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You made the right decision. If you not able to be in a good space mentally, it will be almost impossible to function in other areas of life . I never enrolled in school last year because my OCD was that bad. I could barely clean my room without feeling an enormous amount of distress . Imagine me at school lol . Take the time you need to heal and get better so that you can be better in school 🤍 wishing you the best ✨
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I understand. That is the point I am at too with not being able to clean my room...really thank you for sharing your experience. It really encourages me to read other people’s experiences and decisions that are similar to mine. I pray you are also able to heal further and be able to one day thrive in life 🤍
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you definitely did the right thing! prioritize how your present self first. the future (college) can wait. college is also super stressful, and stress+ocd are a yucky combo. take your time to heal <3
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I agree. The combo of stress and ocd is just straight up awful. I’ll do my best tho to heal and not be caught up in that rush of the world. Thank you for your comment L🥺
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Thank you for the encouragement 🥺 I understand the struggle. I barely passed last semester too. That was also one of the reasons I’ve made this decision in that I didn’t want to just repeat last semester. I pray that things get better for you. Thank you for commenting.
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I made a similar decision; I was only going to community college, though. I think if you feel that you need to take a break, then you are making the right choice. When your mental health improves, you will be able to go back to college and get good grades! 😄👍
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It’s really nice to read that other people have made a similar decision. Thank you for sharing your experience. It’s very affirming. And thank you for the encouragement. I think that too that when my mental health improves then I’ll go back and actually do well in college again. Seriously thank you for your response 🤍
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I had the same experience. This semester I enrolled and mentally could not process it. I couldn’t mentally/physically put effort and time into classes. I was worried about others and what they would think about me if I did, but I’m so happy I made the decision to drop out. I’m focusing on myself mentally and that’s something that anyone should do too. Mental health is the most important thing!! Do what’s best and right for you and don’t look back :) hope you’re having a great day!!!
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Wow Ali thank you for sharing your experience. It gives me more confidence in my decision and helps me not feel so guilty about it. It can be so hard to put mental health above academics for me, but ultimately I know it is the wiser decision. It’s really encouraging to read that you are so happy that you stepped away from college to focus on yourself. Kind of exactly what I needed to read. Thank you for responding to my post. I hope you have a great day also 💕
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I did this and it saved my life, best of luck with your healing ❤️
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Thank you 😌🤍 it’s nice to know other people have done this and don’t regret it.
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I'm proud of you! That is a tough decision but your mental health is important! And always remember you can go back or to a closer college in the future if you decide after some time off you want to! Or you may decide to do something else and that's okay too! Wishing you luck in your journey!
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This was very comforting to read. Thank you 🥺🤍 there’s always this social pressure to go to college and finish in four years but I’m realizing that the reality of it varies from person to person. And I guess my reality right now is to take a break. Thank you for being so kind and thoughtful in your response. It made me smile 😌 I wish you the best of luck as well with any healing or places in life that you want to achieve.
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@Aine Aw I'm glad 💗 everyone has a different path, you just have to do what is best for you 😌
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I'm estimating it might take up to 6 years of in-school semesters full time to finish college for me, and I don't think that's abnormal... 4 years isn't always a realistic expectation. Take the time you need to finish college! There's no rush!
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@Anonymous 😌😌 thank you. Your comment means a lot to me. It’s always hard to not get caught up in what everyone else is doing.
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