Mental Health Support Society Mk X

I feel a bit out of place here saying I really enjoyed my school. It wasn't in the best area but the pastoral side really helped me with all this mental stuff going off in my head, and I didn't come out with too bad grades or friends.
This makes me feel slightly guilty though, are normal children with boring normal school lives allowed to go off the rails?


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I'm a bit anxious about this interview - I've never volunteered before and I'm not sure what I should wear or anything/what the dress code will be. I also have to read aloud from a book of my choice as the role is reading to people. I'm thinking maybe just some black trousers and a shirt or nice top? Just to be on the safe side?

a lot of schools seem to be awful for people!



thank you, that's nice of you to say yeah, she's amazing, just hope I make her happy too cause she means the world to me definitely, try not to even think about the future most of the time tbh!



doubt it haha, unless you live near Bath anyway plus my school wasn't middle class lol, was just a comprehensive, got a real mix of people I guess, most of them didn't seem to like me much though :/ teachers seem to be like that in a lot of places yeah, at my school they were like that too, or in the case of one teacher they just picked on me

good luck with going back! I intermitted and transferred last year which hasn't worked out for me so well for a number of reasons, before that I dropped out back in 2007 as well haha, really am not good at the whole Uni thing, don't really know what other options I have though (if any )

voluntary work tends to be less formal yeah, decent trousers/top/shirt should be fine I would've thought

I don't know if I will though, im 24 now and I still don't "do" anything, I live, that's about it, im still pretty lonely, the only person I see really is my girlfriend, who is amazing, but it feels kinda awkward still that I don't have anyone else im about to have to quit Uni for a 2nd time with no idea what to do next and it all just feels so much, I really dont know how to cope or survive as a person at all really, in many ways I think im still just that lost 13 year old kid hiding in the back of the library hoping break never ends or that I can go home early just to avoid the cruel rechidness of life.

Nahh Birmingham Mine was an ex grammar that was so far up it's own arse, or rather ofsteds, that the pupils didnt matter. Yeah mine too, I was picked on by the whole of my year. They found out I had MH problems and then just picked on me about that, tried to encourage me to kill myself and stuff. NICE PEOPLE. Yeah I had one teacher accuse me of making my problems up and refuse to let me go to a therapy appointment, IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE CLASS.

Thanks! Good luck to you too, uni's hard sometimes. I'm dreading freshers, not really a go out get smashed person

Thanks! Good luck to you too, uni's hard sometimes. I'm dreading freshers, not really a go out get smashed person

That's what I thought, cool beans. :3 I'm going to be reading from 'Sabriel' by Garth Nix because it's one of my favourite books and I'll feel comfortable with it.

This is exactly how I feel! My boyfriend is the best friend anyone could ever ask for, but he's literally the only person I ever see. I'm going back to uni this September and I'm really worried about the whole 'making friends' thing. I'm quite good at making acquaintances and making mindless smalltalk with people, but I have no clue how to actually make a friend. I feel like I should have hobbies or something, but the only things I've found that I really enjoy are reading and playing video games, and I hate hate hate a lot of social gaming because it drives my anxiety sky high at the moment. (Quit WoW recently because literally every time I got into a raid I'd freak out if one tiny thing went wrong and start yelling at everyone on Skype and my hands would get all shaky and I'd feel really sick... it seems like I can't even get gaming right ) I'm really worried I'll become really socially withdrawn again and just lock myself in my room or go to the library by myself to avoid everyone. :/

I feel a bit out of place here saying I really enjoyed my school. It wasn't in the best area but the pastoral side really helped me with all this mental stuff going off in my head, and I didn't come out with too bad grades or friends.
This makes me feel slightly guilty though, are normal children with boring normal school lives allowed to go off the rails?


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haha, fair enough! that's awful, being bullied is the worst thing, especially when you are young so you dunno how to cope with it! is awful they made fun of your MH problems as well my class did that with my dyspraxia, they found out about it so looked it up online then mocked me for it everytime I exhibited any of the stuff on the diagnosis kids can be awful! that sucks your teacher was like that, I had one who always used to make me do things she knew I struggled with, then she would say stuff like "you're just a fat pathetic student who's to lazy to do it properly or correctly, don't waste my time by trying", I ran out of the class at that point in tears, the school just put ME on report and didn't do anything

thank you, it should be okay, you don't have to drink really to enjoy freshers, theres loads that goes on thats not in the bars and stuff I was okay cause I have a weakness for alcohol

Ahhhh this, I'll probably be living on campus next year because of my MH problems, and I'm worried that I'll have to do the whole freshers thing all over again. I don't drink (not really advisable considering the amount of benzos I need to face a social situation, let alone all my other medication...) so I find the whole thing really awkward, and clubs tend to give me panic attacks. I don't even know what it is, I just get really claustrophobic and everyone is so touchy and the floors are always sticky and it smells really terrible and the loud music and flashy lights make me feel really sick.

yeah, it's amazing to have someone I can just relax when I talk to and they won't judge me or anything! makes such a difference to have someone who cares about me and who I can talk to about things! only things I do really are video games and watching tv haha! im not very good at most games though so socially isnt too easy cause people wont wanna play with me! sucks you get so anxious with it! it can be hard yeah, but you never know, is worth giving people a chance, Uni (at least the first one for me) can be good, maybe join a society or too if you can? might be a nice way to ease in to social life!

That's horrid Some people are unsympathetic and so horrible. They shouldn't be like that it annoys me so much.

I hope so! I don't mind drinking I'm just a pubber rather than a clubber so the whole freshers scene doesn't appeal! Hopefully it'll be okay

haha, fair enough! that's awful, being bullied is the worst thing, especially when you are young so you dunno how to cope with it! is awful they made fun of your MH problems as well my class did that with my dyspraxia, they found out about it so looked it up online then mocked me for it everytime I exhibited any of the stuff on the diagnosis kids can be awful! that sucks your teacher was like that, I had one who always used to make me do things she knew I struggled with, then she would say stuff like "you're just a fat pathetic student who's to lazy to do it properly or correctly, don't waste my time by trying", I ran out of the class at that point in tears, the school just put ME on report and didn't do anything

thank you, it should be okay, you don't have to drink really to enjoy freshers, theres loads that goes on thats not in the bars and stuff I was okay cause I have a weakness for alcohol

Yeah, I'm going to try really hard to join societies, I'm trying to make an action plan before I go back so that I know what's on and when so that I can try to throw myself into it. I'm also planning to join the gym because at least it will get me out of the house, and if I'm on campus I might as well.


Eurgh my CPN thought that volunteering at my local library would really help me, but they've just sent me a letter saying I have to fill in a health questionnaire online. I don't know how confidential it is, really don't want to disclose all my MH issues to some random person I don't even know.

they are yeah :/ dont get why but people seem to be!

ah me too don't worry, theres plenty of stuff (should be anyway) that will be just like drinks in the pub rather than clubbing and such! most of my socialising was just chatting and drinking in the Uni bar!

I can't believe you were treated like that! That's absolutely disgusting! That teacher deserves to be banned from teaching ever again, stupid bitch! Sorry but when I hear stuff like that it really makes me so angry. -.-;

I know knowing my old school she's probably the headteacher now or something.