Let’s normalize having feelings and not equate it to how professional someone is or how well they can do their job. Yeah, I cry sometimes, but I’m a damn good teacher and person,
Like I struggle with severe depression and anxiety that I’ve been diagnosed with along with OCD with the tendency to get overstimulated through trauma based triggers and I have to pretend to be fucking normal and happy. It sucks.
Hot take- teachers need to have transparency about their mental health with students and other faculty.
Depression is not limited to age, gender, race or occupation. We are human and we get sad too, dammit.