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School gave me -anxiety -stress -drama -and it showed me how greedy people are.

I hate how people just accept school as a 100% good thing, mostly parents, and when people complain about it they’re called stupid, lazy, or a dropout. It’s not perfect. Far from it.

Fun Fact: Homework was originally made to be a punishment for students not paying attention

I have fear of being yelled at and being confronted by teachers . My heart always pound so fast whenever I felt like they are shouting. And this is just one of the reasons why I'm always anxious before going to school. And one of the reasons why I can't focus.

"Anything that can be looked up is not worth memorizing" -Albert Einstein

Schools being like: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that

What i learnt from school- 1. Its hard to make friends, nobody is nice 2. Fear of suspension for a trivial thing 3. Need to gel along with horrible people you dont like 4. Most teachers don't care about your health.

“Most students enjoy school” Lmao sure. It’s an infernal hell of suffering. Ask. Anyone. In. School.

Stages of homework: Open book Look at mountain of work Cry Pull hair Throw book (mentally (or sometimes physically)) Go to bed Homework: won't be done

School gave me: Bullies Toxic friends Depression Anxiety Tiredness

I studied for hours and hours and took “the easiest exam of the year” and I thought I did so good I’d blow my teacher away, He gave me a 28. I bawled my eyes out on the school bus infront of everyone and begged him to let me retake it. Grades are due tomorrow. It’s literally my 6th day in person as a freshman and I’ve cried IN SCHOOL twice, and failed every test. I’m an honors kid.

At school you can't be yourself,you just always gotta be perfect😔

The fact that they 'prepare' you for the hardest years of your life by making the best ones worse is so messed up.

What teachers think school gives us : -A great job we like -Amazing skills -Important information And what school actually gives us... -Hate towards everyone -Feeling worthless and thinking of being a failure -Social Anxiety -Useless Facts that we will never use in our lives

Me before school: *ACTUALLY FEELING HAPPY* Me after school: *what is wrong with me*

School gave me: - Anxiety - Depression - A LOT of crying - Sweating - Chest/heart problems - Even less social - Weird affects of my life.. - Anger issues - Friendless - Hurt, sadness... - Tiredness - Pressure - More self-hating Sounds like a great life.

School is overwhelming. It’s always the feeling of ‘How come she finishes her work in an hour, and I usually take four? Am I stupid?’.

“School is often considered a positive place” Lmao, I only feel stressed at school and during the school term. Once the holidays hits, I’m a completely different person with almost 0 stress. When school starts again, it jumps back to 100. Can anyone relate?

Imagine if we didn't have school. chill with your friends, play video games, spend more time with your family, chill at a store with friends. but we just cry and do homework and get stressed.

My thoughts on school: 1. I feel like a robot there 2. It keeps me from doing the things i actually love and learning the things i actually want to learn and use because it sucks all my energy out 3. The system doesn't look like it is going to change anytime soon 4. It makes mental health problems much worse. 5. It rips away your inner child 6. It sets you into system that is seen as the only way to success, which is absolutely wrong 7. We are force fed crap that we will never use, and waste time way too often

Trained therapist and physiological professionals: school has a negative affect on children Schools: NO we know everything and what they need is more homework!

"Go to school", they said, "It'll be fun", they said.

"most students enjoy school" imma stop you right there

school is so stressful, lately its been nothing but learn chapter, test, learn chapter test, learn chapter, test, big end of school exams. There's no break and teachers just expect you to be able to do it as if you don't have a life outside of school. I'm exhausted constantly and burnt out but I can't take a break and recharge cause I'll be in trouble for not having the homework done or I won't do well in an exam.

I remember seeing this: School makes me feel Depressed Stupid Sad Anxious Suicidal Cry So stressed So tired Sick And it goes on. The school system needs to be updated.

What school has gave me -sucidal thoughts -low grades -low self esteem -anxiety -losing friends -trust issues -excluded and a *WHOLE* lot more.

in kindergarten, i kept getting called a "boy" because of my short hair, and that made my confidence go down the hill. i cried in 2nd grade in front of everyone because i got a bad score on my achieve activity, but everyone was comforting me

What I hate about school is the fact that. I’m expected to be a straight A student; of course because of my Dad’s ridiculously high expectations for me, which he claims aren’t that bad. Which isn’t really THAT simple, I can’t just flawlessly do all my assignments and be the epitome of perfection. It’s so stressful. Not too long ago I was told that my summer would be based on how well my grades are. And for math I have a 44, soon to be a 66, I KNOW how pissed my dad would be and it just hurts me knowing that my whole summer will go to waste because of A SINGULAR. DAMN. GRADE.

