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sfslol
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A bit of a problem
So I'm just going to go straight to the point. I have a lot of trouble making difficult decisions.
Currently, I have very large difficulties trying to attend school because of an anxiety of some sort. I have troubles trying to fall asleep before a day at school, and when I go to school I feel like shit the whole day and end up exhausted when I get home.. but when I decide to skip a day I feel guilty as hell for not attending. I have also thought about dropping out of school and do something else, but no matter what my choices are they all suck and every single on of them are going to cause the same amount of trouble I'm currently going through. So to sum it up, I can't decide if I should go to school or stay home for the day, or even if I want to attend school at all and go do something else because no matter what I choose, it all backfires somehow. I even got a medical certificate saying that I have the right to stay home if I feel like it, but I know it's not going to help me because of my grades dropping and so on..
Does anyone have any tips on what I should do? I feel like I'm pretty stuck at the moment and would like other people's perspective on it.
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RE: A bit of a problem
How old are you and what grade are you in?
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(This post was last modified: 11-05-2015 01:16 PM by TheCancer.)
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RE: A bit of a problem
What sort of medical certificate did you get?
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RE: A bit of a problem
(11-05-2015 01:15 PM)TheCancer Wrote: How old are you and what grade are you in?
17 and 11th grade. (From Norway)
(11-05-2015 01:48 PM)craxyguy562 Wrote: What sort of medical certificate did you get?
It basically says that "I'm sick" even though I'm not, but if I were to attend school all time I would probably get sick. So it's allowing me to stay home for a more legit reason than just saying I'm sick.
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Isn't Norway friendly toward alternatives to schooling? If you want to drop out but still continue academics why not try homeschooling or unschooling?
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A bit of a problem
If I were you, I'd try to figure out where that guilt is coming from, and then work from there.
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