Things Students With Anxiety Wish Their Teachers Understood
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- School is stressful. For students who live with anxiety, the pressure can be amplified and more difficult to manage. Here's what students with anxiety wish their teachers knew.
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I still do surprisingly well in school, but some of the stuff is pretty relatable. Like when answering an extremely simple question, my heart starts racing unbelievably fast and frantic. My stomach churns and I feel odd in the chest, and my fingers start to tremble but I usually toy with my pen in my hand to look casual.
Ehh I should stop posting this stuff someone I know is gonna find it.
then make another account, that's what I did. I feel free to say whatever I want when I'm alone in my room
Choco Kona omg.. I thought I am the only one. my heart races too... it feels like my heart is pounding so fast but I try my best to hide it from my teacher n friends in the end I didn't say nothing
My heart races too. I also get a really numb feeling in my head, just for a short moment, but it makes me forget everything I wanted to say. So when I start to speak I have to figure out how to put my well planned sentence together again and that makes me stutter and I struggle to say the simplest sentences.
And in those moments I hear my voice really loud in my head even if I'm talking quietly. Most people in my class reacted annoyed, which made me even more nervous.
God...I'm so glad I graduated in 2015.
I can relate to every single thing you wrote, even the other comments..
same here, I also have fear of being stupid in front of a crowd, for example I was the MUN, my friend pressured me to ask a question in front of the people, I decided to do it but kept stuttering, I can do a presentation in front of my class, but not to strangers
How about
"The thought of working in groups with people I don't know and then presenting to the rest of the class makes me feel physically sick."
RachelWyse Most of my classes have people I'm not close to I die every time I hear "partner up"
And it's worse when everyone has a partner so the teacher makes you pick a group to go to ughhh
Kurfluffle exactly omfg it's the WORST.
Kurfluffle been there, done that, totally understand. especially if you were bullied and no one wanted you in their group and you're sitting there panicked and the teacher snaps at you to get in a group making your anxiety worse.
to top it off, you feel really stupid when the teacher tells a group if students that you will join them and then you feel even worse and low because they didn't want you in their group.
as if that wasn't bad enough, the people in your group either ignore you or glare at you for talking.
I still have really bad anxiety attacks when I'm in a roomful of people.
MissouriPride USA
this actually happened to me today at school . Its the worst feeling ever
Nesha A I'm so sorry to hear that, honey. I truly hope things get better. Talk to your teacher and if they blow you off, talk to your parents or school counselor.
Teacher: Looks like the two smartest kid in class is raising there hand.
Teacher: I'l just pick the quiet kids with anxiety, depression, Bipolar disorder, ADHD, I'm sure that will go well.
My biggest fear is presentations and group activities ~ nothing makes my heart pound harder
Mekayla Arana also when you're attention is divided lyk doing activities in other subject or you just tried to do something the teacher just look at you and say something and everyone at the room started looking at you it sucks worst feeling ever 😩😭
Same,my voice is naturally kinda low and quiet so it's really hard for me to make myself heard throughout the whole classroom. One of the main reasons why I hate presentations :/
Mekayla Arana same
the worst part is when the teacher tells u to group up or pair up and you either have no friends in that class or your friends choose someone else ;_; I swear I always ask to go to the bathroom just to cry and shit it’s scary af
Saiyan Clique same i had a an anxiety attack the night before a big presentation because I kept screwing up and forgeting things.
having "needs to participate more in class" on every report card from everyone of my teachers
i've had that on my report card every year from grade 1 to 8
true true
If teachers just knew how much it takes for someone with anxiety to participate in class, it's have an internal argument with yourself
In college, participation in class is always part of our grade. It's the lowest grade I get in every class.
Every report card- needs to be more verbal xD
I just cried over a post-it note.
Miranda Hall literally same rn
Amera Metzger me too
words with true meaning
same
Miranda Hall me too
When my teachers pick me to answer a question I always get so nervous and start to sweat so much. I just can’t think clearly and say random gibberish. So they say I’m lazy and I’m never mentally here. Well, the struggle continues every day :‘)
Vjaneee! I hope you can go through tough times safely.
Love from a Fellow ARMY💕
Evelyn Vela aw thank so much ❤️
Vjaneee! You know the answer but you mouth basically won’t let you say it
Same here. My mind blanks out when I get called out. I'm doing relatively well in school but I cannot think when all eyes are on me. Recently in English I got "soared" and "sunk" mixed up and I said "when your heart soars that is a negative feeling." I swear I could hear someone snigger, silence filled the room. I was blushing a lot as well which was not helping. I felt so horrible ufhfhffj I don't like English anymore.
it's confirmed yixing is a sheep oh i feel you hun, well.. I hope you’re doing fine. 💓
I have not experienced severe anxiety myself and was always easily top of the class. There was a kid in my class who was always angry, never focused and often got into trouble. I always thought he was just an immature child, but I saw him lose control in one of my classes. He got angry at the teacher and slammed the door on his way out, breaking it. He couldn't control his anger, and was always exiled by other students and the school itself. I realized that he wasn't just a dumb child, he was actually exceedingly bright, but most likely suffered from mental illness. Later, another student made a comment on how he most likely tried to commit suicide, to tease him. I learnt that he had indeed tried to kill himself, or at least had suicidal thoughts. Over time I started to understand that he was suffering.
I just wanted to say that schools should beore sensitive. Whether it is a small issue, like simple toilet restrictions, or a larger problem. Teachers should remember that we are ordinary people who sometimes get lost and need someone to help them recover.
I have severe anxiety too
oh yes,the bathrooms..i know the anime of your profilepic(i think) ;) i feel you
Wish they knew it took a lot of courage to be in class in the first place 😖
rozey86 I remember taking months and the majority of year 10 out of school, because of bullying, i would take 5 mins to walk to my class and i would always be late and get told off, even if i had the chance to tell my teacher why i was late, i would but i couldn't because i didnt wanna be another problem to people. My anxiety gotten worse and worse that I just stopped doing everything I loved. Going out with friends, talking, going outside and etc. I just wished people would understand people with anxiety a little better. to be fair everyone has some anxiety in them.
I understand how u feels. Just be strong and take the world by storm. You have it in you's. :3
Thank you
"You're not even trying" I'm so tired of hearing that shit.
Heyo Angelicat I know It's like I am trying but u don't even know the answer
Heyo Angelicat Me too it makes me so mad I cry
Heyo Angelicat ikr?
Heyo Angelicat awhh I feel so upset when I hear this I can't even control it
Heyo Angelicat ugh ikr?!
Sometimes my teachers think I don't care, but it's only because I have social anxiety. A lot of times, even when I knew the answer, I didn't answer the question because of my anxiety
omg same
Yeah, today my teacher called on me to answer a question and I kept mumbling and I pretended to not know the answer. I've been playing dumb like this with anxiety since 2nd grade. I've given up trying to explain my struggles anymore.
@@okkotsvz I'm...I'm sorry
Same
@@okkotsvz I can understand you very well
Honestly it’s so annoying... sometimes I even KNOW the answer, but I refuse to raise my hand, and then I just let someone else answer it, or if no one else knows the teacher says the answer :/
Don't give me an F for an oral presentation because I had an anxiety attack. Especially right after I had finally worked up the courage to tell you that every single time that I have ever had to present anything ever, I have had an anxiety attack.
holy shit... im crying on the inside cause I know that's what will happen to me.
