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- 6y ago
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My GCSE’s are coming up too and it’s important to try to have our mental health in control. As hard as this sounds, I think that you should tell her how u feel (without sounding too harsh). Don’t say that u don’t think that she’s qualified in that area, say that her strategies don’t really work for you. I’ve been referred to CAMHS and I have my first appointment in a month. I know not all techniques work for everyone, but I can share some of my coping techniques
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- 6y ago
You’re not a burden. Don’t feel guilty about getting an appointment so soon
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- 6y ago
You deserve treatment and it’s okay for you to want better treatment. I’m a college student with OCD too and my OCD has been very hard on my mom because she has to take care of me. So you getting help may also help your mom as well. I know my mom found it a big relief when I got help and we both got education for what I was going through. When are your GCSE’s?
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- 6y ago
I’m assuming we’re in the same year as I’m doing my mocks in November-December and I have my real ones around April
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- 6y ago
Yes that would be great thanks. I know that CAMHS waiting lists are quite long and that I am lucky to have got an appointment so soon. I think this might be linked to how I feel too. Maybe I think that I am the one taking advantage of the service and help that is offered. Like I don’t have the control because they are doing me a favor. Perhaps I just want to make it easier for the people helping me to reduce the guilt I feel for giving other people more work/ being a burden?
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- 6y ago
I have my mocks in 1.5 months and my first exam is in April. Update: We had a TAC meeting with school and CAMHS today. School have been really great, I couldn’t have asked for anything else. I can go to them on a bad day etc. They emphasized that they see me every day whereas she sees me weekly/fortnightly. She refuses to give me a diagnosis still even though school have said I’m at crisis point. Thanks everyone for listening.
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