It’s not that easy to just ignore anxiety or turn it into a good thought. I can’t just switch off my anxiety, I don’t choose to be like this, I want to go into school, I want to be able to have good friendships and enjoy school but I can’t.
@@readwritelaughlive1268 hey, I forgot i even watched this video tbh. I just wanted to say. I am out of school now and dropped a lot of toxic friends from school. Things will get better, you have your whole life ahead of you to do amazing things with. you will get your freedom and you will find peace. grades arent as important as people say they are. a good therapist is a god send so if you can access therapy and search for a good therapist 100% do it. tips for dealing with anxiety in the moment. grounding techniques. fidget toys. breathing excersizes. tips for anxiety and school. ask for adjustments, speak to your teachers. they may seem scary but it is their job to help you and a lot of them do genuinly care and want to help.
Here are common school phobia fears: Fear of: Being called on in class by the teacher or having to give oral book reports Fear no one likes you Fear of groups, not being included, the last one chosen in a game, being ugly, not as good as others Fear of praying aloud Fear of calling attention to myself Fear of facial flushing when,: embarrassing situations, or Fear of confrontation.
Omg I'm literally depressed on a Sunday night like yesterday only I was not able to sleep at all my heart was pounding so hella fast I just dk what to do i have also started shaking now like my hands shake coz of fear not only my hands my whole fucking body and when I don't want to go school tomorrow I say to my mom guess what she complained to my teacher that I'm lazy yaayy my lifes so hella good yaayyy😭😭
Thank you for this video! My son says the reasons for his school anxiety are 1) he doesn’t like doing writing assignments because they stress him out and 2) he’s shy. He’s also anxious about me leaving this comment. :)
The core fear of my daughter is vomiting....it’s getting harder for her to deal with .... thank you so much for all of your time to create this videos just for the love of sharing your knowledge and the love of helping others...thanks to you my daughter now wants to see a therapist in real life... we wish you lived in the Uk...
I am 33 yo, a licensed social worker and since first grade up until now have school anxiety refusal. I learned about school refusal only a year ago because i decided to google it - what i was feeling deep inside. I was shocked and happy at the same time that finally there was a name for this thing going on inside of me since i was 6yo. As a child, I had separation anxiety when i entered first grade. For the whole year i cried in school and didn’t want my parents or nanny to leave my sight. Everyday i would cry, run out of the classroom and out of the school gate to run after my father who was walking towards his office which was a block away from my school. While running away, i would see my teachers running after me also, calling me to go back to the classroom but they couldn’t catch me. That went on for a year. It was hard. Even until now that i wish to study masters degree, i still get anxious just thinking of enrolling and going to school. Really hard.
My 17 year old daughter has performance anxiety regarding going to school. She is a very bright honor student but unfortunately stresses over doing well. Unfortunately she had to take a break this semester and do homeschool. However, I am hoping she will go back to school in the fall for her senior year. It would only be a half day each day.
Honestly everyday is a struggle for me as soon as i get on the school bus I start having stomach aches and when i get to school it gets a bit worse after a little while it goes away but then for the rest of the day i feel uncomfortable and can barley focus the only thing i think about is going home and the same cycle repeats every day and I don’t like it :(
Same like i remember when i ever got on the bus my stomach started to ache. Then when i got to school it got even worse i felt like my heart was beating faster it was scary. 😔😭
For me personally, it's mostly my English class I'm learning online currently, and I'm in online school. And for the rest of my classes, I don't really have to speak aloud in class. Just communicate through the chat. But in my English class, we have to speak up a lot and have open discussions and lead the class through talking aloud. And this always makes me nervous to speak up. There's nothing wrong with talking in general, but I still get nervous in certain social settings. I know it will get better, but still. If anyone is reading this just know that it will get better as time goes on I hope anyone who reads this comment has a blessed day and take it easy one day at a time you will get through your anxiety or stress! :]
In my experience, I had to practice to not care sometimes. Thinking about what others would say, how they’d look at me, and say about me, I had to learn the hard way. It’s a process to overcome anxiety, you have to learn to take one step at a time, and *not just stay stuck in one place forever.* It’s not easy, but it’s never easy for someone to overcome a flaw, EVERYONE has a difficult time when they’re trying to overcome. SO JUST, DO IT
I'm in Junior high and it's just really scary... I user to get scared when I was in middle school but now it's again happening.. Sunday nights makes me so anxious.. Not just Sundays but just each and everyday
Since school has started I have been skipping at least 1-2 days almost every week. My attendence is already at 85% and my teachers are getting annoyed with me. The reason I miss so many days is because of poor mental health and I just want to at least turn up to school because not going just makes me even more stressed out…
I haven’t gone to school all last week and now today I feel completely fine until the morning and the time before I leave and dread it And it doesn’t help my mum says everyone’s disappointed in me for not trying when I am, and they’ve come to the point of threatening to take away things which would be even worse for my health.
Thank you again Natasha! The added visuals really help my 7 year old who is helped by your material but has a hard time sitting through the whole video. Your personal examples add some encouragement for him too...he thought is was funny that you "kicked anxiety's butt!" Your end comments also help the info stick. I'm just glad he can hear it from more than just me!
i definitely have 100% the social anxiety part i have depression for a very long time because i was bullied as a child and i stopped going to school and avoiding all social situations and became an introvert. now ive slowly become better at school and ive been doing a lot of self improving and self care like working out and taking care of my appearance and even studying, because i actually have subjects i like now. but when i muster up a lot of mental strength and go something bad happen. its not something in my head it actually happens, which makes me fear going to school. actually im good at handling situations, dealing with mean teachers, mean students too to some extent, but im very sensitive... i actually just keep thinking about a situation more and more and get hurt internally. even if i dont show it. it just shatters me mentally because its very hard for me to love myself and i feel like they just destroy it so easily.
I started having panic attacks in 6th grade.. and now my 6th grader and son #3, the baby is having school induced panic attack’s. Thank you for posting this! I wish we had TH-cam when I was a middle schooler.
I am freshman in high school, but I still miss my mom when I am at school, I also don’t want to go to school because of I don’t have any close friends and that makes me don’t want to go to school
Oh my goodness I’m so glad I found this. I’m struggling with helping my daughter cope with her extreme fear of going to school. She cries every day and has to sometimes get helped in. She’s been late everyday. It’s going terrible. We just recently found a therapist but I’m not sure they specialize in this. I need help!!
