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Depression is real and it does not only affect students but everyone no matter what race, social status or age. It should not be taken lightly let's all take care of our mental health ♥️

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Yes, depression is a common occurrence among students. It causes suicidal thoughts or thoughts of self harm. It also make students feel the need to turn to substances more often as a way to cope which that is not a good thing because it affects academic life. Some students leave home to varsity for the first time that can also bring on depression since there are so many things to figure out on their own.

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Depression is caused by many factors and can result in any different outcomes like suicide ,harming oneself ,harming others ,ruined relationships and so many more. Thing is wen one is depressed they just think of being alone coz they feel a crown is way too much for them and they just need to get away from all that noise. This is when they unknowingly feed their depression coz wen you alone you think more stupid things than ever without even realising. Then there are ppl who anger me by wishing to have this illness not knowing just how annoyingly painful it is. For me it never lasted that long but that period of 5 months was enough for me to just not wanna go back there. It's no place for one to be.

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Most students are facing difficult times here in university theirs a lot of pressure. We are given a lot of work with short of time to submit so it might affect students a lot because it gives them a hard time and sleepless nights. Some are being depressed by their background where you will find out some are struggling financially.

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Depressed, depression , anxiety , I believe this all comes into on conclusions during our time at university. It's not even a form of punishment , it's actually an agreement, we want to become something in life , and really , depression is one of the factors , that's has the most negative effect on us as students. University life is already hard , and to add on it depression builds up , untill you feel like you have no where else to go,  but you should stay strong , and know that you haven't come this far , to only come this far

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Depressed, depression , anxiety , I believe this all comes into on conclusions during our time at university. It's not even a form of punishment , it's actually an agreement, we want to become something in life , and really , depression is one of the factors , that's has the most negative effect on us as students. University life is already hard , and to add on it depression builds up , untill you feel like you have no where else to go,  but you should stay strong , and know that you haven't come this far , to only come this far

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Depression is weaker than you and you allow it to happen (when it comes to Universities)

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Depression is weaker than you and you allow it to happen (when it comes to Universities)

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Not everything will stay the same. We grow and so do our brains. Life is a challenge and we go through different stages. This world is not for the fragile because with being fragile comes fear and with fear follows depression. Yes it is an emotional sickness but whoever can control what is inside you is yourself. Guys the time waits for no one. Having to be given assignments in a short space of time is no one's problem to fix but yours. This is a cruel world if you want your ship to keep sailing you have to sacrifice. In context of assignments sacrifice your time because people have done it before. When depression knocks tell yourself you have got it because depression starts when you have doubts of yourself. If you failed that paper it's your fault. Don't you realise we are on our own ? We have been given life formulas we just have to use it accordingly and so you know there is one for depression too.

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It is an incredibly common occurrence that throughout our education we experience depression. I think it is a big issue on all scales, should be talked about and not be belittled.
No matter what your circumstances are your depression should be valid and we should not forget that. No matter what your circumstances are means if they are bad or good, your depression should be validated.

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So one thing that i have noticed in households specifically Black households, is that the parents only give their children 4 options for their future career which is Doctor, Accountant, Engineer, or Lawyer, you know the higher paying jobs, which is understandable as a parent just wants their children to live a comfortable life, which might be something that they never got to experience. There is nothing wrong with that, the problem comes in when The parents are too blind to see that their kids might not want to pursue these careers, because the Career is not the child dream but the parents dream

The pressure put on learners/student by their own households are the worst, they have the biggest impact on a childs life, because it comes from the ones who love them the most. When a child feels like they have dissapointed their parents, they become resentful towards themselve and their parents for throwing this burden on them, it becomes too much to bare.

one thing that i have come to learn is that Depression is an uncontrollable Demon, that haunts ones mind , using little voices to speak to the person. I use to call suicidle people selfish , but they really cannot help it. They see no way out, they are clouded by the dark thoughts and they feel like they are suffocating. It is a horrible sickness that consumes our youth, because they feel like there is no way out

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I never believed that depression existed until I unlocked the door of higher institution
depression was never on mind mind but the transition of 2022 made me realized that depression do exist and you can make unreliable decisions due to the pressure that we are getting everything is quick and so confusing every lecture giving you task and the due dates are so close and we end up not having time relax because we assigned up for this and we want to assure that we make it till the end and we have the mindset of we don't want to fail because that would be a humiliations and disappointments to our families so we would stay awake for the whole night to complete the tasks and still get lower marks and that is a stimulation to ourselves and causes more depression so yhea we are facing a lot of obstacles in higher institutions