In math classes, the teacher always calls me out to answer. Most of the questions are hard for me and I get nervous asf. When it comes to the explaining part, that's where I fall apart. It'll be something like "Uhh.. so you transpose this to here and uhh.. " with my hands shaking. It gets worse when my classmates laugh at me even though I'm not finished yet. I just feel like being titled "dumbest kid in math class" in their heads.
I feel the same way Sherlocked! I've asked my mum to explain to him that I can't answer out loud, but he never listened. He keeps asking me questions, but I can't speak! And he doesn't let me get off with it so easy. He keeps pushing me to answer regardless of how much I shake my head and hide. I hate myself if I get something wrong. It makes me feel so stupid, even though I understand it just fine when writing out the answer!
Im exactly like this. Although i dont usually have a panic attack, i just can't talk like no words will form and i just basically shutdown while standing there. I had to do an oral presentation as part as my English gcse last Tuesday and i managed to do it with only pausing for like 4 seconds once. We were allowed as many people in the class as we wanted so i just picked my friends who i knew i didnt like presenting or has anxiety like myself and it was a lot better. I hate how teachers just presume that you would love to present your work in front of the entire class as much as you love to play your favourite game. thankfully my English teacher understands the struggle and compromises a lot to the point if we have to present and theres no way of getting out of it, we do it in groups or a couple people in the group would volunteer to talk and the rest would just stand up there or manage the computer.
Morgan McLaughlin I HAD THE SAME THING. I ended up almost fainting before my presentation.
The worst,, is when they make you do a presentation and then when you saw you can't because you have anxiety they're like "oh you're just nervous everyone is nervous it's fine!" And then you fucking cry in front of the whole class
The Hipster Nugget have a written document saying you have anxiety. Then they will listen
That happened to me twice, and they still tell me the same thing
That happened to me a few months ago. And my teacher blamed my class for it. I didn't really know how to tell her about my anxiety and it was really embarrassing. I'm so glad another teacher of me, tries to understand this and tries to help. She let me show my presentation upfront of my friends instead of the whole class. It's just a little sad, that she's the only teacher on my school, who does this.
relatable lol. also one of my teachers laughed at me because i was shaking and my voice was weak lmfaooo sorry i cant control that
That's the freaking worst. When I came home to my parents with puffy eyes they talked about my anxiety with my teachers but they still give me presentations till this day. They wouldn't believe me if I had George Washington to write a whole document about my anxiety.
This legit made me cry to how much I relate. I kinda want to send it to my teacher but I'm to scared to.
Baku Baku do it
Baku Baku do it. Just, get their email, and send it to them. You don't even have to add any context.
Baku Baku Omg SAME
Do it so they will be aware
Baku Baku Do it no balls
I honestly HATE School, mostly because of drama. Today is Valentines day for me, and i met this girl i really liked. So today, I built the confedence to ask her out. Keep in mind it took me a month to prepare for this, I have had depression and anxiety since 3rd grade. And i got rejected.
And, whenever you get rejected in school, you become a part in a MAJOR DRAMA. It sucks, i just want to kill myself right now, but i cant, or my parents will get sad. Im staying up all night becauae im so scared about whats gonna happen tomorrow. If you are reading this, Please, wish me luck for my well being.
Lego Person With A Cheese It. I wish you luck
Plz talk to me I really wanna be ur friend and just say hi to u
Pav's Reich i hope ur okay now, i love you, stay strong x
I haven't been rejected yet but it sounds terrible. I suffer from anxiety as well and being a part of a bunch of drama might give me a heart attack
Don’t feel like that every kid facing this problem fobia is over comes by mere true affection love of ur beloved one l💕I always support u like my kid god bless es u your family with kind concern feel free like a bird nothing is impossible my dear son listen classical music it is devine for u my child love u like my kid so happy to see u soon
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Yea, my teacher calls on me because she thinks "if I talk more" my fear will go away. Teachers are sometimes stupid
4GreenTurtles they are stupid I hate being called on for an answer because every time i do say something it doesn't make sense or its wrong and I become so close to crying and everybody just stares
they are incredibly dumb i think if we stop paying them the ones that actually want to do their job will show up and the ones that don't can leave
4GreenTurtles it went away for me
4GreenTurtles in math out teacher makes us go to the board and give the answer I sweat, and shake when I go up to the board and when someone calls my name but she said I don't have to go up to the board anymore
I hated my forth grade teacher! She was mean. If I finished something, she would say "now work on your other work." One day, I cried so much, I went to my old resource teacher and stayed with her for an hour. Then my real teacher came in and said "whats wrong" and I said "I feel like you give me too much work." Then she blamed it all on me! omg 😭😭
every single one of my teachers tells me "speak up in class i know you have the answer, don't be embarrassed"
im not embarrassed,
im afraid,
afraid that i say something wrong,
or if i stutter,
that's its ok.
but everyday in english,
my teacher calls on me and i freak out so bad that i freeze and i can't speak.
and my friend sits all the way across the room
and she just has to watch me have a panic attack
rather than help me calm down
so when one of my other friend tells me after speaking out "you did fine"
i feel even worse to hear that
Obsession With Tacos Same!! Sometimes I just know the answer and I know that my answer is totally correct but I'm afraid that if I raise my hand I'll say sth completely wrong and mess it up. Even though my friend is aware of that all she says is lol and she looks like she doesn't really care.
Ann l my teacher even knows, i finally had to confidence to tell her and all she told me was to "get over it". like that definitely didn't hurt my feelings. and i went to see the counselor, and she just told me it's all in my head and it's apart of growing up. none of my teachers get what this does to me, and it frustrates me alot, because they don't care.
Obsession With Tacos ughhh it pisses me off when it happens like, you can't just give as advice do not be stressed. yeah. I din't think of this earlier, thanks man, you saved my life😓
Ann l I know it's like, wow, I never thought of that ! ive only been dealing with this issue for two years and being told to get over it sure helped alot !! and don't forget the "there's nothing to stress out about" my teachers are great help :)
I have very bad anxiety, it takes over my life. I don't go to school very often at all because I'm too terrified and my teacher says I am just lazy and a bad kid when I'm not. It's hard to stay happy when there is nothing to be happy about.
FxllenAngel ..yeah me too.. I go to school for like 2 or 3 times a week and sometimes I don't go to school a week. And too bad for me I will be expelled from school this month and Im going to quit. But If my parents or siblings doesn't allow me to quit then I will have to commit suicide. Please be grateful if ur life T_T . U will be fine I promise.
FxllenAngel I’m really sorry about that.the thing I hate the most is when the teacher doesn’t let you go to the bathroom because they think that your going to play on your phone even though I feel sick to my stomach about an assignment because I have such bad anxiety
I whish I couls stay home, but I cant tell my mother that...I csnt tell her I have Anxiety….so I go to school anyways..
Im in my room all the time anyways. ( Im not in a normal school, this is a school for those with conditions, I have Asperger. Plus, its hard to get in. )
Me too😢😢💔I've been missing school, not because I want to but because I just can't cope. Hey dm please IG: chérie_chuchu
i was gonna write a note to my teacher but i felt like she was gonna humiliate me in front of everyone so i just sent her this link instead
Good idea
Did she say anything
What did your teacher say about the video?
I hate it when teachers say, "How about you (my name). You don't participate much, what is ______________." I feel shamed and afraid when they say that. People in the class just look at me and I feel like I want to run away and cry. I wish my teachers knew..
Rumoured I know right
Rumoured IM NOT RAISING MY HAND FOR A REASON!
