Hi, not sure if this is the right place to put this but thought I would give it a go. I am 29, live in the UK and in January started a postgraduate degree. I feel that there is a real conflict in the way that mental and physical health issues are treated differently at my university which is upsetting me somewhat. I have been able to access some support but sometimes people just want to challenge me with what ifs, ie what if you did this, what if you challenged yourself. Just getting up and functioning every day is challenge enough.

I feel like it's the equivalent of someone with a broken leg being told, take off that cast, put down the crutches and just walk on it.

Anyway I have a meeting this week with the uni mental health adviser- who is very nice and my personal tutor- who i thought didn't really understand me- but actually I think not many people do, and I think she doesn't quite know how to handle me.

I am nervous about this meeting and need to try to explain and come up with some things that would help. But it is hard because I am feeling so bitter about already being treated with less respect than someone who has a physical problem and at the moment my mind is just focusing on this and wanting to rant about it because I believe they should be treated equally, however this is not the point of the meeting.

Any suggestions or words of wisdom?

Thanks