{"id":1689,"date":"2018-04-02T19:20:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T23:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/answerwall.domain.bc.edu\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2018-04-03T10:27:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T14:27:35","slug":"what-should-i-do-if-im-really-really-depressed-i-want-to-take-a-gap-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/04\/02\/what-should-i-do-if-im-really-really-depressed-i-want-to-take-a-gap-year\/","title":{"rendered":"What should I do if I&#8217;m really really depressed&#8230;I want to take a gap year :("},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1688\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040218.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1688\" src=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040218.jpg\" alt=\"What should I do if I'm really really depressed...I want to take a gap year :(\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040218-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040218-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What should I do if I&#8217;m really really depressed&#8230;I want to take a gap year \ud83d\ude41<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>First I will say that if you&#8217;re depressed, I highly recommend talking to someone about those feelings. They are natural, common, and you deserve as much happiness as anyone else in the world. BC counseling (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BC-counseling\">bit.ly\/BC-counseling<\/a>) can help you work through some of what you&#8217;re feeling. As for a gap year, that&#8217;s not necessarily a bad idea. Taking some time away from school may help you re-focus and provide a broader context for your studies. If you do decide to take a gap year, I recommend trying to make the best of the time by working in a field you&#8217;re interested in or gaining other quality life experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First I will say that if you&#8217;re depressed, I highly recommend talking to someone about those feelings. They are natural, common, and you deserve as much happiness as anyone else in the world. BC counseling (bit.ly\/BC-counseling) can help you work through some of what you&#8217;re feeling. As for a gap year, that&#8217;s not necessarily a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/04\/02\/what-should-i-do-if-im-really-really-depressed-i-want-to-take-a-gap-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What should I do if I&#8217;m really really depressed&#8230;I want to take a gap year :(&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-wellness","category-life-career"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1697,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions\/1697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}