1. I CANT SAY SHIT IN FRONT OF ANYONE
2. I DONT KNOW/I DO AND DONT KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN
Rumoured ive never related more, my teacher called on me so much one day i couldn't say anything. it was like I forgot how to speak. and then she got mad that I wasn't saying anything so she sat next to me, causing my panic attacks to only worsen and I wanted to cry even more. luckly a friend sits next to me and told the teacher, because I would've started sobbing. and I did, after class I ran out as soon as the bell rang and just started sobbing. my friends know how I get
I'm the same way. I actually used to sob and panic and run to the bathroom.
Ugh i swear they do it on purpose.. Its soo awful.
i just wish my teachers would watch this
yeah right
Mali O'brien I wish that this short video would be watched in every school so that the people can understand those shy people (like me) at least a bit.
Hiyori Koi I'm a shy person too😵😞
cat lover I researched a bit of being shy and having social anxiety and realized that it has a big difference in between them. People shouldn't think, it's the same! So I noticed that I actually have social anxiety. Oh well 😂😅😶
SAME!
*social anxiety squad?*
Anna me
Anna what up
Anna here
*nervously looks at the people*
Anna yo
Sadly, the one about lack of participation is the one that's ruining my motivation in school because of anxiety. Most of the time, I want to share a good answer and I always enhance it to ensure I'll leave a good impression since I don't participate much. Additionally, one of my teachers said out loud to the whole class that the ones not participating are boring. Literally. Cried after that.
》Ashun Otaku《 the whole “boring” thing is so true. I like a lot of things and I am very chattery around those I’m comfortable with, but my teachers and family don’t rlly know this. and they’re asshole tbh, they call me boring because I never talk much around them about the things I like and I just say that I don’t have any hobbies or anything, when in reality I have quite a lot.
I can relate to that so much
1:12
Holy shit, I do great in school but not participation marks. I'm terrified of giving the wrong answer and everyone laughing. I also hate it when teachers tell you:
"If you're shy and need help. Come with me."
But how can I come to you if I'm "shy"?
i thought everyone has that but nope
I know. I hate having to do/answer something in front of the class.
Kat LOLOLOLOL I'm okay if I know the answer.If I get picked I completely freeze and it's like I can't talk. It's horrible when I have to present something in front of the class, it makes feel sick. Doesn't help that I have always been shy.
Or when your professor at uni send you a e-mail whos says: 'we need to talk.' But, that conversation wasen't scary!
When a teacher calls on me and the whole class stares at me I feel like I'm going to cry. I feel like my eyes are getting watery, I feel like my heart is going to beat out of my chest, I feel like I could pass out... but the teacher doesn't see that under my fake smiles and laughter.
Kaitlyn Serratos of course they won't see it. Try to explain it to them. It will help.
Oracle-chan thinking about telling my teachers this makes me sick, I have very bad anxiety but I can't take medicine for it
Kaitlyn Serratos I expected that answer. I wish you the best of luck tho. The best way to cure social anxiety is to ignore all the compulsive thoughts.
Oracle-chan I can't. That's the problem... but thank you♥️
Kaitlyn Serratos wow I've never actually read something so relatable
One of the hardest things for me is presenting in front of a class. I'm sure many other people have this problem, but I just can't do it. It's so hard to do and makes your heart beat a million times a minute. For me, answering questions is ok. I just wish teachers would understand and not force you to present something in front of 30 people.
Oh my god ok story time
About a week ago I had to do this presentation with a friend and we hadn't rehearsed is because we thought it was on the wrong date so we had to present it and I wasn't ready I was shaking and stuttering I kept losing grip of my papers and switching which leg I put all my body weight on I almost cried and collapsed and my partner was also nervous and stuttering but she looked Extremely confident stood next to me so we did it and I was repeating things a lot and my teacher is very nice she understands people with mental illness but for some reason as soon as we finished she literally have me the scariest look and then only praised my partner
She didn't even acknowledge the fact that I was there
She said that my partner had rehearsed it well and she loved her choice of words and I just had to stand there and stare at the ceiling and smile and seriously this triggered EVERYTHING!!
I don't know what to do and I have no idea where a bit the courage to write all of this and u talk way to much and I am so sorry but yea
That was pathetic I'm so sorry
I'm like you guys present I'll just stand here but then I look like s dumb idiot and then I get mad at my self.
I'm glad it's not just me who thinks all of these things..😔
I hate when teachers think their helping you overcome anxiety by picking on you and "showing you everyone doesn't care" and making you read in front of the class. It just makes it worse.
Blue_ Fox it does help
YES OMG LITERALLY THEY THINK HE HELPS BUT LIKE IT DOESNT
It literally doesn’t help at all. I’ve been picked on by the teachers too many times that it made my anxiety worse and I became online schooled for a year to get better mentally.
I HATE it
@@bruh-sr6kz I'm thinking of writing a note and giving it to my teachers because I feel like they deserve to know what I'm dealing with and I'm literally going to write all about social anxiety and the meaning of it and it's a real thing that I go through and I'm not making it up because they think I'm just shy or don't like talking or then I'm super depressed because something at home is going on but that's not the case I love being at home way more than being at school and nothing is going on at home but the teachers still call on me and this is one teacher who also gave me a zero today because I was scared of socializing even though I got almost all of the questions right and she also screamed at and she also screamed at me but that's not the point the point is is that she picked sticks out of a cup every single day because we do warm ups every single day and guess who gets called every single day to go do a problem on the board me the kid with social anxiety and a lot of horrible things that have happened to me when I was like 9 years old and I need contacts because I can hardly see the board but I'm too afraid of what people will think about me if I wear glasses and guess what I do every single time she calls on me I either try and get it wrong every single time and the teacher says something like why do I even bother or you're wasting our time but in reality she waste our time every single day almost she takes away our learning by not showing up to class almost every single day I mean for real why doesn't she just quit at this point? She says I waste time but in reality she waste our time every single day almost by not being there us kids have to walk to the office and tell them that our teacher did not show up to class and we are alone in the classroom and most of the time someone stays with us and they let us to do whatever until her teacher gets here and she normally gets there at the last 5 minutes of class so it's not my fault that I'm not learning anything it's the teachers but yet I still feel horrible about it because social anxiety and probably a lot of other things that I don't even know about yet
I realize public speaking is a necessary part of many classes but please take it easy on me when I'm in front of the room fidgeting, stuttering and quite honestly nearly crying. I'm not unprepared, I'm just terrified.
vanessa rae public speaking and presentations are my fucking nightmares lmao
One of my teachers last year told me to just spit the words out. That made it worse.
That sounds horrible! I think I hate your teacher
A public speaking class? What do they think that's gonna do? Make you feel worse and make you take an unnecessary class, for no reason? It won't help. They don't understand what Social Anxiety is, and they aren't well versed in it. It's ingrained in your bones. You can go days, even years, being forced to speak over and over again, but you will still feel that crippling anxiety every single time before you speak. You can't "practice and get better" or "just get over it." It's a part of you, like a physical illness, it's not just mental.
Sorry, if I sound like a "Debbie downer." It just feels like most people don't understand, or comprehend, social anxiety. Even the ones who read about it in books or take classes on the subject.
In class the teacher called on me she made me get up and said out loud to the class you never ask for help on your assignedments and never raise your hand .i start to Fidget with my hands I tell her I can't really because I'm too anxious to ask for help she looks at me and rolls her eyes. I wanted to say you don't know me you don't understand what I'm going through I wanted to tell her I have anxiety but i would think she wouldn't belive me.there was too many things going through my heads so many questions but no awnsers.i just sat there on my dest looking and my failing grade on my test and sit there and cry.
