topic school in Anxiety

school

melon — Sun, 04 May 2025 16:21:29 GMT

hey this is my first time using beyond blue and tbh i didn't even realise they had a full forum community and well i guess i ended up posting on here. so i've decided i don't care anymore about school. if i come through the office tmr and i get axed well that's done. i got a psychologist way recently thinking she might help me more but she's on leave. so excuse or letter for that is gone and i can't be bothered to communicate to her. it's quite too late for that now. so i'm just gonna go and see how it goes.

Re: school

Croix — Mon, 05 May 2025 12:28:43 GMT

Dear New Member~

Welcome here, I guess by now you will have fronted the school office and found out what they had to say. I hope it was nothing too drastic. Would you like to say what happened?

You have posted in the Anxiety Section, so maybe that is what you have. I too have anxiety which makes me always things are going to turn out for the worst. I'm lucky though as I have someone who tells me I'm overacting and that helps. Pity your psych was not available.

Is she any help normally?

I would like to know how you go, if that's OK. I went to a heap of different schools as my parents moved around a lot, and only found one I got on with, at the rest I seemed to be forever having visits to the teachers and parent consultations.

Croix

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melon — Mon, 05 May 2025 15:08:36 GMT

Hi thanks for replying. Nah I skedaddled. I'm assuming I'm outed by now after not being in school for a while. I think that summarises pretty much my situation.

I'm glad you have someone to tell you that. I did too but... it was not comforting at all. All I can say the relationship between parents is complicated. Which is why I find it hard to trust people. I don't have an emotional outlet.

Has she been help normally?

I can't say I've only had one session with her. It hasn't been any different from talk therapy so far 😕 (this psychologist is specialised in cbt therapy so that was what I was mainly looking for when I came to therapy). But I like her since we are kind of similar in terms of conditions.

Re: school

Summer Rose — Mon, 05 May 2025 23:10:43 GMT

Hi Melon

Welcome to the forum

I’m really sorry to learn that your school isn’t meeting your needs. You’re not alone with this challenge; there is a growing number of young people feeling the same way. Thankfully there is also a growing number of alternative ways for people to access education, which may be of interest to you at some point in time.

I’m wondering if anxiety played a role in your not rocking up to school yesterday? (Again, because you posted in anxiety.) There is no pressure to answer but have a think about it. This may be useful information for your school to know in order to better support you should there be a conversation in the near future.

One of the best ways to manage anxiety and keep it from getting in your way is to do exactly what you’re doing—working with a psychologist. There is plenty of evidence to show that CBT is an effective treatment. Congratulations to you for having the courage to start the process.
Kind thoughts to you