(( hey i dont know if you’re the right person to talk to but…. i’m skipping school and i feel incredibly bad.. my depression and social anxiety is at an all time high and i just don’t know what to do… my guardian is already at work.. and i’m about to lie to them about having overslept and not feeling well when all that is happening is that i’m being a piece of shit and a liar… i feel so bad and i dont know what to do… – 3 ))

((Sorry I didn’t get to this sooner – I had already gone to bed for the night.

Honestly, I have been there. School can be the trigger for a lot of social anxiety. The truth is that you arent feeling well enough. You are sick, just not in the conventional sense. You’re not bad for not wanting to go to school – school is a stressful place to be.

My suggestion is, when you go back, forget about your first period and go see the school counselor. They can excuse you from the class because you’re seeing them and talking with them. That’s what they’re there for – to help you. Let them know that you have anxiety and that it makes going to school difficult. Hopefully, they can then discuss with you ways to help make school go by more easily for you.

If you like, let me know how this goes okay? High School was awful for me and I don’t want any one else to go through the experience that I did. I barely even remember school because I was disassociated so much from it.