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Are you getting help for your depression? Just do it. Login or Join to answer. We had trouble talking to the server. Please try again. Your answer will be saved while you login or join. Live Preview. Older ». Have a question? Ask Fluther! What do you know more about? You've got knowledge matches! Already a member? Join for Free! If we are experiencing depression or anxiety, it can feel so much harder, with everyday tasks presenting real challenges.
If it feels too much to get out of bed or have a shower, focusing on academic work can sometimes feel impossible. Also, as people progress through their course, they may find it does not develop in the way they had hoped, or lose interest in their subject as time goes on.
Depression and anxiety can also significantly, and falsely, contribute to people not enjoying or engaging with their studies. Universities and colleges have an interest in students being on the right course for them, and will usually offer support in addressing problems of this nature.
It is always important to speak with a Personal Tutor, or another member of staff in your department. We can often feel anxious about doing this, but people will usually find that approaching someone can be an important first step in dealing with problems.
Procrastination is another very common student issue, which can be closely linked with any or all of the other issues discussed on this page. It is also a very common part of the depression habit spiral — the more things get put off, the more overwhelming they seem. Procrastination is particularly linked to the depressed thinking habits of perfectionism, self-bullying and all-or-nothing thinking.
Understanding about difficulties with depression and a sympathetic ear was also really important to these young people. And he kept me back after a lesson very early on to ask whether he could do anything in the lessons to help me with the dyslexia so that he could make things easier for me, for example, writing on a board, which I thought was very thoughtful.
When I was ill my other teacher wrote to me, a couple of times, when I was in hospital, and I talked to my teacher just before I came back, and he was really nice. I've found both my teachers very understanding and helpful in general. If I've missed some work due to illness they tell me not to worry too much and to concentrate on the new work at hand and that I can catch up on the other work in the holidays. For many, depression or their low moods had had an effect on their school work.
As one university student said;. View full profile. You know like my brain needs to be fed constantly. And then, and then it, and then it all breaks. Performance pressures and exam stress are common for anyone but for young people with depression coping with normal levels of stress when they had other emotional issues to deal with could be difficult.
Especially for those in higher education, colleges and universities, workload could be hard to manage during depressive periods and some found the exam stress made depression worse.
Sara says pressures at university can set off her low moods and make everything more stressful Even when you do well you want to have done better [laughs]. Gradually her grades started slipping and I was like, a sort of typical naive happy schoolgirl, I got on with all my work and sort of I was a model student, top of my class and things, and typical, the perfect daughter I suppose. So it was sort of, it went on from that really, but it was initially the school that picked up on it.
School performance was a major factor in how people felt about themselves. One woman said she always blamed herself for her grades going down, though she had dyslexia and was struggling with depression;.
Emma-Jane wanted to do well in school and now in Uni to be accepted by her teachers. And it makes me sound like a right little geek, and I know it does. But like the need to succeed in order to please people is quite important in that aspect, and obviously like I will run around like every hour of every day.
She has learnt to cope with stress so that it You are doing something successful at the end of the day. Lisa was keen to learn but had difficulty understanding some things. Because of dyslexia, she got And then they tried me with these glasses with like a green tint you know, and then I was top of the class for reading, and they realised that my reading age was higher than my actual age.
Like I had the reading age, the reading age of a 14 year old when I was about That was another thing they picked on me for. Gemma decided to re-start her last year and all the teachers were very supportive of her decision.
Firstly, what is it like? What caused it? What to do? Studying and depression? Good luck to all those starting or continuing their studies in You don't need to sign up to Disqus to comment Guest commenting Terms of service Privacy policy By using the Disqus commenting system, you provide your consent for processing comments using Disqus and agree to the terms and conditions as well as the Disqus privacy policy.
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