These videos help explain many of my childhood anxieties. My sister and I both experience intense anxiety and dread around washing and bathing (ablutaphobia, I think). I'm wondering how common that is. Thanks!
I am nine and I used to be fine with going to school but a few days ago, I got locked inside the school and it took about 20 minutes to finally find my way out. And ever since I’ve been so scared about going to school because I’m afraid the same thing is going to happen or something worse is gonna happen…
I have really bad anxiety to we’re I feel like throwing up! I hate it! Last year I Missed two weeks of school because of this problem I told my mom but she just calls me dramatically unstable and says everyone hates school but I keep telling her that it’s different but this vid helped out a lot thank you!!!!
Well honestly i never had this feeling up until boarding school.i was actually in a boarding campus for a month and i started getting extremely sick down the stomach and i always felt alienated and zombified.the whole environment over there made me feel trapped despite the place having a lot of good activities.i made an expensive decision and decided to leave the place for good and when i switched to a day scholaring school,i was feelin just fine until our school announced that they will be starting the offline classes .i felt really nervous and miserable. Also,i started getting waves of shock inside the stomach (i cant think of any other way to explain it )everytime i thought bout going to school the next day and immediately the need to take a piss urges up as well.not a single day passes by without me letting out a couple of tears in a quiet corner.i dont feel comfortable talking bout this in social media at all cause i dont feel like creating a goddamn scene.i also forgot to mention that i get sick at the thought of embarrassing myself in my new school .i am in 12th at the moment and i believe that this time of life is extremely crucial for every teenager out there.sometimes i feel really down cause my parents automatically start assuming that i am emotionally blackmailing them with my so called "health condition'".pls ...if there is anyone out there who have been on the same boat as me then pls help me out.. :( i just wanna be normal and focus on my academics.
I was looking to see if anybody had felt sick like they needed to use the bathroom, because I have that very same problem. Just the thought of school makes me sick and the worst part is that I'm worried that I'll be stuck in a room filled with other random kids and I went to the counselor once and she just told me that it basically wasn't a big deal and sent me right back to class, even when I tried to explain myself. I'm trying to figure out how I can at least live with it, at least start writing a little bit since I overthink too much, and I try looking at my backpack and have it on my lap to feel better (I count little details and stuff to keep my mind from exploding). This feeling only happened randomly one day when I woke up to school, but it was weird because I would feel so sick that I couldn't even eat and although I went to school still, it was like I couldn't hold the urge to go to the bathroom, but then I would feel relieved the moment I would get home. If you are still in school, I know you've got this! I would recommend thinking about something you love, for example, a game you've been wanting to try, and you can make a theory about it or even draw something just to keep your mind at ease. Good luck
I have autism and anxiety. When I get anxious at school I go into complete meltdown mode crying shutting down need EA support quite space go for a walk listen to music or color
I wake up to go to school and sometimes I actually do throw up because I’m feeling so nervous. but then if I wake up and my mom calls the school and tells them that I won’t be going, after a while I feel fine. I also have to wake up really early at 5:50 to get ready for school & I feel nervous when it’s dark and it still feels like nighttime . On the first day I ran out of assembly to go throw up in the bathroom, I threw up 2 that day. but when u got home I felt all better. how do I cope with that?
My attendance is 17% I don't want to go school casue since the start I know I will fail And I feel like throwing up when I wake up I pretend I'm sleeping hoping my mom won't wake me up
Same i don't go to school except for exams. I am very quiet and i am maybe known as the weird kid. And can you give an advice iam very confused about my feelings. My mental health is very critical i want to be alone but i also don't want to feel lonely. I also don't have friends :(. I am only 12 i have been going through this since i was 4b.i used to vomit before going to scholl and in school. Plus if i say anything to my parents they will not listen to me. I feel so helpless tbh.i am from bangladesh so y'know how desi familys are like.
1/4 What make me anxious about school is if I see a kid throw up or see like if im in lunch or class anywhere else a kid throw up or feel sick I start feeling sick and get worried. 2/4 what makes me anxious about school is that I get worried about what if I get sick or throw up? 3/4 what makes me anxious about school. Im scared to get in the bus in the morning my thoughts " someone might throw up in the bus. " 4/4 what makes me anxious about school about getting worried if a kid throw up in my class. And I haven't thew up since 2020 started or 2019
Brittany Paas OH MY GOSH. I had this same problem up until a few months ago. I’m 14 by the way. I actually got sea sick on vacation and ever since then I had a huge fear about throwing up. It was to the point where I wouldn’t go places and I wouldn’t want to eat or do anything that could possibly make me sick. My brain would play tricks on me and the anxiety would kick in and I’d keep telling myself “Ella you’re going to throw up what’re you gonna do?!!! You need to leave right now oh my gosh.” But I never actually threw up ever. I understand that fear your daughter is having and I’ve gotten through it. The fear is so ridiculous to some people but I’ve cried and had anxiety attacks over it. Some advice I have is to get to know your surroundings and stay focused on what you’re doing. Also, make her go to the places she’s scared to go to because that really helped me. Even when she is convinced that she will throw up, trust me she won’t. Been there done that. I have stayed back from places because I was scared of barfing and when I see how much fun other people have had, it makes me sad and seriously mad at myself for not going. Also let her know that throwing up is a natural body function. And if she’s worried about other people judging, let her know that nobody cares, they will only feel bad for you. I hope you read this to your daughter because I have gone through this and it’s hell. I never stopped thinking about it. But hey, I got over it.
You're not alone. After my kiddo got sick in school, he had INTENSE anxiety about getting sick at school again. He never wanted to go. He'd cry and have panic attacks and even felt nauseated and on the verge of puking from the anxiety. It just compounded the fear. I set up an appt with the school counselor. It helped a little. I also set up an appt with our pediatrician-- this actually helped more! Having his doctor tell him: There's nothing wrong with you, you're very healthy, but I BELIEVE you feel sick everyday and are afraid of puking. Here's what you can do to feel better in those moments..." (My son had told me he did think something was seriously wrong w him bc he felt sick all the time, so it felt reassuring for his doctor to tell him he didn't have anything wrong w him...) And then the doctor told him ways he could help the nausea go away. He could lay his head down on the desk and practice deep breathing and he taught him how to breathe and for how long, practicing with him. He also reminded him that NOT going to school would make it worse. So any time he made it a whole day without calling me, or any time he got out of the car each morning when he didn't want to: we celebrated those victories. It got better. It takes time, but your kiddo will get there!
