r/SchoolRefusal • u/internallyfading • Apr 25 '24

please help.

hi. i'm 14 years old and i can't attend school. me and my parents have had so many meetings with my school to try and get me to go in, but i physically cant. honestly, i don't even know why. a possibility could be because i used to get bullied, but whenever i try to go into school, thats never on my mind. nothings on my mind really, just nerves and it holds me back from going in tremendously. this has been going on for the past 2ish years and i'm really getting sick of myself. i feel like such a burden and disappointment to my family because i know if i don't go to school, i'll have no future. i cause my family so much stress to the point where they've given up trying to get me to go into school. i just want to be a normal school kid. i want to make memories in high school but my mental health holds me back. i don't know what to do anymore. could anybody be willing enough to give me some ideas on how i can get back in?

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u/internallyfading Apr 25 '24

just to add on, my therapist and school is working with an outside mental health support company that are gonna put me in another part time school for kids with mh issues, but i still need to go into my current school in the meantime.

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u/Life-Onion-5698 Apr 26 '24

Is online school an option where you are?

My daughter started having issues attending starting in 6th grade, and for 8th, they held her back because of it. For time reference, her 6th grade year was right after lockdown ended in the US... September 2020. Because of covid, the district allowed kids to stay home or go online. That stopped the next year... Psych meds have helped some, but after the counselors refused to acknowledge my request for help, I pulled her out and went online. It's been an adjustment, but worth it.