Pop Corn that's relatable and well you got through it trust me I know it hard that's why I like to be around animals a littile but more then people🐕🐈💖❤💙💜💕💞💗👍☺
You should have told your parents. Anyone who gets into the teaching field should have compassion and open mindness when dealing with different types of students. She displayed unprofessionalism and showed inability to connect with her students. I wish you had that one moment to express how you really felt because it would've been a powerful experience.
I never ask for help because km anxious too tho I just find another way around my problem . Sometimes u pace back snd fourth from my desk trying to catch the courage to go ask for help I just give up
@@leahjohnson2923 why only cats and dogs?
Honestly I wish there was a place teachers, employers, and family members could go to, just to learn about Anxiety. It would made it so much easier.
You're right, disorders such as clinical depression and bipolar are screamed from the rooftops but anxiety disorders are largely ignored.
This is such a great idea omg honestly though
Jonny Q it really would
Jonny Q then I wouldn't have gotten depressed at such a young age!
Jonny Q thing is tho, they don't really care. they're there to educate u, not to hold ur hand. they can always read about anxiety on the internet anyways
As a kid with anxiety, I hate when my teacher(s) pick me to answer a question even though my hand wasn't raised along with *several* others😒😑
Garrett Brando ikr
Garrett Brando yes that is relatable
And when people call you weird or mean for not wanting to work with them
Garrett Brando sameee I start shaking and sweating and like ugh
Yea I hate it, once I almost started crying cause of getting called on.
Garrett Brando I agree
I have social anxiety and my teachers give me bad grades for not participating but its just because its hard me to talk out loud or to others. Once I cried in public cuz I had to read a short story in front of my class. Its not fun suffering from this
When I know the answer the teacher picks someone else
Me: ok...
When my hand is not in the air the teacher picks me
Me: OH SHIII--
I know right. Even though I have the wrong answer, such a nightmare. But I can also relate, it happened a lot of times in my intermediate level.
Even if I know the answer just please don't pick on me I beg you
Ehh. I dont even know the answer.. Idk why my teachers always called my name and make me a leader of the group.. And one of my classmate is angry cuz we always failed but i tried my best.... And i got that feelings like u since grade 6..
I actually dropped out of high school because I couldn't deal with it anymore.. Teachers and people in general need to start recognising anxiety as something serious. It affects so many of us on a huge scale daily..
I'm actually crying right now... I don't know why but I realise how much it affects me right now really. I have really bad panic attacks because of my social anxiety and it's getting just worse. I don't know what to do anymore because everything is ending in me hiding and crying.
goryteeth same
try and get some help. i know it can be difficult, and you probably don't really like the idea of telling someone how you feel, when you probably don't even know it yourself. but seriously, if you feel like you can't talk to anyone about it, start a journal. let out all your feelings, all the things that are causing you anxiety, the things you're paranoid about. let them all out and keep that journal in a safe place, because i'm sure you wouldn't want anyone to read it.
if you need any help, anyone to talk to, and this doesn't apply only to you, but to anybody going to this stuff, just tell me a way i can contact you. i'm always willing to help and listen. i hope you get better. no, actually, i know you'll get better. (seriously, if anyone needs someone to talk to just, tell me straight away. don't be scared of what i'll think about you when you tell me about whatever you're going through, i'd never judge anyone because of things like that.)
Please head over to my channel, I made it specifically to for broken people to contact eachother. Your like a broken piece of an object, the only way your going to start coming together is if you connect with another broken shard.
goryteeth sometimes we need to choose between what is right, and what is easy
goryteeth pussy
im crying now because of how this is so relatable. I had social anxiety since I was a little girl and it gets hard when I present something or when I get called on without raising my hand... I mean my teacher knows that I am "Shy" but it's more than that. So whenever she asks a question for the students to answer she always picks me even though there is ALOT of kids raising their hands. It gets really hard and scary for me to go to school now.
I have a seveire type of social anxiety called selective mutism, I hate when teachers call on me when I don't expect it, some days I can go without saying a Word to Anyone
Hey I have that too!!!! I’m over 2 years late, but I’m happy I’m not alone in the comment section.
It’s also said that Selective Mutism can be very misinterpreted and people normally don’t understand it
I can already hear my teacher saying that's no excuse
Henry Adams And I can already hear myself thinking
"Bullshit"
Another reason to hate all teachers
Henry Adams, agreed.
I can, too...
Same here
I wish that when you tell teachers you can't present in front of the whole class, that they would let you do the presentation privately
The other English teacher in my grade (there are two) does that, but NOOOOO Mr. Vital; you say that we need to "stop being knuckleheads and just get up there or we're failing"
I had a teacher in eighth grade who let me do that. I would always have a panic attack right before i was supposed to present. So she would wait untill the end of class for me to show her.
For me that doesn't really help though... I had a teacher that made us present to him privately and I freaked out over that too and stuttered like an idiot. I literally got marked off for stumbling over my words and bad pronunciation even though I can't help that
itsmaddiet My friend and I have really bad social anxiety so we actually asked our teacher if we could both (it was a partner project) just in front of him on our own time, and he just said so meanly "no! Why would you need to do that? Just present in front of everyone else just like they have to" yeah, but 'everyone else' doesn't have terrible social anxiety
Sincerely, Your Physics Teacher if that was how rude they were to me, I would refuse to do it and fail
They need to show this to like every teacher before they start their job
Presentations/role plays are my worst nightmare
I got anxiety about running out of time to read the sticky notes.
Jeanie in a bottle same
Jeanie in a bottle me too
Starr Lewis it was a small joke that didn't harm anyone; on a serious video like this it made me smile seeing a joke to lift the mood. You don't have to be so upset by it.
Jeanie in a bottle I know right? I had to keep pausing in case I missed it
Jeanie in a bottle i paused it a lot to
This made me cry because of how accurate it is
Aditi Sharma
Aditi Sharma yes same
Wish I can just send this vid to all my teachers 😔
I have so much homework struggle, I just breakdown. My parents always say, it's just because you give up when things get hard, just like you gave up gymnastics and soccer. And when they help me, they go over things I already know, and not the things I don't. So I get frustrated and yell at them, then they don't help me again. I was so successful as a kid, my parents were so proud of me, I was active, I was kind, responsible. I was the confident kid. The quirky one, but didn't care if others didn't like it. Relentless bullying in upper elementary and middle school killed that part of me. Suffocated it. It left, for God knows how long. I was scared of how people would react to what I say. I had to think before I spoke, what comeback can they use, how would they use this against me? Teenage years hit, I'm rude a lot, I have teenage girl attitude, I quit sports, my parents don't trust me as much. I was wise beyond my years, as they said. Now they don't say it. I want to tell them my struggles, but don't have the courage. My mom checks my phone anyways, she'll probably find this comment. Buf if you read this whole comment, thank you.
i know im a year late but i feel the same thing. it sucks and i hate it.
and then try adding depression. Yeah. not fun.
Pianic Maniac
Anxiety and depression came together with me. It's so much fun isn't it?
Pianic Maniac Anxiety and minor OCD for me. I hate it.
