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User Profile: peachbirch
peachbirch January 13th, 2018

i have social anxiety and its pretty bad. school is starting kinda soon and im so worried about going back. i always wanted a fresh start and a new year is exacly that but im not sure i can do this anymore. i barely got through last year, failing almost every class, missing a shit ton of school, i dont think i can do it anymore. i found out im in a class full of people i dont know. all my friends are in different classes and i asked one of my parents to request a class change, something you can do in my school, but they refused.

my anxiety and mental problems are something i always hid from people but i finally told my parent and they completed bushed me off. they said that i wasnt sick and i was saying all this to get sympathy and skip school but all i want is to feel comfortable in school and be with someone who makes me feel comfortable around them. i dont know if theres something wrong with me. i dont know if im just doing this for attention

they told me i shouldnt get special treatment and that if they could take it, that i should as well. "thats life" is something they said and i can agree with that. i get that sometimes you will have to be in situations where your uncomfortable and alone but for me its so unbearable when i am, that i cant breathe and i want to throw up and thinking about spending an entire year like that, i cant even imagine myself doing that.i dont know what to do. i want to go to therapy for this so i can get atleast better, but i have no clue how to bring it up. i have no one to tell and im not old enough to schedule my own therapist? is it serious enought to go to a therapist. is my parent right, should i just deal with it? . i feel bad for making people deal with these kinds of things for me and being such a burden. i dont even know if my freinds want to be in the same class as me.

how can i get a therapist? an how can i convince my parent to talk to the school about this?

should they?

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User Profile: Zebra9999
Zebra9999 January 13th, 2018

@peachbirch

I can't really answer your questions but I just want to let you know that your not alone, I feel pretty much the exact same way.

User Profile: ruffneckred
ruffneckred January 29th, 2018

i dread any form of interaction with others, it seems like I am always being judged

User Profile: ChrisHickman22
ChrisHickman22 January 31st, 2018

@peachbirch I'm really sorry about what you are going through, it must feel terrible having anxiety and feeling like you have nobody to properly talk about it to. You have to know that you are not alone in what you are going through. On this website there are many people who have social anxiety, including me. You also should know that there is help out there. On 7cups you can talk to Listeners (people who are trained to compassionately and empathically talk and listen to people) about what you're going through. If you're afraid to ask your parents for a therapist, talking to a Listener on 7cups is a good start.