MENTAL HEALTH OVER EDUCATION
Is it a good idea to put your education before your mental health?
A third of 15- to 18-year-olds in the UK struggle with mental health or emotional well being issues. Depression, anxiety and an inability to focus are among problems commonly endured by British teenagers.
Everyone deals with mental health differently. Some people manage to hide it and carry on with their lives, others can’t leave the safety of their bed while 15% use self-harm as a way of coping. Depending on how you cope, the thought of school could easily be only adding to your list of struggles, which by taking time away from school can help lessen the stress and anxiety as well as give you time to understand what you’re going through.
Everyone deals with mental health differently. Some people manage to hide it and carry on with their lives, others can’t leave the safety of their bed while 15% use self-harm as a way of coping. Depending on how you cope, the thought of school could easily be only adding to your list of struggles, which by taking time away from school can help lessen the stress and anxiety as well as give you time to understand what you’re going through.
You’re the future of our country, the new doctors, the new teachers, the new emergency service workers and the new lawyers; each job needing a high amount of education to succeed. But if you’re struggling with your mental health, don’t put pressure on yourself to become one of these high achievers right now. Put your current self first.
You are the only person who knows what is right for you. Your family and friends might try to understand, but it’s impossible for them to fully understand what you’re going through. You don’t understand how strong you are, so choose what is right for you and your mental health.
You are the only person who knows what is right for you. Your family and friends might try to understand, but it’s impossible for them to fully understand what you’re going through. You don’t understand how strong you are, so choose what is right for you and your mental health.
Jamie Colson, head on the mental health team at the NHS wrote to parents of teenagers struggling with mental health on his social media earlier this week:
‘Anxiety and depression is like being tied to a chair looking through an open door at the world, you want to move, you want to go out, you want to be less stuck, to stop running around in circles but you can’t. By offering your child help and the choice to make their own decision that is right for them, and their needs is like handing them the key to the chains holding them back, then it’s up to them what they do with it.’
Check this: He showed that it’s your choice as well as putting your feelings into words for your parents to understand.
‘Anxiety and depression is like being tied to a chair looking through an open door at the world, you want to move, you want to go out, you want to be less stuck, to stop running around in circles but you can’t. By offering your child help and the choice to make their own decision that is right for them, and their needs is like handing them the key to the chains holding them back, then it’s up to them what they do with it.’
Check this: He showed that it’s your choice as well as putting your feelings into words for your parents to understand.
