failed my AS exams, need advice

i've just done my y12 exams and i already know i've failed most if not all of them because of a lack of revision and hatred for my subjects/school environment. results day is in august and idk what i'm supposed to do in lessons until then because my school is gonna kick me out anyway after seeing my grades.

im going to apply to college soon to take completely new alevel subjects but idk how to go about it? do i drop out now or wait until results day? when am i supposed to apply for college? im so scared to talk to anyone i know about this because im not going to be taken seriously and im generally really awful at speaking to ppl. i got good gcse grades and im predicted high grades for a levels - i think my teachers and classmates expect me to perform well and idk how im going to cope with failing on results day. i just want to leave and start fresh but i literally have no idea how to do it.

im going to the gp soon because i think i have adhd, anxiety and maybe depression which affected how i did this year. i was getting ten a*s in gcses, doing a lot of revision every day and now im about to get 3 Us. i remember being so obsessed with applying to oxbridge and stuff back in y10/11 and now i haven't even shown up to school in 3 weeks except for exams. i feel so lost and mad at myself bc i know i could've gotten the grades i was predicted if i put in the work but i just stressed all year and didn't do anything bc i didn't think i was going to make it to my exams. unfortunately i did make it and now i've severely ****ed it all up.

please could anyone give me advice, tell me what to do, tell me if they've experienced something similar, anything. please and ty

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i'm honestly so sorry to hear that youre going through such a tough time, and it sounds really difficult to navigate so i can understand your hesitance and confusion. i think that honestly if you currently hate your subjects and dont see yourself ever wanting to try to pursue them again then you should definitely consider replacing them with something you enjoy and id agree with your idea of finding another college to start fresh, it may be better for your mental state to change the environment in which you spend your time. And to be completely honest, feeling mad at yourself for having done poorly in exams makes sense, having been in academically competitive environments for most of my school life i get how horrible it can be sometimes to have gotten grades that were lower than you know are you're capable of achieving. The most important thing to remember however is that at the end of the day, you can just take your A levels again, you can take a gap year, you can do an apprenticeship, and there are a wide array of other qualifications and career starting opportunities out there. You just need to remember that your grades can't define your progress as a person and won't define the rest of your life unless you let them. Take control, you've got this.

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