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Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
3. Not really...
Fri May 3, 2013, 03:22 AM
May 2013

I'm going to go in this Monday to talk with a counsellor to see what options I may have. I don't think quitting these 2 extra courses will prevent me from attempting term 3 next fall if I choose to do so. They aren't prerequisites for anything, it would just mean that I would have to retake them. And while there I'll ask if there is any way to not more gracefully drop these courses due to my depression.

I suppose I should have alerted someone at school to my depression much earlier. I'm somewhat wary of school counsellors though. This is probably me being elitist and not giving credit where it's due, as well as giving in to stereotypes, but I've always thought school counsellors don't really deal with serious emotional problems. I've always thought they were there more for the common issues suffered by the average student. Difficulty finding friends, stress from school work, relationship difficulties etc...

I don't need tutors academically. I barely studied for anything this year due to my depression and still managed an 87% average, and last semester I was higher. Academically I'm OK, emotionally I'm a mess. I take everything on as a serious duty and the stress just piles on week after week till I break. I'm amazed I managed to get to the end of the year actually (minus these 2 extra courses).

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