[finebutnotokay]

I don't want to come across as a teenager just moaning about school because believe me, i'm not but the pressure to do good and get good grades and get into a good uni is getting too much. it makes me feel sick if i feel like i'm not doing well and the sad thing is, i only feel this way because i've moved to a much higher school than my previous one. My parents don't pressure me to do well at all but i just feel like everyone is doing so much better and have their lives on the right track and i'm so dumb and i'm going to fail and i'm so scared and i can't do anything under pressure. How do i explain this to someone without sounding like a lazy teenager just complaining about homework?! because it's not the homework at all it's just the pressure, the overwhelming sense of failure if i do the slightest thing wrong AGH

[Travelinglady]

Hey, I can understand the pressure. Maybe you can talk to a school counselor about it. Putting yourself under so much strain won't be helpful.

[finebutnotokay]

Originally Posted by Travelinglady

Hey, I can understand the pressure. Maybe you can talk to a school counselor about it. Putting yourself under so much strain won't be helpful.

it's so disappointing because school should be something to enjoy and look back on later in life but i can't ever imagine enjoying it again. it's my last year and it's just been spent worrying over my future and worrying about artificial things like grades. i don't have a school counsellor and yeah i know I'm trying hard to keep my head clear and in control but it just snaps sometimes thank you so much though

Hello finebutnotokay, I know it's a ton of pressure, but please remember it won't last forever. Once I left high school and began attending college I felt 10X better.

[finebutnotokay]

Originally Posted by Breezy~Day

Hello finebutnotokay, I know it's a ton of pressure, but please remember it won't last forever. Once I left high school and began attending college I felt 10X better.

ugh its just so much like its so overwhelming I'm considering dropping out completely its that bad. yeah, maybe i just need to be patient but thank you

[kaliope]

it sounds like you are putting this pressure on yourself. but then you are also able to tell yourself that school isn't as catastrophic as you make it out to be. you need to listen to that side of your mind. I know I was a straight a student. I pushed myself hard. I stressed myself out so badly. created so much anxiety. then I realized that I would still do well even if I didn't put myself under so much stress, I didn't need to pressure myself so bad and study so hard. so I let go and quite stressing and I didn't care what grades I got because I knew even if I didn't preform as well I would still do good. I only needed bs to graduate, not the 100 percents I was pushing myself for. and I still got my As, but I didn't feel like I was going to have a nervous breakdown to get there. Nothing bad happened, no catastrophic consequences. I think you will find the same holds true for you if you lighten the pressure up on yourself. take care.

[alicetailor]

Hey, don't need to panic. It is not that major issue, moreover, if your parents aren't pressurizing you then why are you feeling like that. Just do what you have always done and the way you have always performed. Seeing others and trying to perform like them will not do any good to you. Just be yourself and remain self-motivated.