Maya Anne's daughter says : I have a bully that called me dumb and sometimes I do not want to go swimming at school on Monday and Thursday because the teacher is sometimes strict.
Hi I'm 14 years old girl I'm from India im really scared for going to school I won't sleep every night i always think wt is going to happen ,my mom used to scold me every morning wt ever reason that I tell for not going to school ,I hate school but i like to study , i don't want to face people ,i just wanted to be in home all the time 😭😭✌️
Sadie for school mostly's my anxiety for school mostly comes from social interactions, fear of failing, and I also have OCD. So school is really hard, especially as a teenager
I am so scared of going to school I beg my mom to not let me go to school I am so anxiety and cry every Sunday night like right now cuz it’s like 3am and it’s Sunday I’m so freaking scared and anxious for some reason
I'm 11 I just nearly started 6th grade and I'm terrified of going to school I've seen that I have social anxiety scared of school work and separation I've been feeling horrible and at this point, I don't know what to do and I know I really need help I've already gone to therapists counselors at schools..medication....and I feel like nothing helps I really don't know what to do whit my anxiety anymore...yesterday I made it through the whole day which made me so happy but today I just couldn't so I left early and I know its not the right thing to do but I just didn't know what to do anymore...sinse when I get anxiety I cry... I don't want to just stay in school crying so I left...
Usually I get scared from going to school on Mondays, it’s also cause every Monday, I have a bunch of Arabic classes right after each other and each ones have different lessons so every time I go home Arabic is always gonna give me a lot of homework it’s very hard cause I also have math, english, science homework and I can never finish it, especially because I have exams every single day and the place i do the exam in my school is so big and when I do my exam I never get a private space so people are always gonna try and cheat from my test or distracting me and asking for help it gives me major anxiety and i just answer the questions really fast without thinking so I get it done quicker. I also don’t get bullied but my fear is that whenever I say something I feel like all the students are thinking in their mind like “wth wdym” girls my grade also spread rumors every time saying “ I HEARD A RUMOR THAT “me” HAS COVID” or “ I HEARD A RUMOR THAT “me”’s FAMILY IS ILL, and that is obviously not true and I get called a pick me girl cause of it. This not only happens mondays but almost every single day I have to deal with it, and I just want it to stop, this is a very long paragraph and people are probably not gonna read it but if u did please help me and help me on how to stop
I haven’t gone to school for 2 months and tomorrow ( well today its 2 am) i’m finally deciding ima go ima come back to this comment to see how i did and if i went and how my day went.. 😁😞😞
I want to go to school so so so bad, I’m missing out on stuff with my friends and I worry I’m gonna end up with no friends, I’m falling so far behind on work, my school is threatening to take me off roll because my attendance is so bad, I keep having arguments with my parents, my grades are suffering and if I went to school non of it would be happening. I haven’t got a clue what the core fear is I just freeze up at the door everytime, every night I’m laying awake for hours crying about the thought of going to school but I can’t even pin point whay im crying about it’s just the idea of being there, I haven’t had a good sleep in forever, me and my parents haven’t been in good terms for ages I’m so stressed constantly but I feel physically unable to get out the door and to go to school
Hi! I'm in my senior year of high school and have debilitating anxiety over whether I smell bad or have B.O. I used to be a part of a club that raised farm animals and was once told/ made fun of for smelling like that animal. I had never worried about my own personal smell until that moment. I can't go through a day without taking multiple showers or worrying that I smell bad to the people around me. How can I stop worrying about this? I eventually decided to be homeschooled for a school year but am back for my last year. please help!
Idk why but like 2 hours of school when I’m seating Alone I get sad for no reason like when I was doing my homework at school I tear up idk why tho no one bully me no one make fun of me no one said anything to hurt me and that will make me sad it just when I get to the class 25 minutes later I start tearing up maybe because idk how to do the math or stuff like that I like being home I like seeing my cousin there I don’t tear up there but when I go to school and 25 minutes into school I start tearing up I don’t like tearing up because I love school and I really like staying there
I am going back to school tomorrow and I think have social anxiety. I love talking to people but recently i have just been feeling super anxious. I am worried I won't know what to say but i always have something to say so it's no biggy. I am worried that i won't have anyone. I have a lot of friends and a few close friends but i am worried that they are gonna get fed up like some past friends have. I don't know where i am with people or myslef and i just get worried to be alone and have no friends. Everyone i know thinks i am reallt confident and happy but I'm not.
Idk why do everybody told me to be success and work hard,I've been struggling and panicking everyday,I just kept on wasting my breath everynight,crying in silent,trying to stay calm and saying to myself that I'm gonna be okay..but the answer is NO I can't stay calm no matter how hard I try,the anxiety keep on controlling me and my feelings:( I just can't..
my 4 year old throws up every single morning due to school anxiety.i talk alot with her to calm her but its not worth it...please share anything i can do to help her....
Hello my name is Jaelyn…my fear is Not doing good enough or failing. I’m in 5 grade what my math teacher teaches I just don’t get and I feel I am the only one that does not understand and I feel if I don’t meet there standards I won’t be able to be there. also I am in a curricular activity and if you don’t have good grades u will get kicked out. that gives me anxiety. Every day when I come home I just cry cause I have lots of home work or just being scared of failure you helped me a lot I have been avoiding going to school cause I’m scared i Do not know why I’m scared though.if you read this please make a video on it 😊
Im scared to go to school i haven't go to school for almost a month or maybe a month now and im terrified to be confronted so im scared and when i talk about why i am absent to my teachers i tear up easily i don't even know why it's just i suddenly don't feel my hands and legs and my hands are cold then my heart beats so fast and then when my parents confront me about it i don't wanna tell them why bcs i know they'll think im just being dramatic and when they keep telling me im just gonna end up a big failure in the future and that i won't be successful bcs im too lazy to go to school and when i hear them say that i lose motivation and feel hopeless to the point that instead of using those words as a motivation to do well, i just accept that i don't have a future and im going to be a big failure just like i am now.. im trying to change yet i just can't i don't know why and it's frustrating me and everytime i hear them say those things i just end up not wanting to change and just stay like this.. i feel so hopeless i see no future in me.
