Should I drop History GCSE?

This is a long one, and I apologise but please bear with me

I've just started the second year of my GCSEs. I'm doing 11.5 GCSEs currently, 10.5 if I were to drop History. I love learning the content in history, but honestly there's no way I could remember the vast majority of it for an exam, and just thinking about it stresses me out. I'm terrible at exams where I have to write a lot of information quickly. Terrible. (though coursework always pulls me up). When it comes to revising it, it's a massive amount of revision for one grade and I'm just not sure the stress will be worth it. I took the maximum number of GCSEs available to me, and my mum thinks I'm fully capable of doing them all and getting good grades. And I do get good grades, but at what cost? Currently I'm paying with having hardly any time to myself to do things I really enjoy, and being constantly tired from having so much homework. It's too much, but my mum thinks I can do everything (I can't, and I'm totally okay with that.), and I hate how she has an automatic expectation for me to do well.
But I have a few side questions:
Is 10.5 GCSEs enough? I'm sure it is, but still...
Also, is History a bad one to drop? I'm worried employers might see it as being a good one to have, and also without it I haven't really got much in terms of, whatdya call it, "arty"/not science-y subjects. And being able to analyse sources and all that. I feel like it sounds a good thing to have.

In the end, it's just too much work. I can't do this. And how do I help make my mum understand this? We barely talk so I don't know how to explain it to her with all the details of a declining mental state, properly without getting angry / overly emotional, and she thinks I'm amazing at everything. I'm not, mum, I just work hard enough to make it look that way. I've been getting so little sleep recently due to all the homework from different subjects, but my mum says I can't drop it until at least mid-October. I don't think I can make it till then.

History is honestly easier than you think, and employers and universities will highly respect history because of the skills gained from it. Is there another subject that you could drop instead?

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This is a long one, and I apologise but please bear with me

I've just started the second year of my GCSEs. I'm doing 11.5 GCSEs currently, 10.5 if I were to drop History. I love learning the content in history, but honestly there's no way I could remember the vast majority of it for an exam, and just thinking about it stresses me out. I'm terrible at exams where I have to write a lot of information quickly. Terrible. (though coursework always pulls me up). When it comes to revising it, it's a massive amount of revision for one grade and I'm just not sure the stress will be worth it. I took the maximum number of GCSEs available to me, and my mum thinks I'm fully capable of doing them all and getting good grades. And I do get good grades, but at what cost? Currently I'm paying with having hardly any time to myself to do things I really enjoy, and being constantly tired from having so much homework. It's too much, but my mum thinks I can do everything (I can't, and I'm totally okay with that.), and I hate how she has an automatic expectation for me to do well.
But I have a few side questions:
Is 10.5 GCSEs enough? I'm sure it is, but still...
Also, is History a bad one to drop? I'm worried employers might see it as being a good one to have, and also without it I haven't really got much in terms of, whatdya call it, "arty"/not science-y subjects. And being able to analyse sources and all that. I feel like it sounds a good thing to have.

In the end, it's just too much work. I can't do this. And how do I help make my mum understand this? We barely talk so I don't know how to explain it to her with all the details of a declining mental state, properly without getting angry / overly emotional, and she thinks I'm amazing at everything. I'm not, mum, I just work hard enough to make it look that way. I've been getting so little sleep recently due to all the homework from different subjects, but my mum says I can't drop it until at least mid-October. I don't think I can make it till then.

If youve already finished LLW then you arent really doing it any more. Grades over quantity. The only ones employers are bothered about wit GCSE are Maths and English. The other criteria you should have is whether you wnat to take any of the subjects forward to A level.
I would drop art if I had to drop one.

Speak to your school first and check it's okay for you to drop it. Make sure you tell them that it is causing you real anxiety. If they agree you can then approach your mum and explain to her that you have discussed it with the school and they support your decision. Tell her that you are afraid ALL your other subjects will suffer if something doesn't give. Explain that you are already exhausted and you're only at the beginning of the year so it will only get worse if you don't do something now. Tell her that you don't need History and that the school fully support your decision. Hopefully she'll surprise you and be supportive, and if she isn't, calmly explain that this is your decision and while she might not agree with it, it is your decision to make. Good luck - and try not to stress too much. The pressure you are feeling right now is natural and everyone feels it at some point in their final GCSE year. Don't beat yourself up, we all have our limits.

I want to do Chemistry, Maths and Computing for A-Level, and perhaps Psychology for AS.
I actually quite enjoy art - it's work, but it's fun and relaxing work. Also, I might try some graphic design stuff in the future, so it may be useful for that.

But, thank you for the reply!