School can be a very stressful experience for students. It becomes even more so when those students are juggling other things, like work, bills, a social life, family, physical health, and mental health. Students who have pre-existing issues, or issues that were brought on by their school experience, can find it overwhelming to deal with all of their responsibilities at once. At times it may even seem impossible.

As a college student, I find it hard to balance all the different aspects of my life while also trying to keep good mental health. I often find it too easy to give up on everything when I slip up on one thing. It doesn’t have to be that way though. The key is to not let your negative mood influence the potential for positivity in the future. My personal mantra is “Good days. Bad days”. To me, it serves as a reminder to not let one bad day sour my mood indefinitely. There are good days and there are bad days. You just can’t let the bad outweigh the good.

Here’s a collection of stories and advice from other students and experts who have also struggled or helped someone with balancing their mental health and their school life:

Six students give their accounts of their university experiences while dealing with mental illness. They also give advice on how to deal with issues like depression, anxiety, PTSD, and Bipolar disorder [SI News].

Jill Richardson writes about her time in graduate school and discovering she had a mental illness. She also provides five pieces of advice for students on how to maintain good mental health,  based on her own experiences [Inside Higher Ed].

Students at the University of Michigan share what they learned from their college experiences and give advice to other students [University of Michigan].

A psychologist offers five tips to high school and university students on how to “make their year a good one” [Huffington Post Canada].

Seventeen members of BuzzFeed talk about their experiences in college and offer advice to students on how to deal with their mental health while at university [BuzzFeed].