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Colleges and universities need to take better care of their students' mental health.
Last year when my anxiety over schoolwork led to depression and suicidality, I was misdiagnosed with ADHD, then forced on medical leave - despite the fact that everything that I needed to learn about how to handle my depression was related to academic anxiety, meaning that the entire point of medical leave - to take time off to learn to cope with/recover from a medical issue - would be meaningless.
Sure enough, now that I've returned, things are no better.
Professors are neither expected nor required to offer extensions to students with mental health issues. When you're dealing with depression so severe that you can't bear to leave the dorm, that absence should NOT be treated the same way as an absence due to a hangover.
It should matter that I talk to my professors as much as possible; it should matter that my therapist has informed my Dean that my current condition should qualify me for extended time and other "learning disability"-type accommodations.
I'm better than this. I'm doing my best, and it would be enough if I had any help whatsoever.
Fuck.
I need a hug.
One person has commented on this article. 1. Guest User The same thing happened to me in college. I'm tired of people misunderstanding and thinking I'm "just being lazy." Hang in there!
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