SO last month I began my second term of this year in college. I still haven't adjusted well to online school and I really fucking dropped the ball this term. I still have one month left to go, but I really let myself fall behind and as a result I have two classes I've done next to nothing in, and two I've done a bit more in, but haven't started on big projects yet. I've been getting back on track for the past couple of days, but I still have issues procrastinating, although I've decided now to quit all social media until I'm done with this shit. Even if I do get it done though my grade will be lowered because it's late...... I can/will email my profs about this but fuck is it daunting...
Idk though man I really feel like I've fucked up my life here, it's probably not THAT bad in reality, but fuck it feels awful right now. Maybe this isn't the best place to post this but idk where else, and support/encouragement right now would mean the world to me. Has anyone here had a similar experience also?
The semester my mental health was fucked up, I ended up asking for an extension on one of the papers. Imo the important thing is to do it early. You know the whole rude professor saying, "a lack of planning on your side is not an emergency on mine"? You want to avoid them getting the impression that you forgot about the course until 2 hours before the deadline or whatever. If you contact them asap, they realise you're struggling a month before the deadline - it's not bad planning, it's a mental health problem. I'd hope that profs are more understanding atm.
Apart from that I hope you can realise that having one bad semester, esp in your first year, can be embarrassing or painful or anything else - I don't wanna dismiss your feelings - but it's unlikely to really affect your life and career goals overall. This too shall pass right? :)
I also hope you can reach out to your uni's mental health services eventually.