As for celebs having depression and end up ending their lives has thought me that money cannot buy happiness.
And yes money can buy watch but cannot buy time, money can buy bed but cannot buy your sleeping time ,you can be on that fancy bed but still cannot sleep and thinking about your terrible life so depression doesn't exclude the poor from the richer. Depression is real to everyone

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Depression in university students is real. We come from different backgrounds, When we arrive in university students we tend to feel pressure because we know the situation faced back at home so we put pressure on ourselves because we don't want to disappoint our parents not knowing that we're killing our mental health. Even when we can see that we're failing we hardly accept that because you don't want to be seen as a failer. Sometimes it is the best to accept that you're failing instead of forcing your self. We must always be calm at all times to avoid being depressed. Depression can be caused by the independent living, academic stress and family problems.anyone having a hard time there are Departments and NGO's that deals with depression try and contact them they might help you never take your life suicide is never a solution. 

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Depression in university students is real. We come from different backgrounds, When we arrive in university students we tend to feel pressure because we know the situation faced back at home so we put pressure on ourselves because we don't want to disappoint our parents not knowing that we're killing our mental health. Even when we can see that we're failing we hardly accept that because you don't want to be seen as a failer. Sometimes it is the best to accept that you're failing instead of forcing your self. We must always be calm at all times to avoid being depressed. Depression can be caused by the independent living, academic stress and family problems.anyone having a hard time there are Departments and NGO's that deals with depression try and contact them they might help you never take your life suicide is never a solution. 

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I think the biggest issue that we face as students is the pressure from our families and the pressure we put upon ourselves. There's a lot that is expected from us, we are expected to pass with distinctions regardless of the problems we face and come back home with a degree. Then when we don't fulfill those expectations we fall into depression, forgetting that we are also humans, we fail sometimes

Celebrities also suffer from these expectations. They are expected to act a particular way in public only because they're a public figure. e.g as a celebrity society says that they cannot get drunk and make mistakes in public. We as the society we turn to forget that they're also human beings they are bound to make mistakes, then we cyber bullying them and they fall into depression

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Yeah it is true that university students' depression is caused by financial problems and lots of tasks to do. When you are in university you feel a lot of pressure, the pressure comes from your peers, community and your family. It's not easy and you will always feel like you're doing nothing while you are working so hard. That can be the most contributing factor because you will hardly sleep or relax.

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Depression in university students and south african celebraties is real.Univesity come with many problems and also students are pressured as there are many students from different backgounds.Also in university there is too much work so some students end up failing.South African celebraties are always on media so they have to be strong even if they are not okay so that course depression.To help the problem in south africa everyone should try to talk so that the problem can be helped in a early stage.

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We as University students we face alot of depression because we hardly get sleep due to having many assignments to submit while given short period of time to complete those tasks.we also face financial worries which may lead to Depression and also there is a higher possibility of under perfoming in academics And when a student under perfom only suicidal thoughs may follow or drop out.we also witnessed some depression in our South African celebrities such as Ricardo Makhado,Patrick Shai e.t.c.

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We as University students we face alot of depression because we hardly get sleep due to having many assignments to submit while given short period of time to complete those tasks.we also face financial worries which may lead to Depression and also there is a higher possibility of under perfoming in academics And when a student under perfom only suicidal thoughs may follow or drop out.we also witnessed some depression in our South African celebrities such as Ricardo Makhado,Patrick Shai e.t.c.

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This is absolutely the truth, most of learners after they have failed their modules they commit suicide because of the mentality of black parents if you have failed at school the only thing they think about is either you have a boyfriend or your are using drugs or a drink a lot of alcohol.. So some other students choose to take their life than explaining their selves to people who would not even give them a chance to explain

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he depression here is major , especially to everyone whether they are first years or seniors. The amount of work we're being exposed to here is extremely breath taking and one ends up thinking that no they aren't capable of this and end up being depressed and doing things that will end up bringing hurt to their loved ones .

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I believe every student whether they are first years or seniors they all are capable of getting depression. Since we are freshly from high school where we were mostly spoon fed now we find it hard to blend to the varsity life because now you're on your own you don't have a teacher running behind your back telling you to complete your work and accepting late assignments and this can also be depressing because you are regarded as someone who missed the due date even if you're one minute late and this is depressing and other people maybe end up killing themselves because of the pressure.

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Depression is real indeed and people who experience this depression they don't want to expose their problems, they don't want to speak. At universities we also have this issue but the only thing we can do we have to speak with people, we need to be free because its not sweet to die at younger age as students we need to fight for this depression but the only thing that can conquer this issue is to speak isolation will never help anyone.