🧘🏽 Emotional Regulation & Coping Skills *coming soon *coming soon
Course overview
Lesson Overview

13.15 – How Depression Impacts Work and School: Depression can quietly disrupt performance in work or school, turning once-manageable tasks into constant struggles. Focus fades, memory weakens, and motivation disappears, making deadlines feel impossible. A person may feel guilty for falling behind, which only increases stress. They might call out sick, miss assignments, or withdraw from group activities. Colleagues or teachers may misread these signs as laziness, not realizing the person is fighting a silent battle. Depression clouds thinking and slows reaction time, making decision-making harder. Recognizing this helps reduce shame and encourage understanding from others. Workplace and academic accommodations—like flexible schedules or lighter workloads—can make recovery easier. Open communication, when safe, can help build support rather than judgment. Progress may be slow, but with patience, structure, and kindness toward oneself, focus and productivity can return. Depression doesn’t erase talent or potential; it only hides it temporarily until healing brings clarity and energy back to the surface.

About this course

Strategies to manage emotions effectively, build resilience, and respond to challenges with balance and control.

This course includes:
  • Guided mindfulness and emotional regulation exercises
  • Coping strategy planners and reflection tools
  • Real-world scenarios to practice emotional management skills

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