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depression and feeling pressure on my studies
I'm feeling pressure on my studies and it affects me badly. I can't find person who can understands me. What am I gonna do?
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i used to be in school and i was going through depression and couldn't focus on the work , you should talk to your teacher to help you with the homework . play some music to relax you while doing the work it should help you concentrate on the work . that what i did i passed my classes but i had learning disability and depression anxiety adhd . you might want to talk to your doctor to prescribe you depression medicine .
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I's impossible to get a measure of the severity and frequency of your feelings and their effects from the few lines of your question. Study and exams are indeed a high-pressure and stressful period for most of us. The candidate who sails to a first with a carefree demeanour and no signs of the pressures is indeed a rare bird. By 'badly' for instance, do you mean there are days and times when you simply cannot function? Or are you still getting the grades and moving forward? Are you feeding on the pressure, or is it feeding on you? First source of understanding and support should really be your fellow students. They're certainly feeling it too. They understand becasue they're walking the same mile. I'm not saying you should arrange full-on group therapy/counselling sessions with them. Hey, even if you get together and have a good old maon about the lecturers/coursework/deadlines, have a good old cuss and swear about it with each other, you're processing the stress. Dealing with it. Managing it. Our coping mechanisms are often ad hoc, taken where we find them. How about giving it a go? Look to your buddies. However calm and controlled they might look, scratch the surface and they'll be feeling what you're feeling. It's no walk in the park. But if you can soak up all the crap and still keep moving forward, you're winning in higher education mate!
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I have been where you are so I know how you are feeling. The unfortunate thing about depression is unless you have suffered with it you don't understand it. Most parents think it is a phase associated with puberty. In some cases they are correct and it corrects itself as you grow older mostly it doesn't. Finding some one that understands is hard.
Since you did not give your age I will have to give you two separate suggestions as to how to help yourself and get the help you need.
If you are in high school and your parents are not understanding how you feel there are several different ways you can get the help you need.
1. If you are in high school you are old enough to make an appointment to see your family doctor. Do so if you can get to the doctor on your own. When with the doctor explain you are feeling depressed and the doctor will test you for depression as well as give you a complete physical. Some depression is actually caused by a physical illness which is why the doctor will perform a complete physical.
2. If you can not get to your doctor then when in school talk to a trust teacher, your school Principal or some one in the guidance office. It is not uncommon for teenagers to suffer from teenage depression in high school; especially Juniors and seniors with all the pressure to prepare for college. School administrative are trained to be on the lookout for teenage depression and they will see to it you get the proper help.
3. If you feel suicidal pick up a phone and call 911 no matter where you are be it in school or at home. You do not need adult permission to call 911. Help will be sent to you.
If you are in college go to the health center. Tell them you are feeling depressed. They will arrange for you to see the proper medical professionals to help you.
1)If you feel suicidal pick up a phone and call 911 no matter where you are be it in school or at home. You do not need adult permission to call 911. Help will be sent to you.
There is also one very important thing you need to remember and understand about depression. When depressed our perception of things is not always as how the seem. Depression changes how we see things. It is important to remember this and to stop and think especially when things seem wrong to you.
Depression is not something you can cure yourself. You need the help of medical professionals. If you do I promise you there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I know this for I have been in the darkness of depression.
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