Well, thank you all for helping me start this thread!

I need all the encouragement that I can get this weekend. I am trying to get up the courage to talk to my school counselor on Monday and I am scared to death. When I get that way, it feels like there is thrill and a tightness in my chest, and I just want to cry or go curl up in a corner.

So I will come back here as often as I can, to see your posts and reply and to get up some courage.