I was depressed while studying architecture

I was depressed in architecture school. And it got bad.

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[redamaryllis]

I'm a second year architecture student, but facing the same situations as you. One of my friends advised me to write a daily diary by writing down your thoughts and emotions that can calm your anxiety.
So I keep a pocket diary with me so whenever I feel anxious I write all my emotions on it calms, stops my overthinking.

[ShowItBetter]

Glad to see you talking about this Rishab, a voice to what many of us feel during school. Thanks!

[ShortUndie]

I think the timing of the video personally for me is truly apt, been addicted to cold drinks and junk all through my 2nd, 3rd and 4th 1st sem and by the 2nd sem I started exercising yet by the end of it got diagnosed by severe liver disease, fits and high ammonia levels in blood, got hospitalised with bleak hopes of recovering yet came back.
Got back, following a healthy lifestyle, going through a mental breakdown now, burderned by personal issues in all a very rough time.
You covered most of the things I went through, felt like it was me saying it all, felt better. To good physical and mental health 👍🏻

[shreeraj]

2nd year architecture student, going through almost a similar thing, but such videos, and myself knwoing that i'll get through it is helping a lot. i dont have friends here in my college, coz introvert and liking my alone space more than anything else, but BlessedArch helps me a lot to keep myself going. Thanks a lot man! Much more love and power to you!

[ThomasRowntree]

You are extremely brave to share this, you had great courage to open up about your struggles and people out there will really appreciate it🙏🏼

[priyankajoisher]

Went through something similar as you in my 3rd to 5th year in architecture school, but it was the other way round for me - I started hating architecture. 3rd year onwards all my architecture design work was getting worse and worse to a point that I was hardly able to complete my thesis and just worked enough to pass in the jury. What got me out of it was gardening, growing plants, working with soil, somehow relaxed me. Now I'm working at an Architecture firm, designing different types of projects and I'm enjoying the process.

[rasikaaa]

I am glad you spoke about this! Architecture school makes us very resilient and strong to take on any challenges even after graduating. In many ways I feel that's great, (not that I am supporting bad times, looking at bright side up) but we learn from our experiences. More power to you:)

[PositiveEmo]

I'm in my last year. I transferred to architecture at my low point. Spent 4 years in college, changed majors 3 times, no degree etc. I was hesitant because I looked at architecture as an art degree with minimal prospects, and I hated drafting. But going in gave me what I needed. I gained confidence in pursuing my interests and started doing things I wanted and worrying less. I found a community, and made friends. Even through COVID I'm better for it. Right now I'm worried about making the transition from college to work. I failed the previous transition from highschool to college.

[sakuraa]

Hey! I don't even know your name yet neither am I from an architecture background and I'm definitely late to the party but I could whole heartedly relate to you as a young person. As a human. Regardless of what background one is from, this is a very relatable video and thankyou for being so vulnerable. As someone who's in one in and one out in the same situation, i can assure you everything that you said works. I have started meditation and pranayams etc 2 months ago and even though it's slow, i feel 100x times! To anybody reading, please give meditation a try and atleast 3 months before you judge it. It's honestly worth it.

[Mjnividaditi]

It’s going to be difficult. No doubt but believe me, don’t just do it for the sake of getting a degree or working as an Architect. Do it because you truly want to design beautiful buildings.. Doesn’t matter if it’s taking hell lot of time or whether u have a deadline guys. I was in one of the most hectic college, where everyday was a submission or review day. And it was getting way too difficult. I was clinically depressed and had gone through the worst time in my 4th sem. I was in the hospital and didn’t like the change in environment bcoz I switched from one uni to the other college, which was well recognised in India.
But that whole suffering taught me to work without paying attention to any of the stress, be it the deadline or anything.

I remembered my 6th sem design was of a campus project and I completely changed my design right from the scratch 10 days before the review…. Almost the whole section was failed except 8 students. And I got the highest amongst all of them. And that too with just plans and physical 3D model.

If any of the Archi students are demotivated and working without any interest due to the lack of time and flexibility then please do remember one thing, it’s all about the design for the final jury. Faculties maynot understand your process of working and that’s completely fine. If you know that you will do the best and you are trying to do something unique. Stick with it.
Follow your gut feelings

[min_terlude]

This video came at the right time. I'm currently doing my mandatory internship with the prospect of getting my Bachelor's degree next year. I have a 3 hour commute in total every day, and my boss is the type to leave me in a state of anxiety every time I even so much as think of stepping foot in the office. It's a depressing time filled with dread, doubts, and nightmares, but I wanna believe that I will come out stronger after this. I don't wanna give a bad experience the power to take away my passion for architecture and feed further into my depression

[_aparna_kc]

I was smiling while you said you got into spirituality and I'm exactly in that phase right now
I'm glad that someone raised this topic and shared your experience.
I hope you will post more of these contents in future
Thankyousomuch 💗

[vidyadharpujari]

You have already given me the solution though your experience 😢😊
Thank you

[surabhikulkarni]

I have been through that.... Writing the emotions whatever you feel and later discarding that paper really helps.

[dianavelasquez]

Thank you so much for this video, its so hard to put in the words to describe how much I identified myself with so much of what you said in this part of my life. I love architecture but because of some problems ive had with teachers, right now ive been feeling like i just want it to end. when i usually spend my weekends gladly working on my projects, right now i just hate it. Thank you so much because youve giving your perspective

[neutralmultiverse]

Wow this is so refreshing to see. Thank you for sharing. I am currently in an interior design program -- all online. I am unemployed and luckily I am able to live off a little bit of savings. I know that my program is just a certificate program, and I'm sure the coursework is not nearly as heavy as an architecture program...BUT studying online, with a lot of uncertainty looming overhead is really difficult. Also, I struggle terribly with perfectionism and procrastination and this feeling that I should have accomplished so much more than I have is eating away at me...my mental health is really bad right now. I'm also trying to put a portfolio together so I can find work in interior design and I can spend hours trying to assemble my portfolio in indesign and at the end of the day I just redo it over and over again until ther ei nothing left--it's like I'm ina negative feedback loop in my head.

[fidanuzhathuda]

Watching these video, I got a bit relieved you know..I am also going through exactly the same situation. And a few moments before I was telling myself -‘I can't take it.. I'm done with it..Though I came to study architecture from my passion, I still couldn’t find any way to get disciplined.I'm being Overwhelmed by all of the design ang graphics projects, I'm feeling excluded all the time..I can't even find myself here. I can't hear my voice also..
Thanks for all of the tips you've given and Thank you for revealing the story, so that, I can know that I'm not alone. Also I can convince myself to carry on as you also carried on and now YOU are able to deal with all of this!Yeah!
Thanks Again!!
Jajak Allahu Khairan!❄️❄️

[yugashribhalavi]

heyy, i am 4th year student and my situation is also same as you. i am dealing with shyness and anxiety but now i am working on it like i never used to do any other activities in my life . i am trying new hobbies like reading books, dancing and learning many other things to overcome , thanks for making this kind of videos it really helps me to deal with situation .
keep it up👍

[haripriyaharidas]

Thank you for making this.. much needed.. at the right time

[pranalipawar]

Thank you for sharing your journey. You are great sir have shared lots of information regarding architecture through all of your video's. Stay strong