I get the same thing coz I feel like i can never do anything fun anymore coz im TERRIFIED of my residents catching me doing something I shouldn’t be doing as an RA. I just keep reminding myself of the benefits and how it’ll be over soon and take it one semester at a time.

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i got to the point where my body was actively in fight or flight for days on end, and ended up in the ER, and got medicated. its terrible.

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I lowkey brainwashed my residents into becoming my followers. They think I’m their leader

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Free housing, free meal plan, stipend, just keep repeating those over and over

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I drink off campus?

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Ong this was me last quarter bc my residents would gossip about me nonstop and I was going through it. Eventually I realized that (not to sound cheesy) but there is different hats we present in different areas of our lives like being a student and RA. And that in this role, you won’t be liked. Though having a support system to rant to (outside of your room) and taking walks away from your dorm and being outside can make a positive difference in your mental health. It did with mine.

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try to just leave your dorm whenever you’re not working. like i would constantly be visiting friends or on campus or camping at a cafe because living in the same place you technically work is just so stressful and hard to compartmentalize. like i always felt like i was clocked in even when i was in my room :(

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