] have said, this could be a big problem for you. If it does turn out that it won't work for you, you COULD consider pledging a non-NPHC GLO. Is it really be-all end-all that you pledge NPHC?

I don't really know a whole lot about NPHC, and I'm not trying to drive the wrong way down the boulevard so if I've said something stupid, please recognize that I'm trying to help by offering an alternative idea.

I'm actually already a member of alpha phi omega. i love them to death and i love what we do, but at least in our group there's not this close bond between the members that i see in an nphc glo. i guess because apo is designed to be kind of a part-time thing almost so it can fit anyone's schedule.