Before the course, I was worried and anxious about how I would retain the information and how my test anxiety would factor in during the Fall and Winter Seasons. I have SAD Seasonal Affective Disorder, and I get depressed during the winter months. I was worried my depression, constant negative thoughts doubting my self-worth, lethargy, and seasonal insomnia might make me miss classes or not retain the information.
During the course, I was enthralled with everything about this course: material, practice labs, and homework. Even the tests didn't activate my test anxiety. The concepts, techniques, and strategies I learned in this course have been invaluable. This course pushed me and made me more and more positive and confident with each lesson.
After the course, I am no longer worried and anxious about anything. My negative thoughts are gone; they no longer reside in my head. The negative thoughts drift through my mind but no longer stay there permanently. Without staying in my head, they no longer have the power they once had to mess with my head and control the outcome of my daily quality of life. Yes, I still have SAD, and I still get SAD at times, but I learned techniques from the course to combat my SAD. The ironic thing is that the course and the certification do not focus on treating depression. I know my negative thoughts are just thoughts that have no power without emotion. Without the negative thoughts in my head. I get to sleep fast and sleep hard each night. Regarding missing a class, I made them all and passed all the tests because I retained everything. The coursework is engaging and easily retainable.