Depression and grades

[Dark Unicorn]

Does anyone else find their depression(or whatever mental disorder) messing with their schoolwork,like, really messing with your grades?

[TheN3rdyOutcast]

When I was at my worst, I took plenty of zeroes because inside, I was, like, "Fuck school, I won't need it when I kill myself" and naturally my grades sunk.

[LoveLessOne]

sadly yes. my mind goes else where and i cant focus anymore

[NikosamA98]

I felt like I wasn't able to do what I used to do because I failed so hard on my project the year before, I didn't pass maths, fucked up humanistic matters (I was good at them) and so I started to believe I couldn't do it. I chose to stop trying, stop going to the MUN (Model United Nations), stop participating in the class, stop writing the project and even stop talking to my friends. I was scared of my teachers, my schoolmates... I was afraid of school. My grades went to the ground and teachers realized I was having trouble...and then they noticed I was depressed. They called my parents many times and I cried a lot through the whole year. It wasn't until the last term that I got over the depression and even when I almost didn't make it, I graduated (Yay ��)

[BookSmart]

My grades definatly suffered thanks to my ED. Not only was I physically weak (which made things like gym, walking down hallways, and stairs a horrible experience, not to mention the occasional "oh crap I'm not gonna pass out am I?") but mentally I was exhausted. All I could think about was numbers, food, weight, planning my next meal, comparing myself to others, and all the negative self thoughts. Even if I had enough energy to focus, I was so distracted that I couldn't. Luckily, I managed to pass all my classes, but it felt like a living hell.

I'm happy that this year I seem to be doing a lot better though, so hopefully thing's stay this way!

[Broken Toy]

I sometimes have a positive day where actually work ok and i do quite good work. But some days like today i just do awful because i spend the first half of the day thinking that i wont need this if i kill myself, and the second half thinking of ways to kill myself

[ImCoolBeans]

My grades suffered for a while because of it. When you're depressed school work is not top of your priority list, if it's on there at all, really. It sucks, and I wish that I had worked hard all throughout high school, instead of thinking "fuck this, my life sucks, it doesn't even matter." Because looking back, it mattered a lot and I did kind of screw some things up. I'm making up for it now but it's a lot of work.

[CosmicNoodle]

I used to be like, "Well, I'm going to kill myself anyway so fuck it", meaning my grades where horse shit and now I'm stuck on a low level college corse I hate, depression has totally fucked up my hole future because it hit me at the worst possible time.

[Croconaw]

It does have an impact. My grades were horrible when I was bullied.

[Dark Unicorn]

Wow.Thank you all for your responses(however depressing lol).Just that I have finals which determine pretty much my whole future and since suicide attempts are off the table for me now it's looking like a pretty messed up future to a pretty messed up present but thank you all so much and maybe I need to work on being more positive.:)

[xXl0sth0peXx]

I'm in a similar situation, both in the past and now. I'm definitely paying for my lack of trying in the past now, and I don't wish that on anyone.

Never give up hope. Regardless of your mental state on any given day or week, you won't be perfect. You'll have low test scores and forget assignments. But there's always the next one. And you'll kill it with the highest grades. Your future is brighter than you realize.

[CharlieHorse]

When I was at my worst, I took plenty of zeroes because inside, I was, like, "Fuck school, I won't need it when I kill myself" and naturally my grades sunk.

I did that too. I still do a little now.

My whole higschool transcript is embarrassing because I failed more than half my classes because I hated school, and I was depressed, and suicidal. I didn't care about school anymore because keeping myself alive and willing took all my effort.
I still do this sometimes.

[James Dean]

Sometimes, I would not understand how everyone else in the class always seemed so happy, so I felt as if I didn't belong and I was abnormal. So failing or not doing my best in certain assignments, I couldn't care less because I felt unwanted in the class. Dealing with anxiety in depression I felt they had it easy and I couldn't relate to them.

I had to eventually knock that off. I don't know what people go through when they leave class so it was stupid of me to assume that.

[ThePhantasm]

Ew depression and self doubt have really messed up my grades this year :(

[Kate]

If a mental disorder is causing you to slack in school which results in worse grades, then you should talk to your counselors about this issue. I advise you to do this especially if you're extremely concerned with your grades because they can offer you guidance and also, depending on the type of disorder and how badly it affects you, time extensions if needed.

[Gigablue]

My OCD definitely hurt my grades a lot. It's hard to get things done when you're wondering if you left the door unlocked all throughout class, to the point where you don't hear anything the teacher says, or when you look at your agenda to check the test date a few hundred times to make sure you don't have the wrong date, rather than studying.

Depression was also really bad. I was so fucking tired. Some days, I could barely get out of bed, let alone do any work. Luckily, I've recovered from both fairly well. I still have some problems with OCD, but nothing like before, and I can work around it fairly well.