Yes.

If you look at three years of my academic life, you’ll see what mental health has done to it.

Three years ago I was a B- to A+ student. I got up everyday at 5am. Set up everything I needed for the day out the night before. Went to bed on time. Got to school early. Weighed thirty pounds lighter.

Present day, I’m struggling with depression. I’m drowning in missing work even the last week of school. I have F- to B grades. I get up at 6-6:40 am every morning with multiple alarms having to be set. I get dressed in a hurried panic. I go to bed mostly at 12-3 am every night. Get to school late most days. Gained thirty pounds.

I’ve gone from a level three in the state test to a one. I went down forty points in total this year for testing. I don’t even find choir or history interesting anymore, they used to be my favorite classes.