College students, now that Summer's here and you're back home, I think it's common to struggle with the transition from being on your own to being under your parents' roof and having to be accountable to someone again after that sweet taste of freedom and independence. They might want to know-- "When are you going to get a job?" "What are you doing all day?" "Why can't you do more around the house?" And all you want is to do is relax and take a break after taking all those exams and writing all those term papers!
In addition to being back home, it might be very difficult to go from having a structured day of classes to.............nothing. Every day starts to feel like the same thing, there's no real reason to get up in the morning, nothing you HAVE to do. You find yourself watching old episodes of Grey's Anatomy on Lifetime and not showering until 4pm. Maybe your friends are all back home at their parents' houses too (which is far away from yours), or they're traveling somewhere exotic, and now you don't have anyone to hang out with. If you're used to living in the dorms or having roommates, it's easy to take for granted how you can stop in your friend's room and say, "Hey, want to grab something to eat?" or "Want to watch Gossip Girl?" or "My boyfriend/girlfriend is being a jerk and I need to vent."
Here's some information about depression, which can be especially prevalent (and undetected) in college students. It can be hard to identify feelings of depression in the midst of classes, exams and papers because you're so busy and preoccupied. Once school is over and you're home with nothing distracting you from your feelings, it might be important to check in with yourself to see if you might be experiencing symptoms of depression.
Check it out:
NIMH: DEPRESSION AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
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