Mental health, is it true?
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is it true when someone tells you life gets "better." as for a while now I have been struggling with my mental health and especially now I'm in college and fighting to get the help I need with my learning and with my mental health.
As at this very moment in time I feel so lost and depressed and alone. I've also had issues with sh in the past and these issues have come up again and I sh 2 nights ago . And I've also struggled with suicidal thoughts in the past as well. they were really bad whilst I was still at school as I was getting bullied and I also have really bad anxiety and that was making school harder for me as I would have to take time outside of the classroom to calm down and I also would disappear to the toilets to run my hands and wrists under cold water.
I then started couslorling and that helped as at that point I was no just struggling to stay in class I was also struggling to get into class as I was having really bad panick attacks.
And throughout my counselorling setting I learnt new way to help myself get through the panic attacks.
That was untill one day where I was out of class because I was struggling with my anxiety and was in fact having a panic attack and my form tutor saw me and she said you look stressed and then she also said to me about trying some ways to calm down and I'd all ready tried 2 and they didn't work and then she said to me about her taking me to sit I'm her classroom as she wasn't teaching and at this point I had my head phones on listening to music to try and calm myself down and come out of the panic attack as I know that worked for me and she had my try one other way to come out of the panic attack which did sort of help it wa the s deep breathing trick nixed with listening to music and the 5.4.3.2.1 track that got me out of the panic attack then it was lunch time so I spent it with my helper and tryes to explain to her what happened but I couldn't so I just started to talk about something else.
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ya know, life doesn't automatically get "better" just like that; it's more like you learn to cope and manage things differently as time goes on. i remember when i was in college too, struggling with my own mental health issues, trying to juggle academics and everything else is tough. it sounds like you're already on the right track by seeking help through counseling and using techniques that work for you. keep reaching out for support, even when it feels overwhelming; there's no one-size-fits-all answer, but every little step counts.
I'm not doing counsorling right now as the college have basically left it to me to ask for it when they said that they'd put it in place for me but like everything else I'm left to asking them to put something in place and help me and give me the help I need and at this point I done asking
Man, I feel you, life can be such a dumpster fire sometimes, right?