Pianic Maniac
i know that pain, its sucks so
much. my life is a living hell
that has nothing to do with anything though. OCD and Insomnia are actually the most mistaken mental disorders. Chances are, you dont have them. I used to think I had insomnia too. It isn't not sleeping having a hard time sleeping, its being physically unable to sleep and it really fucks up your entire life
having OCD i hear is horrible too. It's not being mad that something is slightly out of place, it's having panic attacks if it is. I don't know much about OCD but it is also pretty serious but not taken as seriously as it needs to be. I'm telling you this from experience, I used to think i had these things too until i educated myself. Who knows, you might have it, but I wouldn't claim it. You don't want insomnia. You don't want to claim Insomnia or OCD, it isn't a fun thing.
Social anxiety is not being shy.. I hate how people just assume your shy, stuckup, and rude/cold because you don't talk to them. There are millions of other reasons why we don't
So true 😢😢
U want fries with that!
I want all of my teachers to know about social anxiety and stop calling me shy!
In 6th grade, I had the worst teacher. She would make such a huge deal when you made the smallest mistake. At every parent teacher conference, she would tell my parents that I don't try at all and I don't care, when it wasn't true. She would tell me to my face how I didn't try and it made my anxiety worse. Then high school started and now I feel great
i wish teachers understand that im not being lazy or procrastinating im trying my best to concentrate on the class instead of the sound of my hertbeatand and not cry
seriously, I really do tho
Usta X excuse me, but anxiety is something serious. You sound exactly like one of the types of teachers mentioned in this video.
GrassSpeaks the teachers are preparing them for the real world. They are not going to be pampered in work areas so they shouldn't be pampered in school.
Zebra Llama They're not asking to be pampered, they're asking to be understood.
Zebra Llama People struggling with mental health should not be pampered, but there should be alternatives for projects such as presentations.(Such as writing a longer paper to compensate for the public speaking portion).
People who are handicapped get to park closer to the store, and that's not pampering, that's making their lives easier. It goes the same way
when i did my speech on social anxiety at school (ironic i know) i was incredibly shaky and nervous but i wanted my classmates to know what i went through. i walked back to my desk after with a really wobbly smile as everyone clapped and stared after me and then as soon as i was seated i started crying cause it got too much for me ugh it was so bad and embarrassing. apparently i was not evident enough about my anxiety because all i got for my report was 'needs to speak louder' and my teacher still called on me regularly to explain english concepts in my own words (total nightmare honestly)
Phan Trash what the hell??? Screw that feedback and screw your teacher
Phan Trash Oh my god, that is terrible. I advise you to change schools. I know it can be scary as hell to go somewhere you don't know but I don't think it can get any worse than the situation you are in right now.
Wtf?
Your teacher is horrible, I think maybe you need to let your parents call him/her so that they can explain to the teacher that you have social anxiety.
YayFee my teachers are just like this I hate when they call on u without even raising ur hand and everyone stairs at u I get the worst anxiety
I'm not lazy. I try my hardest. I'm not lying. I do everything i can. Anxiety isn't something i just made up one day.. 😢
Even my parents don’t understand me....they call me lazy even when I try my best
why can't teachers just for one day at least act like they actually care about students??
agree. but to be fair teachers (in america at least) are treated so bad. Imagine going to university for 4 years, working your butt off and wracking up a huge debt, then going to a grade school and being paid poorly, can't miss work unless half dead, students never respect you, being forced to teach incorrect, religious or outdated information...
not an excuse to mistreat kids but it's not hard to understand why they do.
Sabrina Griffin they do. They care about students LEARNING and putting in the work and not making excuses. And they care about being fair to the whole class. If they let everyone off who suddenly claims to have a mental illness after missing a deadline - how would the rest of class feel? How could they make sure they are not just enabling ppls lazyness? Ppl often need a bit of a push in order to reach their true potential - this is why we hire eg coaches in sports. A teacher has the same job for an intellectual subject. If you really have a mental illness get diagnosed and talk to your teachers at the beginning of term. Don't expect them to be able to distinguish you from a lazy person when you only ever tell them after you missed your deadline or performed badly and try to give some undiagnosed illness as an excuse. How is a teacher supposed to distinguish you from a lazy person who found out they can get all sorts of accommodations with a little acting? It would be unfair to the rest of the class and even bad for the lazy person - bc if the teacher lets them get away with it they'll never reach their true potential. Most teachers DO care about their students very much. (I'm not a teacher myself but I know their side very well.)
TheFeldhamster Not the ones I've had
I broke down in my english class due to a terrible anxiety attack and i left the class. So my best friend went after me and we came back after 25 minutes of talking. Then my teacher called my bestfriend up to talk to them. My teacher said to not be friends with someone like me and that i just wanted to bring them down and make them fail the class. Just because i have anxiety, it doesn't mean i want attention or that i'm a trouble maker.
Taylor Is A Turtle Omg I am so sorry that happened. I hope you are still friends and never care about others. I know it's hard not to care but I know you can at least try. I suffer through Anxiety Disorder and OCD and it's not fun. But I learned not to care about others because they always cause me to feel like shit..
Taylor Is A Turtle Omg I fucking hate your teacher! What the fuck!! Its so Stupid and unprofessional, something similar happened to me too and I could Never look at My teacher the same way... Fucking ignorants, I wish you friend is a "Good" friend and doesnt leave you over this Stupid teacher's opinion
I get so stressed and just procrastinate not bc I’m lazy but bc of the stress and anxiety and fear and depression that haunts me and that’s something a lot of ppl don’t understand they take it as you being lazy and not caring but I do. In fact I would get upset if I didn’t get straight As and I made sure I studied and took lots of notes but I’ve gotten more depressed and it’s so hard to just write or concentrate in class or do anything other than lay in bed bc there’s so much thoughts running through my head that I’m constantly thinking about.
The one i relate to the most is at 1:04 "I wish they knew how much time, dedication, tears, breakdowns and energy it can take to get an assignment done".
I always thought it was this hard for everyone, that everyone had a sudden anxiety attack while writing a philosophy paper. But uh, apparently no. It's just so difficult to keep the intrusive thoughts away sometimes. So i really wish they know that if i give them a white sheet, it's not because i'm lazy, i don't care or i didn't studied. I tried my best but it just made it worse.
i wish teachers were more like friends. i wish it was less of an authority thing and more of a let's help each other out thing
I have anxiety and this is so true sadly... no one understands me and everyone says im weird... i cry so often but nobody ever asks me if im ok...
You never see tears fall from my eyes, but if you look at my soul, I have created an ocean of tears.
Tora Chan I feel you I hate how nobody understands like sometimes I just cry about how crazy this all is for real you know 😴
As someone who suffers from panic disorder and generalized anxiety, you usually keep to yourself and would rather have people leave you alone, i hate HATE crying in publiv and most people with anxiety do but if thats you thats fien anxiety is different for everyone
Wade Hawk sameee
Tora Chan same !
it got that bad once my teacher asked me to read one line of Romeo and Juliet in front of the class and I said no please my Freind offered to do it coz she understood but the teacher made me do it straight after that I broke down and started crying he didn’t even care
I wish they understood that when they interrogate me and I struggle to answer it's not because I don't know the answer, but because I'm trying to pick it up form inside my memory and to bring it out passing through all of the mess that's in my head because of anxiety.
I wish they understood that I struggle to stay focused or to remember certain kind of things because of depersonalization, which is of course the worst symptom of anxiety.
I wish they understood that when they would call me out for interrogation, they didn't force me to stand next to them in front of all the class.