Im pretty much feeling upset..im scared ill be left at school im scared my nana wont be here to get me after school.. im pretty much that way but my nana dont believe it she thinks its something else but im being real, im so upset about it im having nervous breakdowns every morning.. what in the world do i do 😭
It will get better. Just take it one day at a time, and having social anxiety isn't easy at all. I have it as well in certain social settings. I hope you are doing well :)
I wish you did too :-( Social anxiety is my passion, as I and my oldest daughter both deal with it. I am currently working on an online class to help kids & adults beat social anxiety. I hope I can help kids with this, as it has been horrible to live with for so many years. There will be many videos on social anxiety coming out in the next month or so. Stay tuned.
Hi Natasha. Have you had experience with school avoidance due to fear of an allergic reaction (with a child who doesn’t have allergies) He has been tested and has not had an allergic reaction.
I think it may be social anxiety. Please help. I always feel like I need to pee in public, but whenever I go i never have a full bladder, it's only a couple drops. I know you already made a video about this topic but that's my core fear about school. Not even school, just being in public and thinking I need to pee. And thinking I'm going to pee my pants.
My daughter really struggled with that. We started doing “pee challenges” where she would ignore the fake signal that she had to go and would decide in advance when she would pee. At first it was in an hour, then it went to two hours, then three. It trained her brain to ignore the false message (even though it feels very real) that she has to pee. It built her confidence and now her anxiety around pee is sooo much better. That approach can be very effective.
@@Natashadanielsocdtherapist Thanks for your help. I just started watching your videos today because I realized I had some kind of anxiety. Today I was going to the store to buy food. And when I got told that I stared getting nervous that there wouldn't be a bathroom close enough and I might pee myself and my heart stared beating fast and I was breathing heavily. I didn't want to go in the store, and I was shaking and sweating. Your videos are already helping me feel more powerful, and that I don't have to listen to my anxiety because all it likes to do is spit lies out at me. Thanks for all your help.
I'm five years old and I'm almost going to school and I'm too nervous I'm close in I'm too nervous to go there and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna fail or not
Today is a Sunday I going back to school on Tuesday and I’ve been real,y stressing and worrying about school as I have been off for 2 weeks on holiday also I’m rlly scared because I don’t have any friends I fallen out with friends I look ugly I’m so unpopular I’m starting a new year and it’s sooooo scary
Hi i have been feeling sick since march, and in juli i threw up. ever since then it’s been a constant worry and when i went to school the first day i threw up three times. i can’t stop worrying about it because i know that it will lead to throwing up and embarresing myself so i have been skipping school. just going to school makes me sick please help
I'm scared to go to school because I have nothing to look foward to, I'm 17 and have no friends in school and I have big exams coming up which will determine if I graduate. Can someone help ?
idk why im just scared to go i have to pass my own modules i need to buy myself lunch i have to walk home getting answers wrong getting bullied😭😭😭😖😖😖😭😭
I don't know what's happening to me today my summer vacations are over but dk why but I'm not ready to go to schl tmrw I feel like they will laugh on me, insult me as they already did and once I answered a question wrong the teacher insulted me really bad and everyone started laughing on me. I myself dk what fear I'm having what is it.
Mental health issues are so difficult to have around uneducated people or parents, you do weird shit without nothing physical happening to you so they think you are insane
It’s not that easy to just ignore anxiety or turn it into a good thought. I can’t just switch off my anxiety, I don’t choose to be like this, I want to go into school, I want to be able to have good friendships and enjoy school but I can’t.
same here
they say it's very easy
but actually it's hard
I feel the same way but for some reason the very mention of school makes me want to sit in a corner curled up in a little ball.
@@readwritelaughlive1268 hey, I forgot i even watched this video tbh. I just wanted to say. I am out of school now and dropped a lot of toxic friends from school. Things will get better, you have your whole life ahead of you to do amazing things with. you will get your freedom and you will find peace. grades arent as important as people say they are. a good therapist is a god send so if you can access therapy and search for a good therapist 100% do it. tips for dealing with anxiety in the moment. grounding techniques. fidget toys. breathing excersizes. tips for anxiety and school. ask for adjustments, speak to your teachers. they may seem scary but it is their job to help you and a lot of them do genuinly care and want to help.
The spoiled rich popular kids make it look easy.
Yeah and it’s hard to explain to my mum
Here are common school phobia fears:
Fear of:
Being called on in class by the teacher or having to give oral book reports
Fear no one likes you
Fear of groups, not being included, the last one chosen in a game, being ugly, not as good as others
Fear of praying aloud
Fear of calling attention to myself
Fear of facial flushing when,: embarrassing situations, or
Fear of confrontation.
damn you got it right.
That is literally exactly why I am scared to go to school 100%
this is me, i swear it is true
For me it’s vomiting
For me it’s getting yelled at (for stuff I didn’t do, aka class getting yelled at) or class getting punished (and me having nothing to do with it)
i get sunday night anxiety all the time, even though nothing goes bad the next day.
Omg I'm literally depressed on a Sunday night like yesterday only I was not able to sleep at all my heart was pounding so hella fast I just dk what to do i have also started shaking now like my hands shake coz of fear not only my hands my whole fucking body and when I don't want to go school tomorrow I say to my mom guess what she complained to my teacher that I'm lazy yaayy my lifes so hella good yaayyy😭😭
same bro
Same. It’s actually a Sunday night and I just finished crying and having a panic time. I’m so scared for some reason and I just want a hug
Thank you for this video! My son says the reasons for his school anxiety are 1) he doesn’t like doing writing assignments because they stress him out and 2) he’s shy. He’s also anxious about me leaving this comment. :)
Awww.... I will have more videos in the future on coping with shyness when it turns into anxiety. Tell him thank you for his feedback ❤️.
The core fear of my daughter is vomiting....it’s getting harder for her to deal with .... thank you so much for all of your time to create this videos just for the love of sharing your knowledge and the love of helping others...thanks to you my daughter now wants to see a therapist in real life... we wish you lived in the Uk...
Thats the main reason for my anxiety too
I am 13 years old and I am anxious to go to school because I'm scared of having a panic attack in public.
Same
Me too
I get panic attacks too 💕💕 they are scary but know you are not alone
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are you hacked on TH-cam 🧐
I am in Junior High, and I have social anxiety.. It really sucks. This helped me! Thank you!
Thank you Natasha. You’ve helped more than you know.
