Why do I get severely depressed and anxious early in the school year?
Severe anxiety and depression often hit hard around the fourth or fifth week of school, bringing on a sudden chemical imbalance despite prior preventive measures. This intense crash leaves teachers feeling overwhelmed and scrambling to figure out why their mental health is plummeting so early in the term.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1taking medication
- 2walking
- 3resting
- 4leaving work on time
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I feel you. I can literally feel the chemical imbalance coming on… yeah I just need to get on meds.”source ↗
“This year, I am now at about my fourth or fifth week of school and I am extremely anxious and severely depressed. Does this happen to anyone else? How can I be crashing so hard?”source ↗
Where this came up
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