I hate when teachers make us do "ice breaker" activities and talk about yourself in front of the whole class. They'll often make us say like a word that describes or what's something we're good at and it always stresses me out cause I don't want to say I'm good at something and then have other people there who think I'm bad at that and then think I'm super self centred. Or I don't want to describe myself the wrong way... Idk if that makes sense. Basically I just hate talking About myself in front of the class or whatever
Psychotic on Fleek someone finally feels the same way i do:'0
I F*CKING HATE ICEBREAKER ACFIVITIES. ITS LIKE IF I DONT WANT TO BE FREINDS WITH SOMEONE THEN I SHOULDNT BE FORCED TO. I hate whenever teachers say , "You should try to be more social and make more friends" well maybe I want to talk to the people who I'm friends with instead.
Psychotic on Fleek, agreed.
Oh my gosh yes, I hate that. I don't want to seem conceited but then again people will say I'm lying to seem modest. Or I'll think I'm good at something and people will Dissagree and that scares me because what if there right? Urgh, I hate ice breaker activities
Psychotic on Fleek heres a good answer if a teacher ever asks you to introduce yourself and she asks you what are you good at you answer "Im good at finishing conversations i hate and im guessing this will be my first one" everybody should stay with a gasp but thats just the shock of communication. it wears off eventually
for someone without anxiety, sometimes I wonder why my school puts so much stress on students being able to come to them, and assembly's and days dedicated to mental health issues. then I see something like this and I'm glad my school tries.
Kelsey smet yeah but sometimes they overdo it and cause even more anxiety to the people who already had anxiety.
Kelsey smet if only my school cared...
Kelsey smet you are soo lucky you don't have anxiety. It no fair!
Pixel Maddie life isn't fair... It's something we have to deal with. Sure, we all wish it was fair, but that's an unrealistic dream.
I went in school having an anxiety attack and my teacher said "You've come in crying everyday, we need to stop this its becoming stupid" its nearly the end of summer and im already crying myself to sleep thinking about school.
although i'm not sure how serious is my anxiety, but i can relate in some things.
it doesn't mean i don't care when i don't participate, it means i'm scared that others will not care what i have to say, that they will laugh at me or blatantly ignore me, it happened so many times that i just gave up on trying, no point in wasting my energy on people who don't respect me as a person and what i want to say.
and the worst is when teachers put you down in front of the whole class. like, it's not enough that classmates don't like me, don't respect me, you have to re-enforce their stance even more, thanks for making me feel even more isolated and more scared to speak and making mistakes.
the cherry on top is when teachers or people in general single you out and call your name or make comments, when in reality i'm not the only one who keeps quite during the same situation but for some reason i'm the only who who gets labeled.
Teacher: What's (question)?
Me: *Doesn't raise hand(
Teacher: *Picks on me*
Me: I didn't raise my hand
Teacher: Well everyone should raise their hand because everyone should know the answer
Me: Then what's the point of people raising their hands??
Yep yep yep I 100% agree with you on that
Me: So does that mean you want me to shout out something random whenever I want because apparently you don't like people to answer when they know the answer.
That is the most logical thing i prolly ever heard
Thats a smart comeback😂
StrangeNutCloud EXACTLY
I wished my math 1 teacher saw this. She tells us, after a parent had called about how they didn’t want their child to get called on in class because of their anxiety, “I’m going to call on you regardless.” She doesn’t understand that when I get called on and she gets mad at me that I want to curl up in a ball and cry. When I have to answer a question, my face feels like it’s tingling and I either talk too fast or I stutter too much. The feeling only gets worse when I have the wrong answer. I try to play it off as “oh I’m just out of it today,” when really I just want to leave and calm down before I have an anxiety attack.
The Ghost's Shadow I relate to this when I was in grade 5 I couldn't resist but to just blow it off as Just Another Bad Day I feel like from pulling up inside and dying nothing else to give nothing else to love it's sort of the same now but I've gotten better through the years. This can be fixed but teachers should do this! They should be realizing this by now I get that they need students to say something to answer something but when they're shy and can't answer the question really they need to know for that.
The Ghost's Shadow I have anxiety attacks in front of the teachers and no one asks me if I’m ok
My English teacher got mad because I got an anxiety attack in class and told me that I was drawing to much attention to my self
I just wrote these notes down and thinking about giving them too my teacher, should I!?
I always sit alone in school and in my class i never talk to my classmates and they're always like "why don't you ever talk" "why are you so quiet" and when i say something they're like "OMG she talks!" I always sit there in a corner hating my life everyone thinks i'm weird. like i rarely shut up at home but i feel so nervous in school and at the same time bored.
Yoongi Stan I'm exactly the same. And in class, when I DO raise my hand, the teacher ignores me yet when I don't know the answer, they like to call on me.
I wish they knew how serious anxiety can be; It's the worst feeling in the world. I'm a selective mute, so when I speak, I'm comfortable around you, but I don't like to be forced to speak
That's so me...I totally understand how you feel...now it's getting a bit better...like...not really, but now I have 5 friends who also struggle or have struggled with something...but my anxiety is still the same and nowadays it really affects my grades at school, because now in high school participation is extremely important and it doesn't even matter if you get 100% in your exams...I hate my life so much and I'm so bad at maths...and my math teacher is K I L L I N G me!!!! Oh god...where do I begin...so...first of all she told my parents that I'm EXTRMELY lazy (I learn sooooo much and even sit many hours in my room to understand everything...like really...I try my hardest...) I always get an E in math...and my parents don't know ANYTHING about me and my struggle with anxiety...I love my parents so much and I know how much they care about me and they do everything for me...but when it comes to my grades...they're the worst parents on earth...ONLY ONCE in my life my parents defended me when a teacher said that I'm crazy and have a handicap just because I never participate...my father got so angry and my teacher was speechless...now my teacher is scared of my parents (my father is VERY aggressive) and he never said anything...but my parents are always angry at me...and they ask me/shout at me EVERYTIME "why do you never participate?! Are you scared?! Just say something...ANYTHING...it doesn't matter if it's wrong!!! You won't die...it's not the end of the world when you say something wrong!!!" and...because of my anxiety and because my parents can be so aggressive and loud...I'm scared to explain them the truth...it's so hard...and only god knows how much it hurts when they shout at me, because I "don't participate at school"...I then always stand there for about an hour until they finish and can't move or say anything...but at the same time they're like the best and most caring parents I have...I'm always so confused, because I'm so mad at them, but at the same time I can't be mad at them...but back to my math teacher (Oops...I always change the subject so quickly without noticing 😅) so...when she said I'm lazy...of course my parents believed her and they took my phone away for a week...and it was so uncomfortable...because my father wanted me to just stand there and watch him how he does things, because I'm sooooo slow at everything...and...it was so uncomfortable and humiliating for me...even some friends of my father (he told them everything about me and got mad in front of them) bis friends came to me and said "it's ok...calm down...we know you're father is very angry at you...but it's okay...don't worry" like...it's so different in my life...I myself don't understand...am I alone? Am I not?...but in the end...actually no one cares and understands except my best friend...She's the only one...she knows many things about psychology because of her mom...so that's why...I'm happy that I have her...she doesn't really relate or anything...but she tries her best to understand how I feel...and I'm so thankful...that's a real best friend...she even herself has been bullied in the past...but lucky her...it didn't affect her much...first she was lonely...then I was her friend, because I knew how lonely she felt...and she was soooooooo happy to have me and told me that I was her first "real friend"...now she's okay als everything's fine...but I struggle since my childhood...but I realised it all...when I was in 8th grade (middle school) and I broke in thousand pieces...I will never forget that moment...(I changed the topic again) so...my math teacher...she's that teacher who calls me lazy, who told me that I won't be able to graudate and shouts at me everytime and makes me constantly feel uncomfortable and insecure...She's the one who calls me when I don't even raise my hand...it's horrible...and then when she does that and I don't say anything, because I don't know the answer and at the same time I'm scared to say anything wrong and everyone stares at me and then my teacher shouts at me...and when I try to say something I speak so quietly and then she shouts at me to speak more loudly and then everyone laughs and when I say it louder I sound so insecure and then she shouts at me again "ARE YOU ASKING OR IS THAT AN ANSWER?!" and then I try my best to sound more confident and then...she says I'm wrong...then...I sweat sooo much and I just sit there and suddenly have the urge to cry and run away from EVERYONE...I can't breathe anymore and hear my heart beating so fast...oh god...
