🛡️ Student Mental Health Series *coming soon
Course overview
Lesson Overview

16.15 – Managing Emotional “Crash” After Excitement: Emotional crashes can happen after big events, even good ones. When adrenaline fades after excitement, your mood can dip suddenly, leaving you tired or sad without knowing why. This post-high crash is normal—it’s your brain recalibrating its chemistry. Understanding that shift helps you avoid misinterpreting it as failure or depression. When you know an emotional drop might come, you can plan gentler days after major highs. Rest, hydration, balanced meals, and light routines help regulate your body back to baseline. Don’t chase another high to avoid the low; instead, let the quiet settle in. Use this time to reflect, journal, or practice gratitude for the experience you had. Emotional balance is about riding the waves of intensity without clinging to either extreme. Recognizing the crash as recovery, not collapse, changes how you treat yourself afterward. You start building emotional endurance—knowing that feeling down temporarily doesn’t erase joy, it just means your body is finding steady ground again.

About this course

Trauma-informed mental wellness lessons that help students manage emotions, build resilience, and stay safe in real-world situations—like bullying, grief, violence, and poverty. Built for schools, youth programs, and Medicaid-compliant services.

This course includes:
  • Step-by-step guidance for handling social pressure, conflict, and unsafe situations
  • Stories and messages that encourage students to speak up, stay safe, and take control of their future
  • Flexible learning options for classrooms, after-school programs, and independent use

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