What school gave/made me: 1) social anxiety (i isolate myself and struggle alot to just go up to somebody and strike up a conversation-) 2) low self esteem 3) depression 4) stress 5) feel overwhelmingly pressured-

“Most students like school” Me: you have forfeited your life privileges

What my parents think school gives me: - knowledge - Important information - Skills and abilities - Good friends - way to succees - confidence - humble teachers What school actually gives/gave me: - Depression - Anxiety - Tension - Stress - Fake friends - mean teachers - extreme panic attacks - waste information - unwanted knowledge - stressful subjects - A LOT OF crying - loss of confidence - sucidial thoughts - childhood trauma - hateful homeworks This is what school gave me/gives me everyday, and I have anxiety because of school i get extreme panicks attacks. and i even tried to tell my parents about this but they always take it in a wrong way, when i say them that I'm really tired and stressed because of school and homeworks they always reply saying "so you wanna be uneducated?" "You wanna leave studies?" "what will you become in the future?" "Shut up you're going to school tomorrow!" "Stop doing dramas" literally can i just call them the worst parents? cause they've never tried to understand my problems and fears, but instead judge and hurted me. ughh

"School is often considered a positive place where students can learn play and build friendships in a positive environment" Me: "Haha what school you been going to?"

School: starts Depression: casually approach child

Bully: *bullying School: ... Victim *self defense School: *communist detected on American soil. Lethal force engaged*

School logic :- If the student is not performing well we should separate them from their friends and give them even more homework.

Fun fact school isn't teaching something we need in real life

*School in three words: useless, stressful, hell.*

Bullying "The situation can be better when parents and teachers get involved" Parents and teachers : " *ITS BECAUSE OF THE PHONE* "

"School is a positive place where students can learn play and make friendships" That's not just how it works, you don't just go there and get it on a silver plate. This is how painful it can be, and the older you get the worse it gets. And when you already have problems, school makes it much worse.

In my middle and elementary school (mostly middle school), the adults who were in charge of lunch didn't allow us to socialize during lunch. If we did, we weren't allowed to eat, we were forced to be quiet just to be allowed to eat (even though I'm a shy person, I still didn't like the idea). At the time, I thought it was normal, but I'm starting to think they were just abusing their power. Sometimes I feared that I wouldn't be able eat lunch at all. Even though most of the time I bring my own lunch, I always waited until everyone else got their food (because I was afraid they would make me bad for eating my food while they didn't have any). In middle school, I starting eating my lunch right away because I got tired of waiting for everyone else to get their food when I already had my own. One time, they did try to make me feel bad, but I decided to tell them off, I shouldn't have to restrict myself from eating just because they didn't have food. It's not fair to me, I had my own food so I should be allowed eat it whenever *I'm* hungry. But then mom made me have to eat school lunch, so now I had no choice (I don't think she knew what was going on, but even so she knew I didn't like the most of the school lunch there). They were shitty people for doing that and they had no right to restrict children from eating lunch just for socializing. Even if it was too loud, they should've always allowed us to eat.

Schools true meaning S- Several C- Cruel H- Hours O- Of O- Our L- Lives

Why need school when Psych2Go can teach me everything!

school is quite stressful. especially the online version. lots of problems came and my happiness drops to 60% than usual :'(

I'm in 8th grade and this is what school gave me so far: -suicidal thoughts -anxiety that literally never goes away and is bad enough that i don't know if the anxiety is the reason i can't think clearly or if it's an undiagnosed mental illness -trust issues -classmates that give death threats for doing literally anything (like getting a good grade, looking backwards during class, existing) -hate for humanity School should honestly come with free therapy.