(I wrote so much...thank you if you read everything...really...I could write a novel about this 😂)
Miyukix3 Omg I understand how you feel. teachers like these suck tbh but you're so lucky to have a friend like her god bless you both
Yoongi Stan OMG SAAAMMEEEE!!!
Yoongi Stan this is EXACTLY my life every word.... You not alone😟😖
"you're labeled as a problem student." I hated hearing that during hs dude!
Gia-Marie literally my Language arts teacher says that all the time to me
Sometime I wish teachers would understand kids who have these issues but sadly that will never happen.
Anna Brooks ye
This. That breaks my heart. As someone with anxiety, that's one of the reasons I don't want any teacher to know about my anxiety. I'm fortune enough that I have a psychologist in my school that I can trust and go to if my anxiety is really wrecking me on the inside.
Anna Brooks that's why I hated being in the school system. We're all taught to learn and live just as the next man. If you think a bout it, most teachers/professors are unsuccessful in what they set out to do, and are now teaching the youth to be just like them. I'm solo glad I'm done with all of it!
I wish teachers knew that pressurizing students for marks can't give them marks. I wish they would have helped instead of discouraging.
i wish they knew ...
The one thing I hate is that part of my grade relies on participation at my school. Everyone is always like: she's just a goodie-too-shoes she doesn't want to get the wrong answer and people always point out how quiet I am ALL OF THE TIME
shaksndnnss kebahsnsnna Yeah same and they pester me to say something and it scares me a little
Same
shaksndnnss kebahsnsnna yeah my friend always gets on me about not volunteering and I'm not quiet but I still have anxiety, I hope they stop pestering you
Same! And they just always have to point out that my face is red when the teacher calls on me.
EXACTLY
I wish teachers understood some of us don't have friends in certain classes and are to awkward to make friends, so don't make us go in pairs!
I cried in my English class because every person in the class was pressuring me to read my essay. And my teacher just ignored it. I was bawling my eyes out and only one person in the class cared. Not even my 'friends'
Last Monday I spent all of lunch alone. I got in a fight with my best friend about a month ago and she has new friends. Me? I have no one. My other two friends constantly leave me out, and that day they ran away from me leaving me with no one. I cried in the bathroom before telling myself I needed to be strong. So I went to my locker and spent lunchtime 'tidying' it alone, tears in my eyes. Several of my teachers passed me.
Nobody stopped to ask me if I was okay. No student nor teacher.
I went to class alone when I had a panic attack. I was so lonely, and I couldn't do it anymore. My two friends noticed and Asked me if i was okay. I lied and said I was.
My teacher walked in to the room. This is the only teacher that has tried help me.
He asked me if I was okay, what was wrong. But of course, I said I was fine. You know, I'm just casually having a panic attack in front of you. He knew I wasn't. But I couldn't tell him. I couldn't explain how I felt. I had zero confidence, I felt lost, depressed, and alone.
I went to the bathroom and he sent a girl in my class to make sure I was okay. Most teachers wouldn't, they'd ignore it. I told her I was fine.
Everyday he gave me a smile, a thumbs up, or something to make me feel better.
On Friday he called me in during lunch. He told me he was worried about me, and asked me if I was really okay.
I lied and told him of course I was. It was just stress. I told him I was fine.
He was still worried, and he asked me to come visit him today. And every day at lunch for 5 minutes.
Unfortunately I was sick today so I wasn't at school.
But just knowing, that there's one person who cares. One teacher that understands. One teacher that gets it. One teacher who is worried about me.
One teacher who will see past the fake smiles.
One teacher who notices.
One teacher that cares.
Yes, I feel alone.
But at least one person knows I'm not okay
Im sorry
SCHOOOOOOOLS I'm here to support you everytime you want❤
SCHOOOOOOOLS do you have any other social media? If you do I'll be your friend❤
i'm in the same situation, i don't have friends, i'm alone, and when someone asks me if i'm fine, i always tell them that yes i am. Once i hided in the bathroom, i was feeling horrible, i was criing, and no one noticed that i wasn't in class. I wish in my school there were a teacher like yours, who cares, and who understands. But in mescal a teacher who cares doesn't exist. And by the way, how are feeling now, do you still see your teacher at lunch time?
You could tell him the truth, he is probably going to listen you and try to help. I wish I could have someone to talk about how I feel.
Teachers don't purposely pick on me for questions, it's that dreaded randomiser.
Also, my teacher started telling at me once in class for not apologising to him> in front of the whole class about laughing;do you even know what social anxiety is, Mr. Petty?
I can litterally relate to _everything_ in this video
Once my teacher called on me and I had an anxiety attack, I started crying and rocking back and forth. She noticed and she sent me to another room in her classroom and she said "Are you okay?" And shook my head yes she told me that I could come out of the room when I was better, she got me water and I stayed there for a while. She also told me that we were gonna talk about it, I was so happy because I kinda trusted her and I wanted her to know what was going on. Two days later, she sent me to the counselor. It helped and the counselor told me that my teacher wouldn't call on me again. After that my teacher kept calling on me and I kinda hated her and it made me mad because the next time I had an anxiety attack she said, "Oh sorry, I forgot." I was thinking, 'How do you forget that one of your students has an anxiety attack every time you call on them???'
Your...profile pic.
I love it.
Anyway, uh...
I don't know.
No offense to you but you have to remember most teachers are over stressed, overworked and underpaid. Hope this helps
I have a sister as a teacher. I help her do everything she can for students with disorders and anxiety. She has a music class, which has a soundproofed room attracted to it. After finding out she had a student with depression+Anxiety they were completely welcome to go in there if they needed, and my sister made sure no student made a big deal of it. She makes sure to never call on students she knows are shy/Anxious unless they raise a hand. For her, the students being comfortable is such an important thing and i'm glad that i can help her with ideas to understand or assist these students
Noodle Squad lucky I had to do a playing test in FRONT OF THE WHOLE CLASS today...
I never realized that the largest trigger for my anxiety was sound untill eight grade. Untill then all of the rooms were never over stuffed and had carpet floors, and the lunc rooms had sound obsorbing walls. In eighth grade we switched schools to an over crowded school with no means of soind proofing.
When the teacher says to get with a partner, this mostly happens in English because my friend is in a different class
I don't know if I have anxiety or not bc I've never had it diagnosed and I don't want to go around saying I have anxiety when I might not but this is still something that makes me stressed
I get so mad when a teacher randomly calls on students to answer questions in class. I struggled with anxiety in high school and I was so anxious in the classes where they called on people that I struggled just in those classes because I couldn't focus. And if you really think about it, it isn't a big deal at all. Even if the situation is embarrassing, the next day no one will remember it. What kills me is I remember EVERY moment and EVERY teacher who made classes more anxiety-inducing for me and I'm the only one who will remember those things. Sometimes I get mad at how ridiculous my anxiety is, but of course, that just makes it worse. As you can see anxiety has always been a trait of mine LOL but as I age things that used to give me anxiety arent as intense. I've noticed two things that help tremendously with anxiety: self-esteem & not taking everything so seriously. If people laugh at you laugh along or joke about yourself, knowing you are good enough and you're beautiful.
