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LET ME TELL YOU WHAT MY GUIDANCE COUNSELOR SAID.
so, I contacted my parents in the middle of class telling them basically “hey.. uhh im having a panic attack and I NEED YOU.” and my mom told the guidance counselor (don’t blame my mom, she didn’t know.) and the guidance counselor took me out of dance, took my phone, and told me I looked fine. Asked me what’s wrong I said idk and she said “there’s gotta be something wrong, cause I don’t know doesn’t cut it.” She said this about 4 times. Then she proceeded to tell me that I can’t cry to my parents every time something gets too hard. And apparently since I’m doing well and school and my friends adore me, nothing should be wrong. Tells me that she can gladly take my phone in the mornings so I won’t be tempted to do that again. And that I should come to her or the vice principal if I have a panic attack ever again.
Alright, first of all, my therapist told me to contact my parents whenever thoughts of suicide or bad anxiety come up. My parents agreed.
Second of all, they don’t do anything. They tell you to suck it up and send you back to class sobbing
Third, they can’t just tell me to suck it up. I have been dealing with this for 5 years. I think I know what a panic attack is and when it’s really bad. And I wouldn’t normally call my parents because of a panic attack, yknow? Now I’m afraid that if I actually DO go to them about these things, that they’ll say I’m the boy who cried wolf and tell my parents that I’m making up excuses, which they told me that today.
My mom told me that the next time if they ask for my phone if I didn’t do anything wrong, to say no sooo… haha :)