I am 33 yo, a licensed social worker and since first grade up until now have school anxiety refusal. I learned about school refusal only a year ago because i decided to google it - what i was feeling deep inside. I was shocked and happy at the same time that finally there was a name for this thing going on inside of me since i was 6yo. As a child, I had separation anxiety when i entered first grade. For the whole year i cried in school and didn’t want my parents or nanny to leave my sight. Everyday i would cry, run out of the classroom and out of the school gate to run after my father who was walking towards his office which was a block away from my school. While running away, i would see my teachers running after me also, calling me to go back to the classroom but they couldn’t catch me. That went on for a year. It was hard. Even until now that i wish to study masters degree, i still get anxious just thinking of enrolling and going to school. Really hard.
My 17 year old daughter has performance anxiety regarding going to school. She is a very bright honor student but unfortunately stresses over doing well. Unfortunately she had to take a break this semester and do homeschool. However, I am hoping she will go back to school in the fall for her senior year. It would only be a half day each day.
Hope your daughter is doing better now
As long as she just doesn't want to go to school, because of her grades and not some other factors.
Honestly everyday is a struggle for me as soon as i get on the school bus I start having stomach aches and when i get to school it gets a bit worse after a little while it goes away but then for the rest of the day i feel uncomfortable and can barley focus the only thing i think about is going home and the same cycle repeats every day and I don’t like it :(
Same like i remember when i ever got on the bus my stomach started to ache. Then when i got to school it got even worse i felt like my heart was beating faster it was scary. 😔😭
Same :(i hope you get better
For me personally, it's mostly my English class I'm learning online currently, and I'm in online school. And for the rest of my classes, I don't really have to speak aloud in class. Just communicate through the chat. But in my English class, we have to speak up a lot and have open discussions and lead the class through talking aloud. And this always makes me nervous to speak up. There's nothing wrong with talking in general, but I still get nervous in certain social settings. I know it will get better, but still. If anyone is reading this just know that it will get better as time goes on I hope anyone who reads this comment has a blessed day and take it easy one day at a time you will get through your anxiety or stress! :]
My daughter thinks she has social anxiety because she feels like she can connect with all the stuff that you said, so thanks for helping Natasha!
Happy to help ❤️
In my experience, I had to practice to not care sometimes.
Thinking about what others would say, how they’d look at me, and say about me, I had to learn the hard way.
It’s a process to overcome anxiety, you have to learn to take one step at a time, and *not just stay stuck in one place forever.*
It’s not easy, but it’s never easy for someone to overcome a flaw, EVERYONE has a difficult time when they’re trying to overcome.
SO JUST, DO IT
I'm in Junior high and it's just really scary... I user to get scared when I was in middle school but now it's again happening.. Sunday nights makes me so anxious.. Not just Sundays but just each and everyday
Since school has started I have been skipping at least 1-2 days almost every week. My attendence is already at 85% and my teachers are getting annoyed with me. The reason I miss so many days is because of poor mental health and I just want to at least turn up to school because not going just makes me even more stressed out…
I haven’t gone to school all last week and now today
I feel completely fine until the morning and the time before I leave and dread it
And it doesn’t help my mum says everyone’s disappointed in me for not trying when I am, and they’ve come to the point of threatening to take away things which would be even worse for my health.
Hey! How's everything now? I too haven't gone to school last week and now I'm scared ash :((
Really good video, thank you so much. You gave me good tips to understand my teenager better, and how to help him with his anxiety
Thank you again Natasha! The added visuals really help my 7 year old who is helped by your material but has a hard time sitting through the whole video. Your personal examples add some encouragement for him too...he thought is was funny that you "kicked anxiety's butt!" Your end comments also help the info stick. I'm just glad he can hear it from more than just me!
Glad I can help Cheryl ❤️
@@Natashadanielsocdtherapist He loves when you write back.. huge smile! Thank you... and he just said to tell you he likes your videos!
i definitely have 100% the social anxiety part
i have depression for a very long time because i was bullied as a child and i stopped going to school and avoiding all social situations and became an introvert. now ive slowly become better at school and ive been doing a lot of self improving and self care like working out and taking care of my appearance and even studying, because i actually have subjects i like now.
but when i muster up a lot of mental strength and go something bad happen. its not something in my head it actually happens, which makes me fear going to school. actually im good at handling situations, dealing with mean teachers, mean students too to some extent, but im very sensitive... i actually just keep thinking about a situation more and more and get hurt internally. even if i dont show it. it just shatters me mentally because its very hard for me to love myself and i feel like they just destroy it so easily.
life update: school is chill now 🙏
I have separation anxiety so found it hard especially before I made friends , which I wasn’t very good at
I started having panic attacks in 6th grade.. and now my 6th grader and son #3, the baby is having school induced panic attack’s. Thank you for posting this! I wish we had TH-cam when I was a middle schooler.
Lucky son, I wish my mom would understand it :(
@@dakady4180 same :(
I am freshman in high school, but I still miss my mom when I am at school, I also don’t want to go to school because of I don’t have any close friends and that makes me don’t want to go to school
Oh my goodness I’m so glad I found this. I’m struggling with helping my daughter cope with her extreme fear of going to school. She cries every day and has to sometimes get helped in. She’s been late everyday. It’s going terrible. We just recently found a therapist but I’m not sure they specialize in this. I need help!!
Thanks for this video , I didn’t know about core anxiety, but this has helped and I believe my daughter 13. May have social anxiety
These videos help explain many of my childhood anxieties. My sister and I both experience intense anxiety and dread around washing and bathing (ablutaphobia, I think). I'm wondering how common that is. Thanks!
Many kids are afraid of the bathtub.
My son has fear of vomiting 😷 your videos help him so make more good videos and I promise that we will watch every videos that you made thank you ❤️
I am nine and I used to be fine with going to school but a few days ago, I got locked inside the school and it took about 20 minutes to finally find my way out. And ever since I’ve been so scared about going to school because I’m afraid the same thing is going to happen or something worse is gonna happen…
I have really bad anxiety to we’re I feel like throwing up! I hate it! Last year I Missed two weeks of school because of this problem I told my mom but she just calls me dramatically unstable and says everyone hates school but I keep telling her that it’s different but this vid helped out a lot thank you!!!!