School: is about to start Pcych2Go: let us give you 5 reasons not to go back there

'1. Bullying' Schools: *Wait, our anti-bullying posters didn't work? BUT HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!*

For me, it's really just the repetitive loop of school. I was feeling great mentally before school but 3 weeks in I'm losing my feeling of being whole. I feel emptier each day going to school, doing the same exact shit over and over again that it ruins the way I think

School gave me a real down point in life, especially in third grade. I had so much stress build-up, being that I was the class president which I fully regret. I had to deal with attitudes, different personalities, misbehavior and just full-on stress overall. I had 3 crying sessions. It made me want to just switch schools or just be homeschooled all together. I lost my voice from trying to discipline them but never worked as usual. I'd go home with a frown on my face almost *everyday* . They called me 'bossy' and 'dramatic' but if they were in my place they would have understood. It was a hard weight to put on the shoulders of a 9 year old. I tried to emphasize with them but ended up being the weak one in that situation. I had expectations that I had to reach, like test scores or academic awards as well. If they knew what I was going through every single day, they would know how bad I feel. I wish I just stood aside and not run for class president but, expectations 😃. Apologies for the rant.

Me: *Watching Netflix* ‘remembers Homework’ Also me: *Watching Netflix Stressfully*

"5 Ways School Can Hurt Your Mental Health" summary with time stamps: 1. Bullying 0:56 2. Academic Results 2:15 3. Assignments 3:24 4. Socializing 4:24 5. Long Hours 5:34 I recommend watching the video for more info and details :) (also it would be nice if Psych2Go put these kinds of summaries along with time stamps in their description so that it would be easier to find what we are looking for if we don't have the time to rewatch the video).

3:25 assignments are totally stressful, especally when you have a learning disorder like me. Because I have ADHD (diagnosed with it) it makes it hard for me to focus on school stuff, since it just doesn't spark an interest to me at all so I get like 50%s in final grades

What school gave me: -loss of feelings (i still have them, but they barley work) -less free time -more sadness then happiness -sooooooooooo much homework -strees -broken bones -grounded -bad grades -uslees information *and soooooooooooooooo much more*

I feel like school is literally just 20% learning and 80% socializing- Well, me watching other people socialize while I pretend I'm not listening even though I'm sitting right next to them and can hear everything they say. I'm not much of a talker as an introvert, even when I'm sitting with a group of friends, I get anxious saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. I often just blow things off because the event is too social and chatty

“You can bring snacks, you can also try to sneak in naps during breaks” School which doesn’t allow snacks at all except at lunch and there are no breaks long enough for me to even sleep: *you dare pass*

Psych2go: The best thing you can do is to talk to people Introverts: Thanks, helped a lot 🙃🙃

"school is often considered a positive place where you learn in a supportive environment and create friendships" My anxiety: not anymore :D

Take note of the case of South Korea, where academic excellence is extremely emphasized. The result: suicides.

"most students enjoy school" *I have literally never met a single person that has replied "I really like it!" or "I love it!" to an adult asking "How are you liking school?"*

I’m 14 and I’m realizing that when I was younger I was so happy and energetic and had time. Now, I’m caught in a loop of waking up too early, back hurting and stress, baggy eyes, falling asleep in the shower, slouching while walking and barely being able to stand(no exaggeration), too sleepy all day, and how school turns people into sleep deprived zombies basically. I’m always tired now and hate spending my childhood like this so badly. I just want to make memories but all I can think about is how school is making me feel. I literally cant remember the last time I felt like how I was younger.

As a person growing up seeing my sister always so happy with her friends in high school and seeing it now it’s awful. It’s not just school it’s mostly just the high school. It caused a lot of problems with my mental health and the way I look at myself and also I can see the same for everyone. It feels and has the toxic energy of something your can’t get out and your stuck for the rest of the school year type of thing. School made me develop anxiety, anti-social- social problems, thinking, the way I look, the way I learn, the way I see things and learn things now. It’s so many feelings at once and I can not explain. The feeling also of being judge what who or what your are wearing and always in my thoughts.

Another reason is the nature of teachers. Some Teachers intentionally harrass and embarrass student in front of others. But more than it being a lesson, it affected has really effected my mental health

What I Iearned in school: -my feelings don't matter. Even if they did nobody will understand them anyway -who cares if my head is overfilled with sensories and is unable to function, bad grades makes me a bad person -no one will help me in my meltdowns or sensory overloads, i'm just too sensitive - nobody will like me because of how weird I am - I can't be weak, even if my head, stomach and limbs hurt -I need to accept the bullying, because let's be honest, making loud sounds isn't something bad, right? -I have to like people, even if I'm uncomfortable and want to run away

School gave me :anxiety :bullying :bad friendships :low self esteem Somehow parents like school

