Published on 12, July, 2020
Lights, sounds, smells, everything is extra intolerable lately. I cant seem to make myself do stuff, I cant make decisions. I feel tired and am getting headaches. Words are harder. I keep almost having meltdown/shutdowns (just today I felt like a meltdown every 30min). Im exhausted
I want it all to stop, I want to take a break from everything but I cant. I have homework, I have school, on friday we have an assembly which I always get overwhelmed at but im scared ill have a full on meltdown because I seem to not even be able to handle everyday stimuli so how could I survive a room with hundreds of students with everyone screaming to get hyped for stupid turnabout dance
I started feeling like rubbish for a couple weeks but then the last 3 days have been absolutly unbearable. Why is life so hard
Took me 21min to type this (not even that long of a post...)
Can you take some mental health days off from school?
This might help.
I dont know... im already over the year limit of absences. And im failing english class, then ill just end up more behind in everything. Ill just end up with a huge load of work and probably wouldnt have had enough time to feel better
Oh ok, maybe that’s not an option then. It seems like you are under quite a lot of pressure!
Do you have a mentor/allocated member of staff you can speak to about how you are feeling? If so, maybe they could help you with asking for extensions on assignments for example.
Another person working in education here. Who is responsible for your wellbeing? Tutor? Student Manager? Head of House? Write them a letter or e-mail explaining how you feel. There are lots of things they can do to help but only if they know you’re struggling. It will get better.
Why not show them some resources on burnout/overwhelm?
You could explain that this is how you are feeling (if this is the case) and then they may be able to offer suggestions for adaptions to your current school demands including reducing them.
I dont know how to ask for help. The letter suggestion others gave is good but I dont know what to say