It is very normal for a person to experience feelings such as melancholy and confusion from time to time. But when these persist for a long period of time, then there may be something more going on.

Below is a reference to typical characteristics of students with emotional and other personal difficulties which can be recognized by professors:

• Excessively low academic performance or sudden change in grades.
• Lack of response to assignments and presentations
• Anxiety and Agony
• Melancholic mood
• Frequent reference to physical pain
• A large number of absences
• Aggressive and disruptive behavior
• Lack of communication
• Crying in the University grounds
• Change in personal hygiene and cleanliness
• Drowsiness during class time
• Attempts to postpone the deadline of assignments or competitions
• Emotional outburst
• Reference to suicide and death
• Lack of communication with reality
• Seek help from the students themselves
• Death in the family or of a loved one
• Difficulties in important relationships
• Changes in the role of the student in the family
• Use of alcohol and addictive substances where identification is possible
• Student attachment/dependence on teachers
• Any issue that worries you and you don't have the time or the means to deal with it