Anxiety??

[DaffyDuck_]

Last few years I've always had trouble with anxiety but for the last maybe around year or 2, I just cannot handle it anymore.

Recently I realised how I cannot stay focused in class, I'm always so sick of sitting down in class, I can almost never finish any homework or tasks I have to do in class. My memory seems like it's getting worse and I'm having trouble remembering a lot of things.

It may just be my anxiety, which I'm also not diagnosed so I probs don't even have anxiety but I feel like I'm going insane, I can't do anything and I'm falling behind in class because it's so hard to stay focused and remember everything. I'm starting to get really overwhelmed. I wanna speak to a psychologist but I don't want my parents included in it at all. I went to go see one but they never got back to me after the first meeting.

My mum thinks I'm always being silly because of the way I think, and maybe I am and just overthinking it but my school work and at home is driving me insane, I can't tell if I'm faking it for attention(?) Idk, and I'm so sick of feeling so useless in my classes. I'm not sure if I'm being lazy either, because I try to do the work but it's just so hard and all my teachers expect me to know what to do.

I just want someone to scan my brain and tell me what's wrong with me and why I'm acting like this. I just want answers because I'm so tired of it. I feel like I'm just in agony when I'm in class.

[Dakota_C]

Hi DaffyDuck_

Anxiety can come in many shapes and forms, its ok to feel the way that you do and unfortunately sometimes it will get the best of us, School is also a difficult time and its also okay not to understand always what is happening, everyone learns in a different way

Try and speak to your GP privately without your parents in the room if possible, and see if they can recommend a psychologist, they will most likely set you up with a mental health plan and refer you to a psychologist or a place like headspace

[Dakota_C]

After that your gp might recommend some form of antidepressant which will help level out your mood, but there is always potential for side effects so be sure to go over that and they might trial a few

[Petal22]

Hi DaffyDuck,

Im sorry you are feeling this way.

Anxiety can be really hard to deal with.

In my experience with it I thought I was going crazy but after seeing my gp my gp explained it was just the anxiety.

I recommend that you see a gp and let the gp know how you are feeling and how anxiety is affecting your life.

You could do a mental health plan together this will enable you to see a psychologist who can give you many strategies for anxiety.

I recommend you book a double appointment with your gp.