I've struggled with attendance for awhile now, not just at college either. It started in Year 8-9, I had a constant cycle in year 8, every Friday I was sick straight off the bus, I got sent home every week because of it. My attendance slowly started dropping, from 99% to 94%.
Year 9 hit me and I don't know what happened, I generally struggled to get in on time and I was constantly late, sometimes even 3-4 hours late. But, I kind of smacked myself each morning when I slept in, I'd think about it for an hour or so then just get up and go.
Year 10-11 came along and I basically didn't attend. Beginning of Year 10 started off alright, then I started having days off when I'd just not want to go in or if my anxiety was going crazy.
End of Year 11 I had an attendance percentage of 29%. I pretty much flunked every exam, only passed my art and English.
Same year, I some how got into a really good college and I'm now doing an animal management course. I started off really good, it's only 3 days a week so it isn't bad at all. I had 2 days off due to sickness, that took my 100% down to 80%! Which is pretty ridiculous. Then I've had really poor health, my mental health is getting better, anxiety is still quite bad but yeah.
My physical health isn't that good, I have multiple vitamin defiencies due to my bad eating habits, I barely eat full meals now.
Due to this I often find myself ill/sick, or attending doctors appointments. My attendance currently is at 60%, I had 2 days off and that took my repairing attendance of 65% down by 5%. Which is just ridiculous as well.
I'm really worried that my school attendance habits are coming back, it isn't affecting my college work as I've been on time with every assignment and passed them. I just don't want to get kicked off due to this, as it's the only thing which sort of keeps me sane, as work and home just make me bored.
I've tried seeking help about my mental health in the past with councillors but I always have trouble speaking and saying how I feel. It never really got sorted out in school time, and I'm afraid that my habits and bad mental health is making a comeback. I don't really know what to do to make myself motivated to go to college, as when I do I always question it. Please help!