[writergirl]

Hello,

I have had anxiety since childhood. I am a freelance writer trying to bring positive attention to mental health disorders. Currently, I am working on an article about school phobia. Would anyone be willing to discuss their experiences with me? Anonymously of course.

Thanks

[lavendersteph]

hi my name is steph i'm responding to ur post about the school phobia i myself had that due to it i'm a hs dropout it hurts but what i was going through was worse i was getting anxiety attacks before i would get there it was walking to the bus stop that was the most nerve wrecking once in school i thought everyone had theier eyes on me and if i saw a group of girls giggling for no resaon i thought oh crap their talking about me and i would get nervous and naucea all over and the stomach aches were bad i hated going to school i always felt different and that no one liked me so it was very hard to go to school i had friends but i was always withdrwn from them i never spoke to the group i had lunch with they did not even know my name sadly they would always say hi but they did not know me it broke my heart but i was quiet and never said anything till this day i wonder where i would be if i finished school and gone to college and was part of the rest of the world but i'm not i'm just me i go to church i preach with friends and i have i normal life as far as they know i don't talk to them about my past or my illness i keep that to myself of for my pdoc no one else i don't want to be judged
steph

[Aria]

I have the type of phobia you can control with this, well sometimes. I've actually just turned 13 and when I was in 7th grade I would get so scared I would get sick and sometimes throw up a bit. After awhile my doctor upped my depression med and told me I needed to suck it up. Which was hard. Because I was very afraid of school and I had probably missed over a month of school because I was so scared.

But that was about the only experience I had.