Changchun Youth Psychological Counseling: Student Depression

by zhidian520 on 2011-07-01 16:32:15

Changchun Youth Psychological Counseling Case: Chen Hang is a student who transferred to this primary school by paying tuition fees. He has always studied hard and maintained top rankings in his class. His family hoped he would get into a key middle school after coming here. However, for unknown reasons, his grades have dropped this academic year. Moreover, he often gets distracted in class, lacks focus while studying, rarely raises his hand to answer the teacher's questions, and has been in a prolonged state of low mood, behaving abnormally. One afternoon, I called him over and asked, "Chen Hang, are you facing any difficulties in your life recently?" He remained silent, staring at the ground. "Chen Hang, the time for the final push is getting tighter. Is there anything you need help with from the teacher?" Seeing that he didn't respond, I asked again, "Don't both your parents and yourself hope to get into a key middle school?" Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhou burst into tears, saying, "Teacher, I don't want to go to a key middle school. I want to go home." He cried heartbrokenly. Seeing this situation, I said, "The teacher is your close friend. You can tell the teacher anything." After his emotions stabilized, he told me the reason for his emotional changes. It turned out that his family had scrimped and saved to let him study outside, all for him to enter a key middle school. This put immense pressure on him, making him feel like he would disgrace his parents if he failed, and also lose face himself. Perhaps due to excessive tension and fear, he couldn't concentrate on what the teacher was teaching in class. Furthermore, he didn't perform well in the mid-term exam, which made him doubt whether he had become less intelligent. No matter how hard he tried, he felt he couldn't study well, and neither the teachers nor his classmates would like him anymore. Therefore, he lost interest in everything and no longer wanted to study. Changchun Youth Psychological Counseling Analysis: Due to the improper expectations and pressure from his parents, Chen Hang developed obvious feelings of dejection. People in a state of dejection often exhibit the following characteristics: feeling disheartened, sighing frequently, lamenting the unfairness of fate and bad luck; losing interest in everything, being listless all day; isolating themselves, creating a small world where they blame and resent themselves, leading to a decrease in self-confidence, lack of communication with the outside world, loneliness, and pessimism; unable to correctly face reality, always wanting to escape it, seeing no hope for the future, holding rigid views, and suffering alone. Dejection is caused by negative emotional experiences or dissatisfaction with life, or frequent setbacks. We all experience it at some point, usually briefly and occasionally, disappearing naturally after a period. However, if this emotion persists for a long time, it can easily interfere with normal study and life. Since elementary school students' personality development is not yet mature and their adaptability to difficulties is relatively weak, once they experience feelings of dejection, it's difficult for them to eliminate these emotions solely through their own efforts. Therefore, it requires psychological counseling teachers to promptly identify students with feelings of dejection and take certain measures and methods to help them break free as soon as possible. The Changchun Youth Psychological Counseling Network suggests that students transform failure, maintain confidence. In daily life, they should love life, stay cheerful and optimistic, build good interpersonal relationships, and do more physical exercise regularly. Teachers, parents, and friends should also give them a boost of confidence.