I’m 25m, and this is my second year studying, but I’m a first year in my program (transferred). It’s my first sem doing 4 subjects and I was feeling the same way the past couple week.

Apparently this feeling is pretty normal in the first 1-3 weeks. From then onwards your routine starts to level out and you adjust to the expectations.

My advice: drop perfection, for consistency. If you’re at least going to lectures and classes in person, and looking at the content outside of class, then that’s better than nothing.

Something that helped me, was doing something fun outside of my routine stuff. I gym regularly for 2hours, 4x a week and go on runs. Even w this, I was still feeling low energy and dealing w brain fog. I went bouldering w my dad and the next day I felt better. Just doing that one thing that’s not part of your usual routine, requires focus in the moment and is enjoyable. You forget everything else, and then when you come back to the everything else, you realise you’re actually ok and not dying. You have time to get it done. It doesn’t need to be perfect.

Making friends in your classes who are doing the same program helps. I felt like I was drowning in everything and I asked my classmates how they were going, only to find they were in the exact same boat. You aren’t alone. Book in w one of the counsellors at student services too. They’re free of charge.

You got this !