A problem
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I got a problem. I think I need some help...
I am currently studying overseas. I am quite frustrated by myself as I seem to get hungry quite easily while studying overseas. I eat 3 meals a day. But after eating every meal, I will get stomachache, and will get hungry. Thus, I will always try to eat some foodstuffs to curb the hunger. Even at night when I sleep, I also have this hunger problem.
But another problem is that at the same time, my appetite wasn't very good either. Even though I am hungry, sometimes I will not feel like eating after eating half-way through my meals. But I still try to force myself to complete my meals.
This has been bothering me a lot cos I was really starting to wonder whether there's anything wrong with me. I do not get such a problem when I was in Singapore. Only when I went overseas to study since last year, then I started to have this problem. Moreover, I think my studies and projects are also giving me a lot of stress.
I really don't know what I should do and how I should help myself. I just felt so helpless. Sometimes, I don't really feel like continuing with my studies, as I seem to have so much problems... but at the same time, as this is my last semester, I just hope to complete my studies soon and return to Singapore...
Do you have any advice as to how I could curb my acute hunger and also to relieve my study stress?
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Did you just go overseas? Is the food/lifestyle very different from Singapore? If yes, perhaps you have yet to adapt to the food/environment there.
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Hmm... that serious ah??? Jialet leh , then will i put on weight if i go overseas??? i'll be going to Melbourne this July leh... HOW????????
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i think its normal. my stomach growls all the time when i was interning in the states. my colleagues' stomachs growl all the time too..haha..think cold weather makes us hungry (my opinion!). just eat more, provided u are not overweight now, and exercise.
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you used to skip meals when you're young??? maybe Gastric problem.. better see doc for a remedy... if not the juices will dissolve you stomach and stuff...
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My GUESS is your HUNGER might have something to do with your STRESS... Either as a DIRECT relate or a PSYCHOLOGICAL problem....Originally posted by autumn:I got a problem. I think I need some help...
I am currently studying overseas. I am quite frustrated by myself as I seem to get hungry quite easily while studying overseas. I eat 3 meals a day. But after eating every meal, I will get stomachache, and will get hungry. Thus, I will always try to eat some foodstuffs to curb the hunger. Even at night when I sleep, I also have this hunger problem.
But another problem is that at the same time, my appetite wasn't very good either. Even though I am hungry, sometimes I will not feel like eating after eating half-way through my meals. But I still try to force myself to complete my meals.
This has been bothering me a lot cos I was really starting to wonder whether there's anything wrong with me. I do not get such a problem when I was in Singapore. Only when I went overseas to study since last year, then I started to have this problem. Moreover, I think my studies and projects are also giving me a lot of stress.
I really don't know what I should do and how I should help myself. I just felt so helpless. Sometimes, I don't really feel like continuing with my studies, as I seem to have so much problems... but at the same time, as this is my last semester, I just hope to complete my studies soon and return to Singapore...
Do you have any advice as to how I could curb my acute hunger and also to relieve my study stress?
[This message has been edited by autumn (edited 02 March 2002).]
TRY to ADHERE your 3 meals to PROPER FIXED TIMING of the day... While you're having your 3 meals, always TRY to as much as you can... Make them ENJOYABLE and a RELAXING MOMENT while you're dining... Just ENJOY your food and have a DEFINED TIME SCOPE for your meal such that other things shouldn't come to your mind, disturb you or interfere with it.... For ADDITIONAL supplements, as you have mentioned that you usually cannot finish your meal... Try having biscuits or light snacks if that's the case... If the problem of not finishing your meal is dominant during your 3 MAIN MEALS... Try taking up a regular exercise or sports... And IF POSSIBLE, try to arrange it in the MORNING or just before the meal which you have MOST DIFFICULTY in finishing...
Considering the FACT that you would be finishing your semester SOON, I find it a PITY if you give up at this moment too?
For you to reduce down your STRESS LEVEL....
1. TRY to have ADEQUATE and FIXED sleeping hours so that you can have more efficient study hours later in the day and also helps regulate your body so that you can cope with STRESS better...
