Okay, so the thing is, I bungled one of the classes I'm taking this term pretty badly. It's the only credit I still need to graduate & I was planning to do it this summer. The class is passed by finishing a project+sitting an exam and getting some sort of a 50%+ total. The project was meant to be done in pairs and needles to say I didn't find anyone and flailed for a while, then neglected to do the project altogether

(I legitimately thought I still have some time, but apparently it was supposed to be turned in a couple of days ago. On top of that we were supposed to send in reports on our progress and I learned about that nice tiny bit of info yesterday...)

Yes, well, so, the thing is. Should I admit to severe anxiety/depression when I go talk to my lecturer on Monday as a reason why I missed the project deadline or not? (I was basically absent from uni for the last month because of it and cut off from any updates on how the class is progressing)

I mean... is this the sort of thing people admit to/take into consideration or will it just make me look a hundred times worse? ://

I had a close friend at university who went through a similar experience. In the end, he decided to speak to his tutor about his own anxiety and depression and found that this helped. I do think that it's a very personal situation, though. I believe it's worth a shot IF you feel both comfortable talking to your tutor about it AND are genuinely worried about what may happen as a result of not doing this project. No sense in making the anxiety worse, after all! Either way, I wish you luck with it all. ❤️

I had a similar experience and did admit my anxiety issues to the professor via email (I would have had a complete panic attack trying to talk about it in person). I just tried to explain my situation sincerely and basically asked if there was anything else I could do to make up for it (some general assignment issues but mostly my anxiety kept me from posting in an online discussion blog that ran between class meetings because I'd seen my classmates mock other students and I didn't feel safe posting my opinions). I will admit that my anxiety also kept me from ever opening her reply (man, fuck anxiety, I'm so glad I'm not as bad now as I was then) but I didn't lose points so I guess it was okay.

This was a small class where the professor did want to get to know us and I felt like she was likely to be supportive, which helped me make that decision.

In a different class, my anxiety prevented me from turning in the final assignment and I couldn't bring myself to admit anything to the professor and I failed the class. I then had to avoid him for the next 2 years (there were only like 8 professors in the English department and that was my minor so not easily done) because I was ashamed of myself. I regret not trying to talk to him about it and letting things go too late for it to have helped anyway. I now know that there was probably a procedure for taking an incomplete for the course and working on things later (I did that for a course in graduate school when my life was shit for a while), but I couldn't see things clearly at all at the time.

Anyway, I so feel for you <3 it probably will be better if you can talk to someone, if not that professor than maybe an adviser or counselor with the school (not sure what resources you have available) that could advocate for you. Best of luck!

It's now Monday so I'm not sure if this has happened or not, but I'll share my input anyway lol. I also suffer from severe anxiety and depression, and have since I was 8. I was struggling this semester, so I mentioned it to my professors (I was terrified because I've never told anyone that I wasn't close to). Most of them understood and gave me a bit of room to figure things out. My one professor was understanding, but didn't let me make up projects. so. it really depends on the professor. can't hurt to try! (: I hope all goes/went well! ❤️

If you are comfortable seeing a doctor you may be able to get an extension with a doctors note. The doctors at my uni are very sympathetic, and the note would not need to mention your anxiety/depression if you weren't comfortable with that, it would just be a generally request for an extension from a doctor due to illness. If you are comfortable approaching the professor you could give that a go - I'd say its a case by case thing and it depends on the personality of the professor.