Well honestly i never had this feeling up until boarding school.i was actually in a boarding campus for a month and i started getting extremely sick down the stomach and i always felt alienated and zombified.the whole environment over there made me feel trapped despite the place having a lot of good activities.i made an expensive decision and decided to leave the place for good and when i switched to a day scholaring school,i was feelin just fine until our school announced that they will be starting the offline classes .i felt really nervous and miserable. Also,i started getting waves of shock inside the stomach (i cant think of any other way to explain it )everytime i thought bout going to school the next day and immediately the need to take a piss urges up as well.not a single day passes by without me letting out a couple of tears in a quiet corner.i dont feel comfortable talking bout this in social media at all cause i dont feel like creating a goddamn scene.i also forgot to mention that i get sick at the thought of embarrassing myself in my new school .i am in 12th at the moment and i believe that this time of life is extremely crucial for every teenager out there.sometimes i feel really down cause my parents automatically start assuming that i am emotionally blackmailing them with my so called "health condition'".pls ...if there is anyone out there who have been on the same boat as me then pls help me out.. :( i just wanna be normal and focus on my academics.
I was looking to see if anybody had felt sick like they needed to use the bathroom, because I have that very same problem. Just the thought of school makes me sick and the worst part is that I'm worried that I'll be stuck in a room filled with other random kids and I went to the counselor once and she just told me that it basically wasn't a big deal and sent me right back to class, even when I tried to explain myself. I'm trying to figure out how I can at least live with it, at least start writing a little bit since I overthink too much, and I try looking at my backpack and have it on my lap to feel better (I count little details and stuff to keep my mind from exploding). This feeling only happened randomly one day when I woke up to school, but it was weird because I would feel so sick that I couldn't even eat and although I went to school still, it was like I couldn't hold the urge to go to the bathroom, but then I would feel relieved the moment I would get home. If you are still in school, I know you've got this! I would recommend thinking about something you love, for example, a game you've been wanting to try, and you can make a theory about it or even draw something just to keep your mind at ease. Good luck
I have autism and anxiety. When I get anxious at school I go into complete meltdown mode crying shutting down need EA support quite space go for a walk listen to music or color
I wake up to go to school and sometimes I actually do throw up because I’m feeling so nervous. but then if I wake up and my mom calls the school and tells them that I won’t be going, after a while I feel fine. I also have to wake up really early at 5:50 to get ready for school & I feel nervous when it’s dark and it still feels like nighttime . On the first day I ran out of assembly to go throw up in the bathroom, I threw up 2 that day. but when u got home I felt all better. how do I cope with that?
Are you in therapy? Having someone to build your skills is really important. You can find someone here www.iocdf.org/find-help
My attendance is 17% I don't want to go school casue since the start I know I will fail
And I feel like throwing up when I wake up
I pretend I'm sleeping hoping my mom won't wake me up
i have to go back to school tomorrow and i'm very nervous because i haven't been there since october. i'm so nervous about everything.
Same i don't go to school except for exams. I am very quiet and i am maybe known as the weird kid. And can you give an advice iam very confused about my feelings. My mental health is very critical i want to be alone but i also don't want to feel lonely. I also don't have friends :(. I am only 12 i have been going through this since i was 4b.i used to vomit before going to scholl and in school. Plus if i say anything to my parents they will not listen to me. I feel so helpless tbh.i am from bangladesh so y'know how desi familys are like.
Mom and dad are forcing me. I feel like i am slowly dying inside.
1/4 What make me anxious about school is if I see a kid throw up or see like if im in lunch or class anywhere else a kid throw up or feel sick I start feeling sick and get worried. 2/4 what makes me anxious about school is that I get worried about what if I get sick or throw up? 3/4 what makes me anxious about school. Im scared to get in the bus in the morning my thoughts " someone might throw up in the bus. " 4/4 what makes me anxious about school about getting worried if a kid throw up in my class. And I haven't thew up since 2020 started or 2019
My daughter is obsessively scared of throwing up 24/7 😥😥
Brittany Paas OH MY GOSH. I had this same problem up until a few months ago. I’m 14 by the way. I actually got sea sick on vacation and ever since then I had a huge fear about throwing up. It was to the point where I wouldn’t go places and I wouldn’t want to eat or do anything that could possibly make me sick. My brain would play tricks on me and the anxiety would kick in and I’d keep telling myself “Ella you’re going to throw up what’re you gonna do?!!! You need to leave right now oh my gosh.” But I never actually threw up ever. I understand that fear your daughter is having and I’ve gotten through it. The fear is so ridiculous to some people but I’ve cried and had anxiety attacks over it. Some advice I have is to get to know your surroundings and stay focused on what you’re doing. Also, make her go to the places she’s scared to go to because that really helped me. Even when she is convinced that she will throw up, trust me she won’t. Been there done that. I have stayed back from places because I was scared of barfing and when I see how much fun other people have had, it makes me sad and seriously mad at myself for not going. Also let her know that throwing up is a natural body function. And if she’s worried about other people judging, let her know that nobody cares, they will only feel bad for you. I hope you read this to your daughter because I have gone through this and it’s hell. I never stopped thinking about it. But hey, I got over it.
You're not alone. After my kiddo got sick in school, he had INTENSE anxiety about getting sick at school again. He never wanted to go. He'd cry and have panic attacks and even felt nauseated and on the verge of puking from the anxiety. It just compounded the fear. I set up an appt with the school counselor. It helped a little. I also set up an appt with our pediatrician-- this actually helped more! Having his doctor tell him: There's nothing wrong with you, you're very healthy, but I BELIEVE you feel sick everyday and are afraid of puking. Here's what you can do to feel better in those moments..." (My son had told me he did think something was seriously wrong w him bc he felt sick all the time, so it felt reassuring for his doctor to tell him he didn't have anything wrong w him...) And then the doctor told him ways he could help the nausea go away. He could lay his head down on the desk and practice deep breathing and he taught him how to breathe and for how long, practicing with him. He also reminded him that NOT going to school would make it worse. So any time he made it a whole day without calling me, or any time he got out of the car each morning when he didn't want to: we celebrated those victories. It got better. It takes time, but your kiddo will get there!
@@ashleypg1708 same thing here, I have state testing in an hour and I feel like crying
@@ellaternus7265 thank you for this is yet it’s good to know some people fear it due to disability like me and sometimes it may be harder to tame
Maya Anne's daughter says : I have a bully that called me dumb and sometimes I do not want to go swimming at school on Monday and Thursday because the teacher is sometimes strict.
Hi I'm 14 years old girl I'm from India im really scared for going to school I won't sleep every night i always think wt is going to happen ,my mom used to scold me every morning wt ever reason that I tell for not going to school ,I hate school but i like to study , i don't want to face people ,i just wanted to be in home all the time 😭😭✌️
Sadie for school mostly's my anxiety for school mostly comes from social interactions, fear of failing, and I also have OCD. So school is really hard, especially as a teenager
What kinda ocd do u have have?
