Student mental health: Depressed and living in a bubble of one – BBC News
More than 50% of students in the UK say their mental health has declined since the Covid pandemic began, a survey suggests.
Many told the National Union of Students (NUS) they had suffered stress, loneliness, anxiety and depression.
Shaakir and Klaudia share their experiences.
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Great upload! They should teach the importance of mental health in schools. Keep up the great work!
Fortunately I'm not in halls, but the subject of the fragility of student mental health – especially during the chaos that is 2020 – is an overlooked concept. A young student hung himself in halls in Manchester University in September just gone, and that's been swept under the rug.
As I said, I'm fortunate enough to not be in halls, but I feel so much for those who are. We have literally become the middle children of history, society, the whole world. It's awful.
Put a mask on, take gel and go out for a walk and communicate with others safely.
All I do is sit in my room and cry all day
While our political leaders here in America force us to stay in while they go out to dinner
Let's hope the top themselves
3 million, the rent people are picking up off Students is probably 10x that.
Let's be honest the only reason they care about the students is for their rent money.
At least you have a big room and a nice view outside of the window. Imagine you stuck in a tiny studio in London like me 🙂
It a wonder the BBC covered this they don't like telling the truth cancel your tv licence
When I was a student I lived on fried egg toasties, packaged take out crap and copious amounts of Guinness. Only afterwards did I realise how much a good diet affects brain health, as does daily exersise. 1:56 'we're being treated like second class citizens' ??? mate, spend a week in somewhere like Broughton in Salford and catch yourself on, Britain couldn't care less, that is the way it is, you can waste a lifetime shaking your fist at governments but they won't be interested, better to ask yourself what you can do to help others.
They told students to comeback so you can pay them. I'm thinking whether am going to study next September.
The only way to prevent suffering is to support antinatalism, don't bring anyone into this meat grinder.
This lockdown has certainly had a massive impact on my mental state as a student, I’ve found myself in a pretty dark and lonely place, but remember to stay strong and we will get through this. If anyone is struggling or needs to talk to someone feel free to drop me a message, you’re not alone 😊
It's not just students
It's everyone
We all in the same boat
Anyone in government who said it wasn't a big deal to just "stay at home" should be fired!
The biggest fix would be unis adjusting their classes and levels to remote learning
When I went to seek help from a hospital here in Canada, due to major traumas from before, and during this pandemic… They stuck me in a room filled with Covid patients to wait for a doctor to review my case…. After telling them the serious nous of my situation; mom commiting suicide, cousin dying, all my animals died, the trauma of people's actions etc. The list goes on and on….. They sent me home with a paper saying " you will be contacted in 4 days"
I'm angry, thinking of suicide, burning down buildings, and slaughtering people who have wronged me…. They sent me away with a paper…. Our system doesn't care about us….. And they were my last line of help… They don't know how hard it was for me to walk there and ask for help to begin with….
We need changes… Or else people who are less strong than me might have actually harmed themself or others that night, or Destroy property And it would have been their fault for allowing it to happen.
If there is a story here from the news network, I beg you…. Shed light on these issues more… People need help. They need the truth of these corruptions.
Everytime I sought help during this pandemic, I have been unable to get any real assistance. Somebody Please help!
Lockdowns are a crime against humanity! I don't care how contagious something is, it's a freaking crime!
I feel the same
Yes, I feel you! I was in the same situation studying in London…
I'm a student and I'm dying inside tbh. Miss people sooooo much
I'm a 3rd year student (a slightly mature one at that) an I've hardly even looked at my assignments all year I've been so depressed. Every night I tell myself tomorrow is the day I'm gunna get some shit done but tomorrow never comes. I feel so pointless an guilty but just can't seem to focus on anything except for how shit life is. Why can't I just sit down an study like I used to?!
Good. Put up with it.
My grade 11 year was a disaster Of stress and anger and hate I am just numb now no emotion left.
I had it enough finally commenting . Being introvert it is a deadly knightmare .🥺
Nice information. One suggestion. Reduce negative thoughts with a simple practice. Your breath is directly related to your mind [brain] causing negative thoughts-anxiety. For a relaxed life sit on a chair, back straight, eyes closed and observe the sensations of your incoming–outgoing breath at the entrance of the nostrils for around 5-10-15 minutes or more. Don’t fight your thoughts. Slowly the mind will relax. No deep breathing needed. Day or night, when taking a walk, when reading, on the phone, before sleep etc sit or lie down and observe your breath. Like me, make this a lifetime daily habit to have a good life. Avoid constipation as it affects the mind instantly. Best wishes Shyaaam Sir. –Counsellor.
Everything toppled down after lockdown
No access to library
No face to face lectures
No assistance…
What should I do😥 . I am gonna graduate soon with zero knowledge
Who cares. F these students.
Yea all first and second year students last yr during the COVID like myself suffered. Before COVID I was in me first yr and I struggled to make friends. When COVID hit it got worse and now one and a half years later I’m back I feel like a stranger. I didn’t apply for halls I was a commuting student so it was that hard. It’s difficult to meet ppl and make friends 😔
Their plan is coming together nicely for children’s future
Aqui no Brasil ninguém se preocupou com a segunda epidemia, a de problemas psicológicos. Mas não houve preocupação nem com a primeira epidemia…
I love cold dark blue cold weather. Amazingly soothing.
I do not know what to say . People come to me or call me and share their feelings . Sometimes I feel world is full of pain . I am an astrologer who served thousands . These days I charge according to one's pocket and will . Even I am not here for marketing. Even many don't believe in astrology.
feeling like that for 20+ years is something i tell you
Psilocybin containing mushroom saved my life. The drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit. it has also helped me to survive depression
Yeah, but COVID lockdowns are long finished now, and students are still all depressed as fuck. Perhaps it's something to do with a) the crippling levels of fees that they have to pay and debt that they have to incur in order to do so, and b) the fact that they have been brainwashed since birth to believe fanatically that physically beautiful media stars are the only worthwhile human beings in existence, and they (the students, and other people) are just ordinary farty smegs.
They were and are better off than many but no keep whinging.
The thing about depression is, it's actually you. So whatever you do to overcome it, or keep it at bey, it will always come back, worse than before, because it's you. You cannot win. Life is like a wake we don't know when to leave, always staying longer than we should. Like a bad marriage, we don't know when to quit, suffering for years needlessly because we want to hang on to something that, ultimately, is worthless, pointless and full of pain.
moral of the story no one gives a fuck
thats what happens when you recuit unqualified young people who have 0 capability to manage themselves
Man up
42 years old online student in USA. I feel the same way. I have been in the same situation for many years.
Prayers for all of us to get out of it, somehow
Everyone is isolated