I have been dealing with depression most of my life and being in college is no different. I have never been the most studious person and I am a perpetual procrastinator as I am constantly struggling to motivate myself to do my work. I still managed to pull of a 2.7 my freshman year not working anywhere near my full potential. This semester which just ended tonight(yesterday) was bad. I was on my way back to campus for my sophomore year when my family had an issue and I decided I needed to stay home. I took 3 online classes. My depression has been pretty bad since living at home this semester because of my situation. So that along with lacking motivation and being a procrastinator. I got 2 F’s. One of the classes was actually a class I was taking for the second time and I did worse than I did originally.The other F I can retake and for sure get a B at least. The other class I got a C-. I worked it out to my GPA going down to a 2.2. I can work myself out of it no problem but I don’t know if I can work myself out of it to satisfaction. I can shot for 3.0-3.2 but I will have to bust my ass and essentially get straight A’s my next 5 semesters. I am pretty upset with myself because it was just a matter of effort. Now I am depressed because I let my depression affect me in such a way that I feel like I’m in a tough spot that I didn’t have to be in. Anyway, I’m saying all this to say has anybody dealt with anything like this and were they able to come back from it and do what they wanted to do in life? I’m leaning towards being a sports journalist.
Im going through almost exact same thing as you. I was depressed for 4~5 years and I thought I lost it but it came back again cuz of my family situation so it affected me greatly in terms of academics. Im retaking one course that I did bad and trying to balance my schedule for next quarter by taking two major classes and two GEs instead of 3 major classes. I want to get myself up and raise my gpa really bad. I was depressed about how I let my depression affect my academics too but im trying to have a positive attitude and do well next quarter. Hope it works out for you as well OP.
Sorry you are in a similar situation. I think the biggest thing is working on forgiving oneself. Thanks for the reply and I hope the same for you.
I don’t think honestly the issue is whether or not you can work back to a 3.0 but whether you are actively seeking professional help for your depression. This is too important an issue to ignore.