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[quote=Anonymous]about their mental health.

I am a professor and am seeing a real increase in students at this time of year who are struggling with stress, depression, anxiety and eating disorders. Some are self-harming, some are having suicidal thoughts, others are at the point of a mental health breakdown. I have had 3 students in tears in my office last week, all managing socially and academically but not mental health wise. A couple others the week before whose academics were suffering. They are too scared to tell their parents that they aren't doing okay - feeling incredible pressure from themselves to do well and to be able to handle the stress of school. They don't want to add stress or burden parents and often feel their parents have already supported them so much that they feel guilty asking for more support. While not all have great parents, I know many of the parents of these students would be there to support their child if they knew.

So when asking them about school, please check in on their stress and how they feel they are handling it. Ask about feelings of emptiness, numbness, constant irritability, feeling overwhelmed, anxiety etc... Let them know it is okay to not be okay. Also many are supporting classmates dealing with these issues as well, and are stressed by that responsibility so find out if they are feeling that stress.
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