u/Winter_Appearance432

Should I see a therapist? It's quite expensive.

So I have plans for the future, going to med school and such, and I hope this hobby of mine won't ruin my mind prematurely. I take shrooms every other week somewhere around the heroic dose. I'm coming down right now and my brain is a bit messed up again. Will I regret this later on?

I never did an IQ test. I don't know my real IQ, but I excelled in school for the most part, and in mathematics: took part in olympiads and such. Never beyond national level, so I am not exceptionally smart in any way. Now the school is over, interest in maths lost due to a burn out, and I'm going into med school. What constantly worries me is the fear of becoming, or already being stupid, or not as smart as I want to be. This has been going on for years. I felt humiliated if I couldn't figure out a problem as quickly as someone else or if I made an embarrassing mistake in the solution. As time went on this started to happen more and more often, I would begin to lose concentration and motivation to solve problems. Eventually, I became too lazy, or too afraid, to think beyond my base level intelligence. That's when I really began to doubt my own merit. It became painful to engage in intellectual activity and so I slowly abandoned it but the fear never went away. At first I was thinking about medicating myself for my possible ADHD, I got a ritalin prescription but honestly it didn't change much. I tried drugs for whatever reason, shrooms perhaps to help me with depression or perhaps just to get high. As I started using drugs and drinking the fear only intensified as the substances are known for diminishing one's intellect. The fear became a self-fulfilling prophecy in my eyes.

I am asking for advice on how to resolve this hypochondria which bothers me so much. I was thinking maybe I should take a proper IQ test but I'm afraid the result might disappoint me. I know I shouldn't attach too much value to it, but it is the best metric of intelligence we have so far. Has anyone experienced the same thing?

It's still open on their website, I'm pretty certain I applied already but just want to do it again to be sure.

So turns out I might not be eligible to apply through CAO because I can't prove my residency and I'm wondering if I can still apply as a non-EU candidate with my LC and HPAT scores?

So I sat the leaving cert and the HPAT this year got 100th percentile (212 points) but I don't have the necessary documentation to prove that I am a resident and apply through CAO but when I turn 23 I will not need it so I'm wondering if waiting 5 years is a good idea? I think I did well on my Leaving Cert too so if the HPAT points are reduced I won't have to worry about not getting in anyway. I really want to do medicine but I won't be able to afford it with non-EU fees.

I am applying to UCD through CAO and they require P21/F11/Social welfare forms of my parents for the past three years as I am not an EU citizen. Unfortunately, none of these are available as my mother was not employed and was not on social welfare during a large period of the time, and for the last two years was registered as self employed but didn't fill out form 11 and P21 is not available for those years. What alternative proof can I provide? Tax credit letters, employment detail summary or some other ones? I cannot apply as an international candidate anymore so I won't be able to go to university without those.

why did micron just pump so much

I answered more or less well on my paper but to be honest my writing is a load of yap. Do you think they are looking for argumentative writing like in English or they simply want you to demonstrate the knowledge of the language? A lot of my answers had some repetitive elements hopefully this doesn't bring my grade down much.

I'm taking so many pills and nicotine pouches every day just to be able to function and make myself study. I'm going to run out of my supply soon and I don't know what I'm gonna do during the last few days of the exams. The withdrawals are going to kill me probably.

I need it to be able to apply through CAO to UCD as a proof of tax residence but when I go to her myAccount -> Review tax for previous 4 years -> Request Statement of Liability it says "We cannot process your request as you were registered for Income Tax during 2025." What should I do to get the form? Is there an alternative one I can use? Also she wasn't employed for the large part of the past five years so I don't even know if that will be sufficient.

I know I took way too much but I never came up and only felt slight visual changes and felt strongly overwhelmed.

So much fucking bullshit useless nonsense that you have to learn off and if you don't include all the highly specific keywords you get zero marks. Why can't the marking scheme be like the biology one?