Please help!

urbanmasquerade

urbanmasquerade

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I'm a junior in highschool and I've always had a little bit of social anxiety.. but in the past few months it has gotten so bad that I've had near fainting episodes at school and all I can feel when I wake up in the morning is nausea and anxiety. Because of this I've skipped school so much that I'm habitually truent and now I can't hide at home anymore. I can't ignore my problem anymore but my parents refuse to find me help because they don't believe it's a real problem. I don't know where to go or what to do about it.. I'm even too afraid to go talk to my school councelor. If I don't do something about this I'm never going to be able to graduate or do anything else with my life. someone please give me some advice.
 
RedRibbons

RedRibbons

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talk to your school counselor. As hard as it is. Talk to them. It's a lot easier than suffering with sa and then the stress of not having anyone to talk to, on top of it. They can offer some valuable insight.
 
va_boy

va_boy

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The hard part is getting up the nerve to talk to your counselor, once you actually do it, it won't be that bad.
 
urbanmasquerade

urbanmasquerade

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I'm not really sure why it scares me so much.. just talking to anyone I don't know scares me, and especially the thought of drawing more attention to myself when I've missed so much school. and I go to a really big school and I'm not even sure which counselor I'm supposed to see.
 
RedRibbons

RedRibbons

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I want to be a counselor, and that is my biggest worry. That kids who really need help won't be able to muster up the courage to come and see me, when I could actually help them.

Don't worry about the amount of school you missed, and it would be pretty simple to find out the counselor you should go see if you go to the counselors office. :p

It's all good! You'll be good. Sometimes it's a lot easier to talk to someone you don't know, opposed to someone you do know. And with a counselor, they're not allowed to disclose anything you say to anyone.. Unless you talk about killing yourself or bombing the school.. And even then, I am not 100% sure.

You've recognized that you have a problem.. and now the next step is to take action. Don't let it drag on. I've been dealing with ocd/sa for 8 years.. It's not fun.. Trust me... I'm sure there are other people on this website who have been dealing with it a lot longer than me too. And I'm confident that majority of them would say.. Go to the counselor.
 
urbanmasquerade

urbanmasquerade

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I definately will as soon as I get the time.. tomorrow would be bad because of the ACT but wednesday I can probably go at lunch.

Thanks for the advice and the encouragement..
you'll probably be a good counselor some day :)
 
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