teacher doesnt understand!?

[Kyra_jade]

what do you do when you have a teacher who thinks your anxiety and depression are excuses to get out of class??

[white knight]

Hi and welcome

There are two sides here.

First side us hers/His side. Have you got a history if avoiding class leading to the teacher thinking you are "crying wolf"?

The other side is that your teacher isn't a professional medical person so he/she has zero knowledge to make that judgement. You could point that out.

The most nature method is to approach the teacher to tell him/her that you are trying hard and you are sorry he/she doesn't accept you have depression etc but you ate doing the best you can ATM.

If that fails you gave done your best. Your best us always good enough.

Tony WK

[Nickname_65BD5CCF-CA54-46]

I'm going to assume you're high schooler? My advise would be different otherwise so let me know 🙂

Is your anxiety/depression diagnosed?This will make a huge difference for how the school will handle it. If it's not diagnosed and you don't have family/guardian support it will be tough.

If it is diagnosed, then check to see if your school has someone in a councilor position? You can say you are uncomfortable dealing with the teacher directly, and use them as your middle person as you're getting satisfactory result from talking to the teacher.

The complaint system is very formalized in the education departments, and if you make it clear to the councilor that you do think you are being discriminated against, and you will complain further if there isn't an attempt to resolve it. Your school website will have a link to how to make complaints to the department.

If you are keeping up with school work and just missing lessons, then it will probably be resolved by this. If you also need understanding about your anxiety/depression in relation to school work, then it will probably take a bit more negation between you. I've seen a few schools let anxious students retreat from lessons and work in the front office with their books etc. It looks good for you to offer a way for you to do the work you're missing.

It's also good for you. Learning is important, even though I'm sure you don't feel that.

You'll also have a different teacher in six months 🙂

[Nickname_65BD5CCF-CA54-46]

If you don't have your anxiety and depression diagnosed, you should do so.

See your GP. You'll need to book a longer appointment to arrange discuss a mental health plan to do so, but it's a multiple choice questions followed by talking with the doctor.

If you don't think you can confide with your doctor, try another one. We live in Australia, thank the stars, there will be 100's of quality professionals you can sample for free.

Good luck with it. I don't know how old you are, but anxiety/depression is pretty tough stuff to deal with at any age, and with the stress of school, and well growing up it's tough.

[Dommy]

Hi Kyra,

I'm sorry to hear you are having difficulties with a teacher in regards to your situation. I'm going to make the same suggestion to you as someone else on this page and that is to go and see the school counsellor. A teacher normally has about 30 kids in a class so they be under a bit of stress and may not be aware of your situation. Using a school counsellor is best because you can have a private conversation with them and they can help dealing with the misunderstanding with the teacher without you needing to go through all of the stress.