5 Advice for Back to School Anxiety

Having anxiety is never an easy thing, especially when coupled with social phobia and going back to school. Having to meet new people, not knowing what to expect can be a frightening experience. We hope this list of school advice can help you out! Share it with someone who might need it! Let us know what other tips you would apply. Also, thank you for everyone who's supporting our channel!

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[iamthyhooman]

What makes me anxious is everything from getting class on time, talking to people, and after school activities

[repressedtears]

scariest thing is when the teacher says to get in groups but you have no friends in the class

[soda]

What makes me nervous about school?
-Leaving home
-Not being in an environment or place I normally feel safe at
-Everything I’m familiar with won’t be with me.
-My friends and I don’t have the same classes.
-Embarrassing myself
-basically a lot of things

[lol_I_dk]

Things that make me anxious in school:
- having no friends in class
- group projects
- presentations
- bullies
- being lonely cause no one cares
- when the teacher says to partner up but you're always end up alone...
- the teacher forcing you to join a group and you know that the kids in that group don't want you there
-the teacher calling on you and you don't know what to say
- tests
-bad grades
- homework
- big projects that take months to finish (i want to die)
- any kind of social interaction
- loud and obnoxious people
- German and French class
- yeah pretty much everything.

Edit: Damn... this comment is still getting attention somehow. I just wanted to say that I'm feeling a lot more good now and my relations with the people around me has improved. School is also going well for me even though there's still many things that cause me anxiety. But for the most part I'm doing way better then I ever was and I'm really greatful for that

Also thanks for the many replies. It's comforting to know that I'm not alone. I really hope it gets better for you all as well

[yolosmolo]

WHAT MAKES ME SAD IS THAT MOST OF US SEARCHED FOR THIS 😭

[ryyfu]

i think the saddest thing about this is how miserable it sounds. I hate school so much.

[pointless_lea]

school starts tomorrow and im so anxious i just wanna hide in a cave forever.

[drizzy]

I’m so worried about school I’m literally crying.
wow thank you guys for liking my comment I promise you things get better💕

[izziozi]

For anyone going back to school (I am tomorrow), here’s some advice or how I think about it:
- It’s school, what’s the worst it can do to you? Teachers can’t hurt you, even your parents have more control over you than them!
- You’ve done this SO many times, do you even remember what happened last time? What subjects you had? No! This is the same as anytime else we are going back to school and you won’t remember this in a year.
- These years won’t affect you later on in life. You can still succeed!
To me, its crazy to think about that all kids around the world, 5 days a week, for hours meet together in a building to sit at a desk and learn. It’s just a few hours, at the end of the day, we all go back to our houses and live separate lives. Isn’t that weird to think about? Besides, we all have at least one friend we spend time with at school, who makes our lives so much better. They will make this experience way less scary! We are all going through the same thing and we will go survive through it. Good luck everyone!

[bitesyy]

I’m always so worried about going back to school because of my social life. I don’t have any friends at my school, so I usually eat lunch alone and I just try to survive. Today I had an anxiety attack at the thought of being alone for the rest of my school life. I really don’t wanna life like this forever

[kyraslegers]

Right on time! Already got an anxiety attack from the thought that I'll fail this year so I need this

[TW-pmsd]

Things I’m worrying about Rn:
-people finding things out about me that’s private
- getting new friends
-seeing people
- talking to old friends
- thinking I’m always doing something wrong
- think I’m a bad person
- just scared to talk to people again

[akuumea]

Whats makes me anxious about school is talking to people, groupworks, being alone and also one of my teacher, she makes me so nervous ...

[PracticalInspiration]

I used to struggle with this when at school. Unfortunately we didn't have videos like this back then lol

[IsolatedSpot]

We got into a group and they needed us to draw something scenery, they knew that I know how to draw so they assigned it to me. But my “it's not enough” mindset got in and now I haven't gone to school for a week because of the guilt I feel for my classmates.

[caitlyn]

I spend the whole summer worrying about going back to school and I just want to stop worrying

[ChongyMichael]

Things that make me anxious about school:
-being late
-being lonely (sitting alone in class, ect.)
-not knowing the answer to teacher's question
-having to perform something in front of the whole class
-the teacher calling me to answer the question and write it on the board (when i had to go write something on the board i would always shake really badly and feel like im about to pass out or burst into tears)
-teacher calling my name and the whole class staring at me (i hate being in center of everyone's attention)
-answering a question wrong (if i got a question wrong i would overthink it for a long time over and over and over again. Same overthinking goes to when i make ANY kind of a mistake)
-being aware of everyone thinking im weird
-i feel uncomfortable in school in general (cause of the amount of people)
-handing in the test first (cuz as i said, i dont like having much attention)
Idk what else to write down rn

Actually when im writing this comment, im feeling anxious cause im scared someone will make fun of me (cuz i wrote something wrong or something like that)
Have a good day

•Reading this after a year, this is a dose of second hand embarrassment.

[phoenixreborn]

I legit start to cry when the teacher forces us into a group activity like I don't wanna get to know people I just wanna finish school

[jizoku]

Things that make me worried or fall apart

1. Social interaction
2. Presentations/Performances you have to do SOLO
3. Making friends
4. Projects that takes more than a day to finish and deadline is in a day
5. Being a leader or the person who stands in front of the class
6 The fact that all the projects and all the effort you put into your work is enough for an "average" grade.

[pixelated.peachyangel]

This doesn't help because I get anxiety from people at school.