I experience the same thing. Starting off the semester nice and confident and then boom. Overwhelmed, then stress that I'm overwhelmed, etc. how come it doesn't seem like major depression? Because that's exactly what you're describing.. Are you away at college in a dorm or are you still living at home? Maybe it's just because it's hard to adjust to all the new people and you're out of your comfort zone. But that'd only be if you were away. It sounds like depression to me. But I'm not a doctor. How come it doesn't seem like depression?