17 year old girl from Norway, now you know abit.
I fear I have ****** up school. In Norway, we have three years of high school. I'm in my second year now. Last year, I only had bad grades, and ended up in a depression, I believe around winter time. It got so bad I skipped an entire month of school, and lost 10 kgs. I shunned social contact with everyone and mostly sat in my room minding my own business (Still do, I really prefer being alone). My grades were horrible, and I was failing most subjects.
I decided to take an exchange year in the Netherlands, to be with my boyfriend, who lives here, the only reason I feel happiness nowadays. This is my second year of high school. I won't be getting many grades here. My problem is, have I ****** up school? What can I do? Last years grades were failing, and this year's grades are incomplete. I feel so unmotivated by school, just thinking about doing the same every single day makes me feel empty inside. I want to explore and learn the world, not stuff written in books I'll never need.
I never got help for my depression. I feel better now, I can communicate again, but I feel it's still there. I wonder how no one noticed I needed help, even after I lost 10 kgs. I never feel anything, it's almost like I'm blocking out everything by default. I have to really concentrate about the situation and how it makes me feel for it to have any impression on me. I don't remember the last time I was sincerely happy. The only one that makes me feel light-spirited is my boyfriend, and even then all the feelings are muted.
What can I do?
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No, there's still time to get an education.
Education gives people a richer, fuller life, there is no doubt about that. Take advantage of it while you can.
In America a child can repeat a grade if he fails, or if he didn't get all he could have - kids can attend public school until they are 21, (most graduate at age 18) don't you have something similar in Norway? Especially for medical cases?
Please get with the educators and try to re-do these years after you recover from depression. Life doesn't have to be this hard. Ask for help, people can't read your mind.
Hei :D Med tanke på hvor mange nordmenn som har dårlige karakterer skal du nok få deg igjennom skolen med det. Om du stryker i noen fag må du selvsagt ta de om igjen, så du vil sannsynligvis bruke lengre tid på utdannelse. Dersom du ønsker en god jobb i framtiden så må du nok jobbe igjennom skoleåret, uansett hvor tungt det er. Ta gjerne kontakt med helsesøster eller psykolog (om dere har det) på skolen. Jeg vet det føles dumt ut å skulle snakke med de, men det hjelper virkelig. Jeg antar at du ser en framtid med kjæresten din. Tenk på han hver morgen du våkner og har problemer med å dra deg ut av sengen. Tenk den gangen du sannsynligvis kan bo sammen med han og stifte familie sammen. Vil ikke du da være litt uavhengig og klare deg selv og i tillegg bidra til familielivet?
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