Hi IMs,
I am a 26 year old school teacher and I’ve been working as a teacher for four years. Every time the December school holidays come around, I get really down and depressed. I’m not sure if I go from being super busy to not having much on is the change that sets me off. I’m not complaining about the holidays at all, in fact I wish I felt better so I could enjoy them more? I do get really upset and down, seemingly for no reason.
Does anyone else experience this? Mums/teachers?
Holiday blues
Holiday blues
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Mental Health, Anxiety & Depression
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Yes! I'm a teacher too. I look into the long holidays and feel sort of anxious about filling them up. Everyone else seems to go on about how busy they are this time of year but honestly I don't feel that. My partner does shift work so it's hard to get away. With so many things not running at the moment I'm wondering how to fill up the time with the kids. I'm actually glad to hear someone else feels this way cos it makes me feel less unusual!
Yeah it sounds like that crash at the end of a highly stressful time. The end of t4 is mental, assessing, reporting, moving, sayinf goodbye to your class, its so much stress and different emotions all crammed in then suddenly bam, it's done and nothing. And that's where mentally people crash.
Try some self care. A psych would help since you're going to go through this annually. Get some tips and strategies. Plan something in the holidays to look forward to (not work related)
I'm not a teacher, but I wonder if it could also be a bit of grief, losing the relationships you've spent all year building and also the anxiousness of starting new relationships.