How to deal with burnout

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Monday, 02 November 2026
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The story

So I am currently in my 3rd year of undergrads and I am a scholarship student. My university has 3 semesters a year with like 10-14 days break between each semesters. I think I sort of have been going strong for the last few years but this semester my health is really breaking apart. My mids just ended yesterday and my professors are already speed running on like 3 chapters a day + assignments + presentations. On top of that I do part time job too so I barely get to sleep. I have bern getting sick continuously but I can’t afford to skip on studies as back to back exams. I can’t afford to do bad in any tests, exams or assignments or otherwise my scholarship will be gone and my parents really can’t afford my tuition. And oh god every single teacher just expects you to memorize like a 10000000000 slides right before your exam. I can’t even take a gap semester otherwise they will cancel my scholarship.

I might sound like a pretentious brat but I am so tired, I don’t even remotely have that much interest in this particular field and all the constant back to back exams with no breaks is taking a toll on me. I don’t know what to do to make my body and mind feel healthy again

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