I am so scared of going to school I beg my mom to not let me go to school I am so anxiety and cry every Sunday night like right now cuz it’s like 3am and it’s Sunday I’m so freaking scared and anxious for some reason
ya for me. The thought of going to school makes me anxious that I haven't gone to school for 7 consecutive days. I hope you are doing well
I'm 11 I just nearly started 6th grade and I'm terrified of going to school I've seen that I have social anxiety scared of school work and separation I've been feeling horrible and at this point, I don't know what to do and I know I really need help I've already gone to therapists counselors at schools..medication....and I feel like nothing helps I really don't know what to do whit my anxiety anymore...yesterday I made it through the whole day which made me so happy but today I just couldn't so I left early and I know its not the right thing to do but I just didn't know what to do anymore...sinse when I get anxiety I cry... I don't want to just stay in school crying so I left...
Same. I've already gone to a counselor and everything nothing really helped 😔
The way i relate to you. I wish i could be friends with you. And i believe you can do it. I am 12 rn things are so hard rn :(
Usually I get scared from going to school on Mondays, it’s also cause every Monday, I have a bunch of Arabic classes right after each other and each ones have different lessons so every time I go home Arabic is always gonna give me a lot of homework it’s very hard cause I also have math, english, science homework and I can never finish it, especially because I have exams every single day and the place i do the exam in my school is so big and when I do my exam I never get a private space so people are always gonna try and cheat from my test or distracting me and asking for help it gives me major anxiety and i just answer the questions really fast without thinking so I get it done quicker. I also don’t get bullied but my fear is that whenever I say something I feel like all the students are thinking in their mind like “wth wdym” girls my grade also spread rumors every time saying “ I HEARD A RUMOR THAT “me” HAS COVID” or “ I HEARD A RUMOR THAT “me”’s FAMILY IS ILL, and that is obviously not true and I get called a pick me girl cause of it. This not only happens mondays but almost every single day I have to deal with it, and I just want it to stop, this is a very long paragraph and people are probably not gonna read it but if u did please help me and help me on how to stop
I get nervous about taking in front of the class and I just get nervous about school in general
The school is yelling at me and then I get sad and then they start yelling at me even more please help me
This brings me memories when I was in school. The previous day before the first day in school was nightmare i could not sleep whole night.
I throw up everyday...
I'm not anxious to go to school,I just hate it 😐
I haven’t gone to school for 2 months and tomorrow ( well today its 2 am) i’m finally deciding ima go ima come back to this comment to see how i did and if i went and how my day went.. 😁😞😞
My son freaks out about leaving me because I nearly died at his birth
I want to go to school so so so bad, I’m missing out on stuff with my friends and I worry I’m gonna end up with no friends, I’m falling so far behind on work, my school is threatening to take me off roll because my attendance is so bad, I keep having arguments with my parents, my grades are suffering and if I went to school non of it would be happening. I haven’t got a clue what the core fear is I just freeze up at the door everytime, every night I’m laying awake for hours crying about the thought of going to school but I can’t even pin point whay im crying about it’s just the idea of being there, I haven’t had a good sleep in forever, me and my parents haven’t been in good terms for ages I’m so stressed constantly but I feel physically unable to get out the door and to go to school
Hi! I'm in my senior year of high school and have debilitating anxiety over whether I smell bad or have B.O. I used to be a part of a club that raised farm animals and was once told/ made fun of for smelling like that animal. I had never worried about my own personal smell until that moment. I can't go through a day without taking multiple showers or worrying that I smell bad to the people around me. How can I stop worrying about this? I eventually decided to be homeschooled for a school year but am back for my last year. please help!
Idk why but like 2 hours of school when I’m seating Alone I get sad for no reason like when I was doing my homework at school I tear up idk why tho no one bully me no one make fun of me no one said anything to hurt me and that will make me sad it just when I get to the class 25 minutes later I start tearing up maybe because idk how to do the math or stuff like that I like being home I like seeing my cousin there I don’t tear up there but when I go to school and 25 minutes into school I start tearing up I don’t like tearing up because I love school and I really like staying there
I am going back to school tomorrow and I think have social anxiety. I love talking to people but recently i have just been feeling super anxious. I am worried I won't know what to say but i always have something to say so it's no biggy. I am worried that i won't have anyone. I have a lot of friends and a few close friends but i am worried that they are gonna get fed up like some past friends have. I don't know where i am with people or myslef and i just get worried to be alone and have no friends. Everyone i know thinks i am reallt confident and happy but I'm not.
Daughter says: I still think I can’t go to school it makes me get scared because I might have a substitute I get really scared HELP
I would ask her “what is the worst part about having a substitute” and work on addressing those fears.
She says they’re mean. And they punish the whole class when only one or two people do something wrong. As a perfectionist and do-right kid.
On behalf of a 7 year old girl “I am 7 and i am scared that if my friends are not there i will be alone and i wont have anyone to play with”
Idk why do everybody told me to be success and work hard,I've been struggling and panicking everyday,I just kept on wasting my breath everynight,crying in silent,trying to stay calm and saying to myself that I'm gonna be okay..but the answer is NO I can't stay calm no matter how hard I try,the anxiety keep on controlling me and my feelings:( I just can't..
Same i hope you get better. You can do it i believe in you. Btw which country are you from...? I am from bangladesh 🇧🇩
Been feeling like that for all my school years and I finally reached my breaking point a few weeks ago
No joke everytime I come back from school I'm excessively tired with a pounding headache even if I didn't do anything lmao
I’m scared to go to school because I’m scared someone will kidnap me or something
my 4 year old throws up every single morning due to school anxiety.i talk alot with her to calm her but its not worth it...please share anything i can do to help her....
How are you doing at the moment? Did anyone help?
