hms_anon | April 24

finished a final for one of my classes and went to hand it in and the prof was like

so uh are you going to hand in your paper? or extra credit?

nope :( i wish there was someone who could just go to my professors and tell them that i am too busy thinking about killing myself to not fall

there is

if you talk to your school's mental health medical resource place they can give you a note

lql so you say

i have been seeing a school counselor for months & they just told me to gb2class and talk to my professors

nayrt: really biba, they really shouldn't be saying that and you should talk to the dean if they are doing that.

u don't deserve that

welp

could you talk to him directly? say "hi i'm really sorry, i've been seeing a counselor but i've been having a lot of trouble lately wrt mental health and this is why i've not been doing assignments and such, i'm really sorry, is there anything i can do to make this up" smth like that

i kind of did? like when i went back to class i told all my profs that i'd been ~having a lot of trouble lately~ but i haven't really been getting any better and still didn't do a lot of assignments :(

i have no advice, but i hope u well biba

i think it may be beneficial to talk to your school's resident psych (or whatever the equivalent would be. counselors?). it's a really good idea to have sort of a trail of your MI because if you ever need to appeal a mark or w/e, you have legit shit to back you up AND you have someone to speak with your profs on your behalf when you're not doing well.

i did

no one wants to help me tbh. they want me to explain this all to my profs on my own

:(

that's really shitty. is there any outside resources you can use? can u use the resource post to get someone to talk to about yr options?

can you bring it above the counselor? dean or someone? anyone the counselor has to report to or w/e?

if not, can you send an email to your profs explaining in vague detail what is happening? i've had to send my profs something the lines of "i'm having a very difficult time wrt mental health" and they usually either give me an extension or don't count the mark as part of my final grade.

i really want to talk to the dean of students? but part of me thinks theres no point, i've seen him before wrt this and my chronic migraines and both times he was really unhelpful, basically telling me i should just try to explain the situation to my professors. (one time he'd double-booked the appointment so i could only see him for like three minutes :( )

that's really shitty of him and a p terrible attitude but maybe if it concerns mental health, he'll be more inclined to be helpful? esp if you have any sort of anxiety. you might have to get into a bit more detail than you feel comfortable just to get the point across but biba, you've really gotta try all the routes, esp if you don't want to discuss it with your profs just yet or at all.

i rly rly get how difficult it is to find any point in doing this thing but trust me biba, it'll be worth it when either your dean of students or profs have some empathy.

nayrt but that is fucked nona

your senior tutor or the secretary for your senior tutor should be sending notifications to your profs for you. that's what happened for me, and that was even before i saw a counsellor.

make an appointment with your senior tutor and see if they can help you out. or if you feel comfortable, write your prof an email and explain as much as you feel comfortable with

are you a uk biba? because you are using terms that i don't understand lol :(

canadian

basically, your academic advisor and the person you go to when you have troubles with anything academic related

oh man, are these only things that canada has?

yeah i think so :( i have an academic advisor but he doesn't know who i am, haha

nayrt but i have never heard of a "senior tutor" before

maybe it's just a canada thing?

like an academic advisor for undergrads. you go to them if you need help picking classes, dropping classes, basically for all things academic

why can't you tell your professors yourself?

hey professors i'm probably gonna kill myself so i don't really see the point in turning things in

tyvm

well, tbh, i was thinking more like "i have been severely depressed and have had constant thoughts of suicide, and student health services have been completely unhelpful. i'm not able to concentrate on my work or take care of myself."

but whatever.

April 24

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