Learn To Balance Mental Wellness
Moulding students’ lives is an unwritten responsibility that every teacher takes on as a part of their profession.
Moulding your own mental health is just as important as theirs.
The common issues faced by teachers and professors are:
Performance Anxiety
Popularly known as ‘teacher anxiety’, many educators feel nervous, fearful during their initial teaching days. Standing in front of all the students and talking for at least thirty minutes seems like a nerve-wrecking task, especially for those teachers who are not public speakers.
Future of the issues if not dealt with:
Performance Anxiety
Ignored performance anxiety is the cause of low self-esteem, reduced productivity and an overall feeling of worthlessness.
Stress
Persisting stress naturally has adverse effects such as high blood pressure, heart diseases on the health but also causes sleep disorders, muscle tension, substance dependency and emotional dysregulation.
Cognitive Decline
Ignored cognitive decline leads to loss of functionality, memory loss, attention deficits and loss of motor skills.
Burnout
Ignored symptoms of burnout increase into anxiety, depression, physical fatigue, mental fog and emotional dysregulation.
Depression
Long term depression results in risky behaviour, reduction in functionality, addictions, suicidal ideation, anhedonia, loss of appetite and physical illnesses.
Panic Attacks
Untreated panic attacks can increase into major anxiety, social phobia, confused cognition, hormonal imbalance and isolation.
In order to be an effective teacher, you can learn the techniques of balancing your mental health from the experts at Ananda.ai
01
Emotional regulation
Therapy will provide you the non-judgemental space for venting out your emotions
02
Healthy coping techniques
The trauma, stress, burnout has to be dealt with regularly to avoid overwhelming pile ups; which is possible through healthy coping techniques.
03
Better sleep quality
Working through the other mental health issues will eventually affect your sleep pattern and quality for the better.
Benefits of Ananda
Easy bookings, no commuting needed
Express yourself without feeling judged
Choose your own therapist
FAQs
Teachers work longer hours, which often leads to burnout and stress. Some of the many contributing factors are lack of resources, work-life balance and administrative issues, parent’s behaviour.
Experts say that stress gets passed on from teachers to their students. Students in classrooms, which have teachers experiencing burnouts, are said to have high levels of cortisol- a kind of stress hormone.