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[ellurbee]

omg so real. I did fairly well last year but this year my grades are just getting worse and worse and my mental health is not helping with it. I just need to really lock in next term cause my grades are actually so bad

I swear if i don't do better next term idk what i'm going to do with myself - and my parents refuse to believe that there is anything mentally wrong with me which is absolutely amazing because it means i can't talk to them about anything without having my head ripped off- i think they can't handle the fact that i already have physical conditions and they don't want me to have mental ones- but i'm considering going anonymous with it cause like wtf i absolutely cannot- I know where i need to improve but my parents are gonna hammer me because my brother is really smart and they think i can beat him -which i can't- and they forget that he was also severely struggling and they were so nice to him with it and now because it's my turn they expect me to do better because they think he can miraculously transfer all his knowledge onto me. Also i'm a girl and my family is slightly not so slightly gender based.

 

[Bendwhat?_over]

I swear if i don't do better next term idk what i'm going to do with myself - and my parents refuse to believe that there is anything mentally wrong with me which is absolutely amazing because it means i can't talk to them about anything without having my head ripped off- i think they can't handle the fact that i already have physical conditions and they don't want me to have mental ones- but i'm considering going anonymous with it cause like wtf i absolutely cannot- I know where i need to improve but my parents are gonna hammer me because my brother is really smart and they think i can beat him -which i can't- and they forget that he was also severely struggling and they were so nice to him with it and now because it's my turn they expect me to do better because they think he can miraculously transfer all his knowledge onto me. Also i'm a girl and my family is slightly not so slightly gender based.

Have you spoken to any of your teachers or a counsellor? Does your school have student support?

 

[Study to success]

I swear if i don't do better next term idk what i'm going to do with myself - and my parents refuse to believe that there is anything mentally wrong with me which is absolutely amazing because it means i can't talk to them about anything without having my head ripped off- i think they can't handle the fact that i already have physical conditions and they don't want me to have mental ones- but i'm considering going anonymous with it cause like wtf i absolutely cannot- I know where i need to improve but my parents are gonna hammer me because my brother is really smart and they think i can beat him -which i can't- and they forget that he was also severely struggling and they were so nice to him with it and now because it's my turn they expect me to do better because they think he can miraculously transfer all his knowledge onto me. Also i'm a girl and my family is slightly not so slightly gender based.

Real. I feel like my parents don't have that many expectations for me but I just feel a lot of pressure to do well from other people as well as myself cause I swear everyone in my school is so smart and I just wish I could be as smart as them.And I feel like this has been very taxing on my mental health cause I tend to beat myself up for not doing as well as I wanted to. lIke if I do bad next term I am going to lose even more hope for year 12 cause I have basically already lost hope for everything

 

[Marxism Leninism]

Have you spoken to any of your teachers or a counsellor? Does your school have student support?

i agree... it really sounds like both of you should talk to psychologists not in a rude way
like i see one once a month she basically kept me from suicide

 

[Study to success]

Have you spoken to any of your teachers or a counsellor? Does your school have student support?

The counsellors at my school are apparently really shit. Like one of them told a kid to just smile if they're sad. like wtf

 

[Marxism Leninism]

i agree... it really sounds like both of you should talk to psychologists not in a rude way
like i see one once a month she basically kept me from suicide

i don't mean this figuratively unfortunately

 

[ellurbee]

Have you spoken to any of your teachers or a counsellor? Does your school have student support?

Teachers are shit and selfish (except for one but i don't want her to worry cause she'll call my parents)
We have a school counsellor but she's new and doesn't have a reputation yet -but idk man my parents bloody know everything and will find out
And no we don't have student support.

 

[Study to success]

i agree... it really sounds like both of you should talk to psychologists not in a rude way
like i see one once a month she basically kept me from suicide

I would seek help from a psychologist but my parents don't really believe in mental health issues

 

[Marxism Leninism]

Teachers are shit and selfish (except for one but i don't want her to worry cause she'll call my parents)
We have a school counsellor but she's new and doesn't have a reputation yet -but idk man my parents bloody know everything and will find out
And no we don't have student support.

can u get your parents to take u to see a psych? it doesnt sound likely from what youve said

maybe if u told them it would improve your grades?

 

[ellurbee]

i agree... it really sounds like both of you should talk to psychologists not in a rude way
like i see one once a month she basically kept me from suicide

I can't- my parents think i'm just 'stressed' and they don't believe in it (mental health things)- they also don't believe that i can be like this unfortunately and i have asked and they looked at me funny and told me absolutely not.

 

[Marxism Leninism]

I would seek help from a psychologist but my parents don't really believe in mental health issues

thats bullshit

 

[ellurbee]

can u get your parents to take u to see a psych? it doesnt sound likely from what youve said

maybe if u told them it would improve your grades?

I think if i did that they'd laugh at me
(Even though my aunty is a psychologist bro - SHE'S MEGA SCARY THOUGH)

 

[ellurbee]

can u get your parents to take u to see a psych? it doesnt sound likely from what youve said

maybe if u told them it would improve your grades?

Believe me i've asked.

 

[Study to success]

I just feel like I've put so much of my self worth on my grades and stuff so that I can like compete with the rest of my friends and not feel dumb but I feel like I need to stop cause it's actually really bad for my mental health. Idk I just feel like without doing well at school I don't really have anything else to make me feel worthy cause like everyone puts so much importance on school nd stuff and how it is the path to success when it isn't

 

[ellurbee]

can u get your parents to take u to see a psych? it doesnt sound likely from what youve said

maybe if u told them it would improve your grades?

They're gonna tell me i'm using mental health as an excuse for bad grades bro i swear- And i'm not trying to use it as an 'excuse' but i just want a break-

 

[Study to success]

They're gonna tell me i'm using mental health as an excuse for bad grades bro i swear- And i'm not trying to use it as an 'excuse' but i just want a break-

just take a break over the holidays and recharge. I also need a break so that I can reset my mind and I can go into the new term with a fresh mind cause if I continue with this I am not going to make it through year 12

 

[ellurbee]

I just feel like I've put so much of my self worth on my grades and stuff so that I can like compete with the rest of my friends and not feel dumb but I feel like I need to stop cause it's actually really bad for my mental health. Idk I just feel like without doing well at school I don't really have anything else to make me feel worthy cause like everyone puts so much importance on school nd stuff and how it is the path to success when it isn't

That's valid though- however there are other things that validate you other than grades and your friends are probably doing things to help them cope or getting extra help without telling you-

 

[Study to success]

Have you spoken to any of your teachers or a counsellor? Does your school have student support?

wdym by student support

 

[ellurbee]

just take a break over the holidays and recharge. I also need a break so that I can reset my mind and I can go into the new term with a fresh mind cause if I continue with this I am not going to make it through year 12

I can't take a break my parents are gonna pressure me- if i'm not doing anything i'm gonna be slammed for not using this 'ever so valuable' time for study because of the shit grades i got this term.

 

[Study to success]

That's valid though- however there are other things that validate you other than grades and your friends are probably doing things to help them cope or getting extra help without telling you-

idk but I feel like their just smart. Like if I had some sort of natural aptitude towards school I would be much better off cause at least I wouldn't feel dumb compared to the rest of my grade