What Do These Students Have in Common?

What Do These Students Have in Common? When I took a part-time job and started living After two years of straight As, I couldnt finish Ive always been anxious and never had much off-campus, my course work fell apart. I assignments anymore. I felt exhausted but confidence. College was harder than I expected, couldn•t concentrate or sleep, and I was always couldnt sleep, and drank A LOT. I couldnt and then my parents divorced, which was IRRITABLE and angry. enjoy life like my friends did anymore. traumatic for me. After a while, all I did was cry, sleep, and feel waves of panic. - Leah, sophomore year - John, junior year - Marta, freshman year They are college students who got depressed...got treatment...and got better. College offers new experiences and change your eating habits, how you feel and help get better. And many people begin to challenges. This can be exciting it can also think about things, your ability to work and feel better in just a few weeks. be stressful and make you, or someone you study, and how you interact with people. know, feel sad. But when the blues last for Types of Depressive Illness weeks, or interfere with academic or social Clinical depression is not a passing mood, a sign Depressive illnesses come in different forms. functioning, it may be clinical depression. of personal weakness or a condition that can be The following are general descriptions of the Clinical depression is a common ...