Signs that School or College is Negatively Impacting Your Mental Health

The Top Ten
1 You aren't sleeping enough

My school bombards me with work, so I end up staying up late to do my work sometimes.

I stay up until midnight doing my homework sometimes

My sister's life

2 You occasionally break down

I sometimes have mental breakdowns in class and I have to leave. They’re so embarrassing

3 You can't tell if you are depressed or just very tired

Combine that with hypersomnia and leaden paralysis and almost every waking moment will really be hell during an episode.

If you have severe depression from mental illnesses and are tired good luck trying to figure out which of these two you are feeling most of the time.

I often feel sluggish throughout the day

4 You pull all nighters to do work you haven't finished

I can't relate to this one since I've never pulled an all nighter before, and honestly, I'm kinda scared to do so after descending (or rather, ascending) into insanity last time I got less than 6 hours of sleep or so and then dealing with the painful crash from it afterwards.

Every time I pull an all nighter I end up immobile for like 5-6 hours and tired for like like 23 hours

5 You are always stressed out/anxious

Blame my teachers for giving me too much work.

I blame it on homework and teachers.

Yep, definitely

6 Your brain has an easier time focusing on homework at like 1 AM instead of a reasonable time

What can I say about myself other than the fact that I'm naturally a night owl? Oh well, at least I'll be able to take night classes in college.

7 You feel like you'd rather die than go to class
8 You feel like you are going to fail all the time even though you are not

Why is this always me during the 2nd semester?

I thought I was going to fail my final exams

9 You often feel too stressed out to do your work and end up procrastinating too long to finish it on time
10 You always feel tired regardless of how much sleep you get

I felt this a lot when I was in 8th grade, and I can safely say that it's the worst thing I've ever felt in my life. I will never forget what it's like to feel very heavy and weighed down all the time no matter how much sleep I would get. It felt like I was slowly rotting away from the inside out.

Yup. That is true. It sucks...

The Contenders
11 You feel mentally numb
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