1. You begin looking at your planner and realizing how many exams you have to study for in the next week. A common thought at this point: "How will I survive this?"

2. You head to the library to study your life away, knowing that as those elevator doors close you off from any contact with the outside world, there is no return.

3. You begin the studying process, but it's hard to know where to begin. Which exam is first? Which exam is worth the most points? Ugh, you're doomed.

4. After days of trapping yourself into the dark tunnel of misery, aka studying, you have lost it. What is studying anymore? The more you read, the more the words seem like a different language. It's been days since you've eaten, showered, and slept. Nothing is good.

5. Things continue getting worse as the days progress. The tests are approaching, and the pressure is getting to you so much that you start letting your crazy show. Your friends start questioning your sanity, with good reason. Update: still haven't eaten, showered, or slept.

6. You finally feel accomplished because you studied for one exam. Then, you remember that you have to study for four more. When does this misery end?

7. Your parents and friends call to check in on you at this time only to find that it was a mistake. You're angry, frustrated. We get it.

8. Then you reach this point...

9. It's minutes before the exam and it all comes down to this. You cross your fingers and give yourself the extra little confidence boost you need to get through it.

10. After the series of tests later, finals week comes to a close. The anticipation sitting through your last final is killing you until you finish, but life seems to make sense again as soon as you turn it in.

11. This when the recovery process begins. This means the first thing you are doing is falling into the depths of your bed to go into a sleep coma.

12. Finishing finals calls for a celebration. Nothing deserves a toast more than getting through Hell week in one piece, and with a tiny bit of your sanity left.