2. TRY to take up AT LEAST one sports. Try to make it something which you enjoy doing and having it with FIXED ROUTINE throughout the week. You can also arrange for it to be conducted with friends or people who you enjoy being with if you want to....
3. TRY to take up AT LEAST a hobby or interest. Allocate yourself some time (Try to get FIXED amount of time ALLOCATED for your activity) to do something which is RELAXING or you just simply enjoy doing... Maybe it be just taking a stroll, just sitting down enjoying scenery or people watching... Let yourself BREATHE...
Though it's a COMMON MENTALITY that TIME should be EMPHASIZED on STUDIES while you're doing HEAVY STUDY TERMS... And REALISED that TIME is NEVER ENOUGH... But what you're studying would normally take SO MUCH MORE learning and reading up in later points of your life.... While recognising that STUDIES is a MAJOR part of your life right now, DON'T neglect your OWN LIFE... Maintaining your body and life in RIGHT BALANCE would help you cope with stress BETTER... In terms giving you BETTER HEALTH, healthier MENTALITY and a MORE POSITIVE approach to things... Which would GREATLY BENEFIT you for your EXAMS and help keep you in ONE PIECE when you're back in SINGAPORE... LEARN to ENJOY the things you do and ULTIMATELY... LIFE...
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Thanks for your replies. Just a little update on my case:
This afternoon I went to see the doctor at my uni after lesson and found out the reason --- it is due to anxiety or stress that I am experiencing. I was given some medication and was told by the doctor to consult her again 1 mth later if my symptom still persist.
Well, I do feel that I m giving myself too much stress lately ever since school term started. But at the same time, I couldn't stop myself from not worrying abt certain things... Oh well, I think life has to go on for me, I just have to endure... btw, I think I have another prob again... maybe I will post it in another topic someday. Heh heh, seems that I am a very problematic person and I felt very paiseh posting my probs here...
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You will have to read up a little more on gastric problems in books or on the Net to make sure it does not stay with you all your life. Lots of people develop gastric ulcers and the discomfort reappear whenever you are in a stress period of your life.
Of course not being in a worrisome situation helps but some of us, like me, worry all the time, whether I like it or not.
Find someone you can talk to about the challenges you are facing. A burden shared is a burden halved.
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Kentan,Originally posted by kentan:Of course not being in a worrisome situation helps but some of us, like me, worry all the time, whether I like it or not.
Find someone you can talk to about the challenges you are facing. A burden shared is a burden halved.
Yup, I agree with you, I also worry most of the time. Sometimes, when I have things which worries me or when I am feeling down, I do talk to pple, whether it's my family members or friends, but somehow.. I still feel down leh.. cos my probs dosen't seemed to be able to be solved that easily
I guess I just have to be brave now...
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NOT all problems can be solved... And not all problems are meant to be solved... Sometimes you'll just have to learn to live with them... Cause sometimes they're here to stay with you for the rest of your life... Take for example diseases and disabilities...?Originally posted by autumn:Kentan,
Is your real name ken? Just wondering, cos I also have a friend with the same name, but different surname from yours.
Yup, I agree with you, I also worry most of the time. Sometimes, when I have things which worries me or when I am feeling down, I do talk to pple, whether it's my family members or friends, but somehow.. I still feel down leh.. cos sometimes, my probs dosen't seemed to be able to be solved that easily I guess I just have to be brave now... -
Autumn, r u alright, me worried abt you, r u more settled down overseas already? So how's your studies now, juz don't think so much, try to interact with the students there and befriend more pple, it will help if you have more friends to share your problems with, ok? Must be brave hor, I will be always supporting you...Originally posted by autumn:Kentan,
Yup, I agree with you, I also worry most of the time. Sometimes, when I have things which worries me or when I am feeling down, I do talk to pple, whether it's my family members or friends, but somehow.. I still feel down leh.. cos my probs dosen't seemed to be able to be solved that easily I guess I just have to be brave now...