I wish my teacher knew that I was just nervous to go up in front of class and not think that I was autistic. Seriously she thinks that I am because of my social anxiety.
Cinnamon toast dragonrider LOL
***** tbh that must be hell
ayy i have autism and anxiety too buddo
omg that's horrible!
mildly autistic and anxiety club
Maybe...if i have the courage...i should show this to all my teachers
Kirstin Erasmus If you have access to the teachers' emails, send it to them anonymously.
I watched this video and just broke down in tears. I don't even have the mental strength to write down all my thoughts on paper. If only i wasnt scared to show this video to my teachers.
This is actually really sad and relatable for me...
Even if your grades are low, hear this.
Grades, and IQ are only a little bit of intellegence, "why?" You may ask.
Its because the only thing they measure is memorization and repeating rules, and that is the illusion of intellegence,
There is other intellegence, emotional intelegence, creativity, thinking outside the box, folowing what we do in life, and much more. Repeating and memorization is the only thing they measure
So renember, just because your grades are bad does NOT mean you are a failure! It does NOT mean you cant do anything, the minds of ALL of you are unique and smart in their own way, no matter how much you have failed, made mistakes, made others angry, made yourself being scared or amgry. You are much more than the "intellegence" they call
Totally agree
I wish somebody would just once in my life tell me that grades matter. It's the only thing I'm good at. I get the best possible grade with very little effort in basically every subject, but I can't make pasta. I'll do a spontaneous presentation, but I will not go to the dentist without my Mom. I don't get along with children and animals, and suck at practical thinking.
But people only ever say that grades don't matter, they say nothing about your intelligence and in your adult life nobody cares about them anymore.
Looks like I'm a pretty useless person.
IQ is basically a measure of how you will do in the real world because not everyone can get a “creative” and “unique” job so yes, IQ does matter.
+Baguette Gott at least for now, grades do matter. There's time later to learn how to make pasta, colleges don't care if you get along with kids or animals, they care about grades and test scores. You can do this!
what if u suck at both
This video and the comments are so damn relatable... I almost feel like people actually understand me
Poodle GT because there are so many people that have anxiety in this world including me
Yet we're surrounded by people with no worries,makes everything even worse
i understand you
Poods i know right none of my friends have it except for me
I feel u
I have anxiety/depression and I agree with a lot of these points, but I am very academically achieved. I always get stuff on time, but I hate when they call on me. I get so nervous and not even joking, everytime I have to go speak in front of the class, my knees start to visibly shake.
I am crying right now because I’ve had so many teachers who didn’t understand my anxiety and I am happy that you are standing up for the rest of us who are to afraid to say anything 👏👏👏
I really want to write everything here down in a book and leave it on my desk OPEN...
heh... I'm writing this all in a book... Plus some of the comments... I am going to think of a way to show it to the teachers at school...
that's very clever
BTS SugaKookies ooh good idea wait my teacher will throw it away
Army (≧∀≦) try to always think positiv btw i have social anxiety and it’s very annoying😔
Or when your hand isn't up and they ask you the answer and you either say you don't know or just sit silently but they still keep pestering you with "oh come on" or "have a guess" "it's ok if you get the wrong answer" IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE DAMN CLASS
WolfGamerGirl IKR
WolfGamerGirl YEAH LIKE WTH
One time my history teacher called on me (because no one had their hand raised so he had to chose someone) and I didn't known the answer and I just said I don't know and he was like try and pay attention and then I thought to myself sorry I don't know what the answer is when you haven't gone over that stuff yet!
+WolfGamerGirl IKR!! I absolutely hate it when that happens, like i'm just sitting there getting more and more uncomfortable and close to tears, everyone else to watching in silence or either joining in with the teacher that keeps on asking you the question, i wish i could just get up and walk out of the room to go the bathroom to have a breath, but everyone would probably make a huge deal out of it, ask me why i did so guess that's not an option. Another thing i hate is when you say the wrong answer and the teacher explains it in front of everyone else and i'm quietly having a mental breakdown inside my head.
I...cried from this video and I feel like a baby. I understand this so much I don't feel As alone. I wish I had someone to talk to...hmu...?.
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Had a 10 minute panic attack in my silent class today and my teacher wouldn’t let me leave the classroom because I was in trouble for talking. :)))))))
If my teacher knew how badly I do try and have really bad panic attacks to the point where it is hard to breathe if I forget homework she would stop pressuring me so much.
2 Phrases from hell:
*You’re gonna need to have a partner for this task*
*Participation counts 20% of your grade*
Unless your friend is there. But when your friend picks another person as their partner, you feel absolutely betrayed.
Luckyily I have a few friends in my classes one of just friends have anxiety and deppresion like me so we understand each other better than other people understand us
Dy Ray Uhmmm i don’t even have any friends in my school, i am absolutely lonely
3. *”Being nervous” is not an excuse.*
I’m trying so hard at every subject I have but all the teachers say to my parents is that “she’s shy and needs to talk more” or “sometimes she doesn’t try that hard” I even had a breakdown when one of my hardest teachers talked to my parent and said that I wasn’t doing so well this year..
I wish teachers understood how stressful and scary it is to be randomly called on during class. I hate being teased and judged if I get the answer wrong. Sometimes I’m always afraid of going to school because of this. I really want to overcome this fear but I don’t know how. I’m tired of being shy. But I’m also too scared to be brave.
In gym class my teacher made us get up out of the water. I felt exposed like everyone was staring at me. I couldn't talk. My ass of a teacher who always targets me shouted snapping me out of my thoughts. He said " why aren't you even trying?" I tried to do the exercise again but I couldn't the even lift a single leg out of the water. Everyone turned there heads back to other things but I still felt there eyes bore Into me. We then started swimming laps. I have a hard time swimming and I can't get enough air in even one a normal day. Yet alone racing against 15 other people. I was doing decent enough for myself. Everyone was either 5 feet In Front of me or tied with me. But then my teacher pointed out that I was doing it wrong. I immediately stopped in the water. He said questions like "why did you stop?" I could barely talk but I managed to say that I thought that I was doing it right. I wanted to cry but even though I was in the water people would notice. So I kept going. I started to stop in the water again. I couldn't focus. He shouted my name like it was an insult. Sending chills down me. I felt like he was going to pull me out of the water and throw me to the hard pool deck as a demonstration while everyone else laughed.
PITBULLS 4 LIFE my gym teacher sucks too and I hope that things get better for you, just know your not alone
PITBULLS 4 LIFE A similar situation occured last week at my school. It was in PE and we were at the swimming pool. A student in my class absolutely hates it. Once, during a race, he got into a situation similar to yours. The teacher did the EXACT same thing, and everyone started laughing, except me and my friends (they did nothing though)... Then I went and confronted the teacher, almost managed to completely contain my anxiety and asked her if she truly thinks that whas she had just done is right. Like that, out loud, in front of everyone.
Of course, I didn’t regret it (even though my parents got called, they knew I was right and manager to calm everything) and am now friends with the person who got pushed into the pool by the teacher.