Extremely stressed about school

[Amber-126]

Lately I've been extremely stressed out and nervous about school that starts on Sept. 6. I'll be a sophmore.

In middle school I had many problems with the kids at school and they bullied me and I was pretty much a loner, I became really depressed. For my freshman year in high school I went to a private school and I had a couple of friends but last May my mother told me that she could no longer afford sending me to the private school (just in case your wondering, my parents aren't together and my mother takes the bulk of suppoting me financially, my dad helps a little.) I was devastated.

Now reality is starting to sink in and I've become more and more nervous. I'm really scared I'll be a loner again with no friends. Lately I've been having trouble sleeping, sometimes not falling asleep until 4 in the morning and I'm eating more. What's even worse is that my period has stopped, and I'm a virgin so my mom thinks it's stress.

What should I do?

 

[Ashley]

I know it may be difficult, but just try to relax. I'm really shy too, but I've learned that most of the time, people are just as shy and nervous as you are, so just smile at people, be friendly, and you'll make friends.

Good luck on your first day!

 

[sweetnsexy6953]

Just calm down a bit. Everything will be ok. Dont be so stressed over it. Everyone gets nervous about their first day of school. I was nervous startin college but I was fine after the 1st day. You'll be a loner if you make yourself that way. Im shy as well so I know what its like but you cant be that way all of your life. You'll be ok. Just hang in there and dont be too scared.

 

[Sheikah]

Wow this just gave me flashbacks to my school years. Same thing would happen, horrible stress. I would even make my parents drive me to school the day before it started to check the classroom lists and see who I got to be with, not that I had friends at all now that I think about it, it was pointless lol. I was lonely, I mean completely alone and school would be hell for me, actually the time of day I dreaded the most was lunch hour since there was no teacher I should listen to and I had nobody to be with so I had nothing to do, horrible years. With time I just realized being myself and not being scared of people was the best thing I could do. Sometimes we see people and subconsciously put them above us, like they're better than us and that's the worst thing a person can do. Once you put yourself as a rug, everybody is going to walk over you.

Relax, just be yourself, don't try too hard to get people to like you and the right people with just gravitate towards you. Don't be afraid to speak with other people, sometimes we feel people don't want to speak to us but that's just us putting a barrier because we're scared. I don't know if I've managed to help but believe me things get better, they did for me and they will for you!