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I'm sure it's just your anxiety and stress to do well in Uni. It's time for you to be independent and start taking care of oneself. Living alone is always hard, and try to eat proper food instead of fast food or just some junk food. It is suppose to be the time of the day where one relaxes, no matter what they are doing, studying or working.
A good time management and a more relax approach to things should help. Good luck!
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My problem is opposite from yours. I hardly can eat, when condition get worse, even one slice of bread can make me vomit, and yes, I am on medication.
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Hi Mike, thks for your concern. I am fine. Yep, I guess what all the others said are true.. I m just giving myself too much stress...Hehe, but I just can't help it... cos I dun wanna repeat another semester if I flunk my units.... so gota work extra hard lor, since I m not that bright.
Well, tomolo I will be going for a trip wif my friends for the Easter break... hehe, a bit scared though cos so many pple going and I only know a few pple... hehe, c how lor... -
Hi Raingal,Originally posted by raingal:My problem is opposite from yours. I hardly can eat, when condition get worse, even one slice of bread can make me vomit, and yes, I am on medication.
Actually I hv read the probs posted by u in other topics in Aunt Agony... I can also understand how u are feeling. How are u getting on now?
Yep, u r right, my prob is exactly opposite from yours... I hv a bigger appetite since studying overseas... hehe, sometimes headache also, cos my foodstuffs are eaten up quite fast by me, and I always hv to go to supermarket quite frequently to replenish my groceries. -
Hi autumn
I think my illness also similar to yours, stress and anxiety at WORK. Now that I am on medication, I feel a lot better already. Can eat and can talk better. Otherwise I can't eat at all and I won't be able to reply postings here already. Thanks for your concern. I hope you are getting on fine too. -
Last time I very very stressed also like that. Got 1 period of hungry hungry, then 1 period dun feel like eating. Then this continues like a cycle, repeating itself.
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feeling stres..? smoke...
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haha. how abt PCC?Originally posted by bigdeal:feeling stres..? smoke...
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Thomas Edison definition of genius :
"1% inspiration, 99% perspiration"
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The Eagle
He clasps the crag with hooked hands:
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
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What is PCC? Play Chinese Chess?Originally posted by eagle:haha. how abt PCC? -
no, going to Police Cantonment Complex. Heh.
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Thomas Edison definition of genius :
"1% inspiration, 99% perspiration"
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The Eagle
He clasps the crag with hooked hands:
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
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Get in touch with me when you are back in Singapore, u hav my contacts, rite? See if I can help you relieve some stress. I don't hav yours...Originally posted by autumn:Hi Raingal,
Actually I hv read the probs posted by u in other topics in Aunt Agony... I can also understand how u are feeling. How are u getting on now?
Yep, u r right, my prob is exactly opposite from yours... I hv a bigger appetite since studying overseas... hehe, sometimes headache also, cos my foodstuffs are eaten up quite fast by me, and I always hv to go to supermarket quite frequently to replenish my groceries.
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Hope to b your frd forever, Mike signing off -
must reply, ok, autumn...
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Hi Mike,Originally posted by mikegk_76:Get in touch with me when you are back in Singapore, u hav my contacts, rite? See if I can help you relieve some stress. I don't hav yours...
Actually when I returned to Singapore in November last year, I did thought of smsing u... but something is holding me back.
Hehe, if everything goes well, I think I may be coming back to Singapore in July... I see how, maybe I will contact u by then, but cannot cfm yet... so how's life lately? -
Hi Raingal,Originally posted by raingal:Hi autumn
I think my illness also similar to yours, stress and anxiety at WORK. Now that I am on medication, I feel a lot better already. Can eat and can talk better. Otherwise I can't eat at all and I won't be able to reply postings here already. Thanks for your concern. I hope you are getting on fine too.
Thks for your concern. I m fine, but lately my 'illness' comes back again...so I always feel hungry and get stomachache quite often... bobian, I hv to eat more food.
Btw, care to be friends? Maybe we can meet up for a drink someday (if u wish to) when I return to Singapore.