Fear of nose bleeds while at school, my daughter gets one or two a year but they last 15-20 mins and constant drip. And fear of panic attack at school
I have a fear of getting in trouble bc I’ve called a kid gay and he was and if he tells oh hell naw I’m in trouble
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I'm scared to fo to school because I feel like I'm going to get in trouble or my friends will tell on me
Same, even though I’ve done completely nothing I fear just being called out on something
Can you pls share the link of your video on red and green thoughts
Here it is: th-cam.com/video/K7kqbc-lk08/w-d-xo.html
Hello my name is Jaelyn…my fear is Not doing good enough or failing. I’m in 5 grade what my math teacher teaches I just don’t get and I feel I am the only one that does not understand and I feel if I don’t meet there standards I won’t be able to be there. also I am in a curricular activity and if you don’t have good grades u will get kicked out. that gives me anxiety. Every day when I come home I just cry cause I have lots of home work or just being scared of failure you helped me a lot I have been avoiding going to school cause I’m scared i Do not know why I’m scared though.if you read this please make a video on it 😊
I have missed to many days this year i just cant idk why i just want to sleep and not be there its terrifying
😢test anxiety, and I still have school anxiety dreams even though I'm long done!
Im scared to go to school i haven't go to school for almost a month or maybe a month now and im terrified to be confronted so im scared and when i talk about why i am absent to my teachers i tear up easily i don't even know why it's just i suddenly don't feel my hands and legs and my hands are cold then my heart beats so fast and then when my parents confront me about it i don't wanna tell them why bcs i know they'll think im just being dramatic and when they keep telling me im just gonna end up a big failure in the future and that i won't be successful bcs im too lazy to go to school and when i hear them say that i lose motivation and feel hopeless to the point that instead of using those words as a motivation to do well, i just accept that i don't have a future and im going to be a big failure just like i am now.. im trying to change yet i just can't i don't know why and it's frustrating me and everytime i hear them say those things i just end up not wanting to change and just stay like this.. i feel so hopeless i see no future in me.
I've been going for 4 days but I'm still so nervous..
Im pretty much feeling upset..im scared ill be left at school im scared my nana wont be here to get me after school.. im pretty much that way but my nana dont believe it she thinks its something else but im being real, im so upset about it im having nervous breakdowns every morning.. what in the world do i do 😭
It will get better. Just take it one day at a time, and having social anxiety isn't easy at all. I have it as well in certain social settings. I hope you are doing well :)
@@vogue_paris3106 thanks. Im taking the attempt of going to school..
My daughter stopped going to school because of social fear. She was avoiding going to school and now she’s homeschooled
Sorry to hear about her struggles :-(
AT Parenting Survival for All Ages
I just wish I had this video and your TH-cam channel months ago
I wish you did too :-( Social anxiety is my passion, as I and my oldest daughter both deal with it. I am currently working on an online class to help kids & adults beat social anxiety. I hope I can help kids with this, as it has been horrible to live with for so many years. There will be many videos on social anxiety coming out in the next month or so. Stay tuned.
AT Parenting Survival for All Ages
I will thank you very much I’m looking forward to watch them and learn from you
I’m scared for my GCSES and not doing well enough in school, and having a panic attack in front of others
Is the same applicable for school avoidance when OCD is present and not just anxiety?
Fear of crying
I’m afraid of failing.
Hi Natasha. Have you had experience with school avoidance due to fear of an allergic reaction (with a child who doesn’t have allergies) He has been tested and has not had an allergic reaction.
I have emetophobia and I really think I have anxiety because I’m scared I’m going to throw up I have had anxiety for years and it’s no fun
We can't find the red thought, green thought video. Can you point us to the right video?
I believe it was this one: th-cam.com/video/K7kqbc-lk08/w-d-xo.html
I think it may be social anxiety. Please help. I always feel like I need to pee in public, but whenever I go i never have a full bladder, it's only a couple drops. I know you already made a video about this topic but that's my core fear about school. Not even school, just being in public and thinking I need to pee. And thinking I'm going to pee my pants.
My daughter really struggled with that. We started doing “pee challenges” where she would ignore the fake signal that she had to go and would decide in advance when she would pee.
At first it was in an hour, then it went to two hours, then three. It trained her brain to ignore the false message (even though it feels very real) that she has to pee. It built her confidence and now her anxiety around pee is sooo much better. That approach can be very effective.
@@Natashadanielsocdtherapist Thanks for your help. I just started watching your videos today because I realized I had some kind of anxiety. Today I was going to the store to buy food. And when I got told that I stared getting nervous that there wouldn't be a bathroom close enough and I might pee myself and my heart stared beating fast and I was breathing heavily. I didn't want to go in the store, and I was shaking and sweating. Your videos are already helping me feel more powerful, and that I don't have to listen to my anxiety because all it likes to do is spit lies out at me. Thanks for all your help.
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I have health anxiety and have panic attacks when a slight cough comes
hello i have big anxiety and i cant go to school i havent gone to school since the year started and im moving
I'm five years old and I'm almost going to school and I'm too nervous I'm close in I'm too nervous to go there and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna fail or not
My daughters core fears are missing me or worrying about having an upset tummy and having to go poop a lot.
It's my second year in univ (technically 4th) but I relate to the emetophobia so much.
Am worried about school work
I'm scared of school because i think i'll get bullied and other people hurt me or something im also scared of lots of kids i don't know
i just always make an ass of myself and people talk about me and im not comfortable with it.
Today is a Sunday I going back to school on Tuesday and I’ve been real,y stressing and worrying about school as I have been off for 2 weeks on holiday also I’m rlly scared because I don’t have any friends I fallen out with friends I look ugly I’m so unpopular I’m starting a new year and it’s sooooo scary
Thanks it helped me
Hi i have been feeling sick since march, and in juli i threw up. ever since then it’s been a constant worry and when i went to school the first day i threw up three times. i can’t stop worrying about it because i know that it will lead to throwing up and embarresing myself so i have been skipping school. just going to school makes me sick please help
I love your videos because I stress always you help a lot
I'm scared to go to school because I have nothing to look foward to, I'm 17 and have no friends in school and I have big exams coming up which will determine if I graduate. Can someone help ?
idk why im just scared to go i have to pass my own modules i need to buy myself lunch i have to walk home getting answers wrong getting bullied😭😭😭😖😖😖😭😭
I have social fear
Ma'am my son does not want to go to school because of his teacher please tell me what i can do?
I don't know what's happening to me today my summer vacations are over but dk why but I'm not ready to go to schl tmrw I feel like they will laugh on me, insult me as they already did and once I answered a question wrong the teacher insulted me really bad and everyone started laughing on me. I myself dk what fear I'm having what is it.
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Mental health issues are so difficult to have around uneducated people or parents, you do weird shit without nothing physical happening to you so they think you are insane
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I was too :-( That can be so hard.
I just feel like I'll die. Like school shootings... Or that I will miss the bus Other than that it's fine