Facing the challenges

      Mental health is a state of well-being that allows everyone to realise their potential, to cope with the normal difficulties of life, work successfully and productively and contribute to the community. Mental illness affects students of all backgrounds. Many students live with a spectrum of mental illness. Optimal mental health allows students to perform well. That being said, every student at one time or another will have difficulty with self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, self-confidence, mood, and ability to concentrate, to varied extents. These difficulties may be temporary or chronic, but they should never go unnoticed.

      The impact of mental illness on students does affect their emotional state and relationships which is far beyond the struggle to achieve learning goals.

Check if you're suffering now

      Here are some warning signs of a possible disorder:

  • a significant drop in school results
  • changes in sleep and appetite habits
  • avoidance of friends and family
  • frequent tantrums
  • discontinuation of previously appreciated activities
  • constant worry
  • swings of frequent moods
  • obsession or lack of attention to weight or appearance
  • lack of energy or motivation
  • depression.

      If you are experiencing these situations, you need to consider and evaluate your mental health status, decide whether you need to take further measures.

      For detailed symptoms, please check this category – Worried about? If you think you are suffering from these problems, please take actions soon.

What can I do now?

      Maintain good physical health can guarantee a healthy state of mind. Sometimes walking around the place where you live is a good way to decompress (but in the current situation, please keep a social distance, see COVID-19 updates here.). Eat on time, maintain nutritional balance, and a good meal can be very healing.

      Sleep is very important for a person’s physical and mental health. Make sure to sleep at least eight hours a day, so that you can have enough energy when studying and working during the day, and sometimes you can also use some other safe methods to help sleep.

      You need an outlet for everything and it is no different for mental health. Talk to people you trust, even if its just a friend or a classmate. Sometimes sharing with someone else may just be the best medicine. If you feel that the situation has deteriorated and you have reached an uncontrollable situation, or you need further professional consultation, please turn to the support page.