Social anxiety + school

[dejaentendu]

I've missed so much of my English class this semester it's ridiculous. I'm probably going to fail and since I'm on academic probation already, I'll probably be kicked out.

It all started with not having an assignment one day. Since I didn't have it done, and we were doing peer reviews, I couldn't go. I meant to stay home and finish the assignment but I got distracted (probably on Tumblr), and I never got it done. It was all downhill from there. The next class I missed unintentionally, I overslept. But then after that, it was like "well I missed the last two classes now I'm afraid to go." Then the next time, I had missed three classes so I was even more afraid. I'm not even sure how many classes I've missed but I'm way behind and it's not like I can just give the professor a note written by my mommy to excuse me.

I want to talk to her but she's a cold hard b**ch and I know nothing I say will help my case. Plus, having social anxiety makes it hard to go up to her and explain that I've been missing class partially due to my social anxiety. #social anxiety problems.

It's not just me, right? Can anyone relate? Have any advice?

[darlkill]

Hey i can relate to that with college because i was scared not knowing how to plait a horses tail so i thought missing class means that i dont have to face it but i had a therapist at the time which helped me through it, I felt it got worse avoiding each time so i had to bit the bullet and go which got easier

[staceyrawrcakes]

I've been there before. The longer you leave it, the harder it's going to be. Like darlkill said, you just need to bite the bullet and do it.
Is there a counsellor or anyone like that there that you could talk to about it at all?

[RenewedHope]

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Originally Posted by Stacie

I've been there before. The longer you leave it, the harder it's going to be. Like darlkill said, you just need to bite the bullet and do it.
Is there a counsellor or anyone like that there that you could talk to about it at all?

I just wanted to second this.
I've been there myself with the whole skipping classes thing and being scared to go back so I know how you feel
Like Stacie said, is there anyone you can talk to?
Or is there a professor that you trust or you find easier to talk to? Perhaps one that teaches a lesson you still go to?
I know it's hard but the longer you leave it the harder it will be to go back and to catch up with the work.
I hope you get something sorted *hugs*

[ShyGirlEiana]

Been there, done that. So much. Ugh.

Do you have any sort of disability services at your school? I haven't been officially diagnosed with any sort of anxiety (though I am in therapy for it), but I've been diagnosed with depression, so disability services is able to offer me some accommodations because of that. They're there to advocate for the students, especially when professors aren't cooperating. :)