The Final Countdown is a game that deals with the darkness of living with anxiety, while being a college student. If you are currently suffering from mental illness and are easily triggered, please be aware that this game shows the darkness and reality of a college student that suffers from anxiety.
The purpose of this game is to emphasize what it is like to live with anxiety on top of being a college student. This game is to raise awareness for those who fight this demon on a daily basis. Remember, everyone's anxiety is different, along with their coping mechanisms.
[[Facing Your Reality!]]
You have an anxiety disorder and are 3 weeks into your first semster of freshman year of college. You're taking a full course load. When you were diagnosed, you went to the doctor and they prescribed medication to help you.However, you don't always take it on a regular basis. You also struggled with history in high school. You know that when you struggle with a subject, you don't keep up with the class and its assignments.You still struggle with anxiety today. Therefore, so far the college experience hasn't been the easiest for you.
Since high school you have struggled with motivation issues, making college acceptionally difficult. You are still experiencing motivational issues, problems managing your anxiety, and finding coping mechanisms. You're not sure how to break out of it and deal with it.
[[My First Semester of College]]
It's a bright Thursday afternoon.
You have spent the last few weeks attending your classes and trying to find the motivation to do your homework for those classes, however you haven't been 100% successful. You have done your homework for all of your classes, besides history. At the end of your history class today, your history professor has brought it to your attention that you are already falling behind since you're not doing the homework. You were also reminded that you have a history exam tomorrow. It's obvious that your professor is concerned.
As you walk back to your dorm, your heart is racing, it feels like it's going to beat right out of your chest. You're freaking out because you didn't know that you have a history test tomorrow.
What are you going to do?
[[Take your anxiety medication ]]
[[Don't take your medication]]Smart choice!You decide to take your anxiety medication so you can focus better and hopefully gain some motivation.As you settle down in your dorm you decide to begin working on catching up on your history assignments,but you can't help but notice how quiet it is. It's so quiet you wouldn't even be able to hear a pin drop. You decide to open your window to get some fresh air circulating. You can smell the crisp nature on top of your woodsy smelling cologne.
As time goes on you find yourself getting sleepy. You let out a big yawn, but you know you aren't done working for the night. You decide to crack open an ice cold energy drink and power through! Finally, you finish catching up on your history assignments! You are jumping with joy! Even though you know you are now caught up, you still haven't studied yet.
What should you do?
[[Study]]
[[Wing it]]You are on a roll and Double-click this passage to edit it.