Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Mental health

Romi Avidor Week 7 10/20/2020 Hi again! Today I am gonna talk about a serious topic: mental health. Since the beginning of the school year my personal mental health has been decreasing and I bet yours have too. I can not do anything relaxed. I can’t watch TV, I can’t socially distant hang out with friends, I can't spend time with my family, and I can’t sleep calmly. In the back of my head I always feel like I am missing something. A feeling where did I forget to do this? Do I have something due tomorrow? What homework do I have for the week? Do I have ACT work? All these questions sit in the back of my mind 24/7. It is really hard because this year I feel like we have been bombarded with all this work and I don’t even have one day to just chill. I am a person that gets really bad anxiety with things like this to the point where I cry and have panic attacks. All these assignments are really just not making my anxiety any better. This weekend I realized that both Saturday and Sunday I had homework to do and I took only a little bit of time to relax and be with family and friends. The problem is even when I take time to do other things it sits right in the back of my head. You need to do this you need to do that and now I started setting reminders on my phone so I wont forget. Honestly, the workload has been absolutely outrageous from some teachers and it is really screwing with my mental health. I know that for some people it can lead to depression, and of course that is very hard to deal with. When I was younger and in middle school my mom would let me choose a day to just take a break and do what I want to do with her. We called it a fun day/ mental health day. As I grew up, I am now in 11th grade and attendance is a big problem. I can’t just take a mental health day because I think about the attendance and how I will get an absence and what if I miss work. But now thinking about it, maybe it is worth the absence. Maybe I really just need a day to forget about everything and have fun with my mom. I know many people’s mental health is also rapidly declining, so I suggest you try and take a mental health day if you can. Is there anything you can advise me to do? https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/2019/06/why-teen-mental-health-needs-to-be-addressed/
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  1. Mrs. HOctober 26, 2020 at 9:45 AM

    This is a huge problem for a lot of people at this time. I am so sorry you are struggling right now. What helps me with organizing everything (because as teachers we also have a lot more work to do in what feels like not enough time - I think it's the nature of how things are being done right now) is making to-do lists. I write down everything I need to do, no matter how small, and I have them coded based on urgency. This needs to be done by tomorrow? It gets the red dot. This one is due next week? It gets the green dot. Then as deadlines get closer, the colors on my daily list will change. BUT I also make sure to put in time for myself there. It is super important to do that, or you will burn out and struggle with mental health and with focus. Make sure you are working at a good pace to get things done every day, and try to really take and enjoy that Shabbat time on Friday night and Saturday

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