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Dear Mr M,
I've had the worst time.
This teacher said to me "it's a shame the course didn't work out.." when you struggle with mental illness it's just as bad as having a real illness or an injury. Imagine if someone had to have their leg amputated or they just got a diognosis for some illness and you said " oh that's a shame..." you have failed to see the seriousness of the situation. That's a terrible thing to happen to anybody! You come across like you don't really care, that you are complacent and it shows you really have no idea what's going on. Youve failed to see the chasm between our individual experiences. You would never say that to anybody with a visible illness or disease..
People with mental health issues are experiencing a crisis ALL the time. Not just ocassionally. Most aren't ever "doing okay" It's constant. It doesn't go away on its own or suddenly dissappear for a bit and come back. It's severe. It impacts the enjoyment of your whole life not just aspects of it. Just because anxiety is common doesn't make it not serious. Just because it's easily treatable doesn't mean it's not severely life limiting and debilitating to the person who experiences it every single day. Depression isn't just feeling immensely sad it's a multitude of emotions and experiences. Hence the word treatable... it does not mean curable. I'm so tired of feeling guilty for expressing my emotions and for being told by teachers that asking for help is " selfish and that I'm ruining everyone else's experience" and that was said by the person who is in charge of wellbeing ! ... I'm tired of people making judgements about my actions such as crying ( a human emotion that everyone does themselves and yet they still feel uncomfortable witnessing it in others? Which makes no sense... ) and not being organised, not doing enough work or being labeled as DISENGAGED ? (What a ridiculous word) laziness, attention seeking and lack of respect, or whatever else your staff have said to me over the years!.. and I mean this has been going on for years.... and im really tired of being misunderstood.
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