I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL!! Psychology HELP?

Question

Hi, i'm dealing with an anxiety disorder (agoraphobia) & it's severe. Also I have a panic disorder with it small things like going to the shopping centre where it's crowded or not even THAT crowded but it's there's not like 7 people around or something I suffer badly.
I also have the eating 1 not so sure what it's called but I can't eat around people... think it's apart of my agoraphobia. I'm not som1 who has a social anixety with the eating ...whereby it's difficult to eat with people & easy to eat in a restaurant where I'm eating alone with loads of people around me raatherr eating anywhere around ppl & I could talk all day but....
Basically this is hard :(

The thought of having to be trapped at school & if I have a panic attack I can't escape is hard enough. I want to study just not at school where it's crowded. I'm starting tomorrow & I can't deal. My parents won't let me do homeschooling alone :| they want me to attend school & it's crowded over there.

I don't want medications which is what I'll prabably get if I go to the hospital.
The school don't know about my disorder since I've not been diagnosed by a doctor but rather I fully know how I feel & I've reasearched a lot & I now know what I have since the description fully fits with my feelings & I've found out now. I used to have other disorders before that which I also found out by research. Before that time I didn't know what was wrong with me other than me knowing how I feel & that it's beyond normal. I found out it was called emetephobia & social anxiety. I used to have social anxiety not now though... I later developed an agoraphobia & now I have the agoraphobia with a panic disorder. I react so weirdly when I'm sufficating & people insulting me verbally by scoffing ect doesn't help. I'm carefree of the mocks VERY carefree but they're VERY displeasant when I have a panic attack. It doesn't hurt me I don't feel it reaching my soul but it makes my panic worse as I feel moreaware ofmy surrounding ect

Answer 1

i am aware that i'm about to sound quite condescending and you may just ignore this, but... You sound as though you have self diagnosed yourself with a lot of different things and without a professionals input, you might never know if you actually have ALL these different disorders that you say you have. that's not to say that you don't have some of them, especially the social anxiety (you sound very much like you have that) and i know that only you can know what you feel inside and if that matches what you've read, but i would strongly recommend seeing someone (even a psychologist, it doesn't have to be a straight forward doctor) about this.



when you see a doctor about something, its confidential and so your parents wouldn't have to know (if that's an issue you face). also, they can't make you take medication if you don't want it. they are there to help you and so they would try looking at different ways for you to try to manage and cope with your disorders and stress.



when i first began secondary school, i suffered from panic attacks and quite a bit of social anxiety too. i was lucky in that i was sent to the school councilor and she helped me work through it a bit. the main thing that got me through was that all my teachers knew i was prone to panic attacks etc, and that if i ever became overwhelmed or felt an attack coming, they'd allow me to leave the classroom without explanation.



and just knowing that i had the option there for me helped me more than i can say. i didn't suffer as you do from the sounds of it, but speaking to your school and your school councilor WILL definitely make things easier for you.



as for eating in front of people, start small. eat your meals by yourself and just eat very small snacks that don't require a lot of chewing or putting things in your mouth/drawing attention to your mouth. take baby steps towards eating in front of people.

try sitting at the table with your family for dinner but have them with their backs facing you while you eat. and then the next night, have them turned side on. then the next night have them facing you but ask them not to look at you at all. etc etc. work your way up.



i hope this helped a little bit. and i really urge you to try and get your disorders professionally diagnosed because a lot of people self diagnose themselves wrong, which can hurt their chances of their disorder being taken seriously.

Answer 2

You and 17 000 000 others. Normal for your age group. The rest are all symptoms of the first. The moment you go to school, learn, (what you are supposed to do) get used to it..... and all your symptoms will be gone like mist before the sun. Making excuses (albeit genuine) not to have to face the fact you are to lazy to learn and put in an effort. Not going to school is not going to pay the bills in a few years, when you are all alone in a big bad world.

Peace.

Answer 3

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