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Phobia- Help please

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I am a student and desperately struggling with writing phobia. It is very specific and only concerns lengthy pieces of work not blog posts. My approach is fine but I become very afraid, my thinking becomes muddled and I cannot decide how to start, and doubt myself when I do. I even struggle in deciding whether to write on paper or with a pencil rather than a pen and how to set out my notes. I have already withdrawn from my studies and have re-registered to start this September. I am afraid that i will have to withdraw for good. I cannot afford a psychologist again. The last one said that I had performance anxiety but couldn't help me. I am feeling very, very low and would be very grateful for any suggestions.

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  • On a practical note, I start in an A4 notebook. I write down all the things that I want to cover randomly on the page, as they occur to me. Writing one thing down often suggests more things. Then I draw lines connecting the points so they become ordered. I then set down an overall scheme such as introduction, various sections in the main body and finally a conclusion/discussion. Then I fit all the points I wish to make into the scheme in the order I wish to make them. With this plan in place I then type the text on a computer, where it is easier to make corrections. This method gives you a graded immersion into the work required, it prevents the paralysis of looking at a blank piece of paper or blank screen and feeling overwhelmed at the size of the task.

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