Haii I'm a 14 year old girl suffering from anxiety. I have Emetophobia and Agoraphobia so naturally school is a very uncomfortable and nerve wrecking thing for me. So basically today, I was feeling anxious. I was shaking and breathing heavily with stomach cramps so I text my mum and she said she would come collect me. However once she had arrived she hard a very hard time with getting the teachers to allow me to leave. The nurse woman who I'm meant to see if I'm upset, was extreamly angry with me and told me I wasn't even panicked and I am not permitted to text home. Eventually me and my mum maneged to get out but now I am sooooo worried because of what the nurse said. She said she's going to talk to my head of year because apparently its an unauthorised absence, which I could possibly get tempory excluded for. She also angered me with telling me I'm not panicked, she has no right to say this to me she doesn't go through what I do. Anyway sorry for the long message, but i have no idea what to do and I'm really worried. Should I skip school on monday? The teachers already know about my anxiety and I'm getting councilling, they even said I was aloud to call my mum if I needed so I don't see the problem. I'm freaking out right now so pleaseeee help me? Thanks :P
Hello Hannah.
Please don't worry. If I write this down rationally for you and you see it written it may help calm you.
Your teachers know about your anxiety.
Your teachers gave permission for you to ring home if you are struggling.
If the nurse speaks to the head,the head will be aware also if your anxiety so there won't be any problems.
Im sure the majority of people will be very understanding and empathetic. Maybe the nurse was having a bad day.
You are right,nobody knows how this makes us feel or the degree of anxiety we have and if explained to the head teacher if needed I'm sure she will see that you felt you had no other choice but to ring mum.
You just wanted somebody there with you who you feel safe with and nobody with any common sense will see it any differently xxx
thank you so much this has really calmed me down its good to know most likely nothing will happen xxx
You just think about how you are feeling chick and work towards getting well.
You did a great job getting to school in the first place with anxiety so give yourself a pat on the back because you are working your way through this.
xx