stress

Is stress an emotion? More like a mood? maybe just a state of being? More like a constant state of being >_<. This week has been ridiculously stressful. For the honors capstone project a proposal was due on the 21st. I had known what project I would be working on and the professor for quite some time (since last semester). The professor and I had met several times this semester and I had been attending her lab meetings. However, my project still had not completely formed itself. This was because it was part of her graduate students work. So my role in the project was not exactly clear (or I had not made it clear enough since it was up to me). So the weekend before the proposal was due I spent a lot of time worrying that I would not be able to come up with a challenging enough project. I was really panicking. I can't right now pick out any one specific emotion I felt, but there was a general experience of anxiety for several days. Luckily, the day before the proposal was due I met with the professor and we hammered out a solid project that I am looking forward to and I think will be very interesting! I felt SUCH relief after that meeting. It really does feel like someone takes weight off of you. Amazing

Experiencing the relief was so wonderful! Compared to how long I had to worry about it though, I am not sure if it is worth it. I would call the emotion I experienced anxiety and relief. The source was the honors proposal and my project as a whole.