Homework be like: *YOU MAY NOT REST NOW, THERE IS HOMEWORK NEARBY*

I was bullied for 15 years of my life and or gave me: -memory lose of my chilhood -schizophrenia -anxiety -depression Thanks school

~Here’s the list~ 1.Bullying 2. Academic Results 3.Assignments 4.Socializing 5.Long hours

I'm over here crying my eyes out because of this assignment I have no idea how to do due today. I couldn't even enjoy my winter break because of how much homework I had on my mind

At this point, I feel like we’re studying for the sake of getting good grades and it sucks when the teachers are biased towards particular students and favor them. We’re not studying for the sake of education itself...

School: can hurt mental health Parents: impossible

One of my greatest regrets in life is going to school. It wasn't all bad, but it wasn't worth the years I wasted in the system, the useless information constantly kicked into my head, and yes, the emotional damage. Whenever I even hear anyone talk about school (or college) I can't feel anything but bitterness and rage. I should have dropped out decades ago.

I really wish the every school system would do a more check up on their students. I still have a couple years until I don't have to go anymore. But I already hate that place more than anything...the amount of anxiety, sadness, anger, and frustration I feel every single day is overwhelming.

"Despite the safe environment that schools provide for socializing" Wrong. Social environments in schools do not provide safety. And I'll provide an example. So take 7th grade me: in band, kind of quiet, more passive, just wanted to play trumpet. The other trumpet players were not nice to me. Bullied me consistently, to the point where I refused to go to school a few days. One instance, I decided to stick up for myself. I didn't know how to do this, so I went with what appeared to be a pretty solid option: refusing to share one of the books with another student. What was I met with? Infantilization and reprimand from the teacher herself. Who, may I add, never once addressed the issue of the other trumpet kids bullying me. Even into 8th grade. School does not care about you.

*School Presentation* Me: So this is how school affe- School: Let's pretend we don't see that

not gonna lie im really tired of school and well I’m extremely depressed and no matter what I do even if something great happens I’m just happy until school starts then I start to feel like I’m a worthless failure and I hate myself so much for this and yet I manage to hide my depression from everyone it doesn’t change the fact that always a part of me thinks about committing suicide and I had a lot of suicidal thoughts in the past and I still have them

For the people who wish they had good grades: I got good grades in school (like A and A+, or 9-10/10 in my school system) and it was actually horrible, like yeah you get praise and kind of a feeling of accomplishment, but you have to deal with a lot of problems as well. 1. People get jealous and either start talking behind your back to try to take you down or simply start bullying you because they feel inferior. 2. Because of 1, many people try to get away from you and you have difficulties to make friends unless they have good grades too (which is seen as elitist when it's obviously not) 3. You feel the need to study yourself to exhaustion because you have to maintain the good grades and the "image" of good student your parents, teachers and classmates have, which is a lot of pressure 4. When your grades drop a little (like to a B or sth) people start judging you and make fun of you because they got a better grade and the pressure is even higher (and they even pity you like wtf) 5. People judge you and think that you get those grades because you're smart and not because you literally study from morning to dawn, as if it was something easy when it's not (I spent a whole year sleeping 4-5h daily to keep up with my studies) 6. Any comment referred to a teacher is seen as if you were sucking up to them (which is not true) and they criticize you on your face or even behind your back. 7. I had to deal with anxiety and depression for 2 years because of the pressure. Even though I have a good memory of my school life (kinda, now I'm a university student), it really was horrible for my mental health. There are a lot more things that I can't remember rn but yes, if you've read until now, my recommendation is just get normal grades (like B or C/7 or 8/10), it's a lot better

If school is were you get Friends why did i never got any friends

I don’t get how if everyone involved with this system is unhappy, why do we need to continue suffering in a broken system?

Alternative Title: 5 Reasons Why School is Crappy and is Bad for you

People only care about grades. They are obsessed with numbers. Who is among the top 3 and who is not. People change their attitudes based on your grade. If you get a good result, you are praised. But the moment your grade drops a little, they completely isolate you as if they're saying "So what if you got a somewhat good result in your previous test, this time is different". But thanks to that I learned whom to trust and whom to avoid. That's why I hate school. Things would have been really tough if my friends were not there.

school is basically prison with added stress from to many test, class presentations,peer pressure,etc

School gave me: Depression Anxiety Infiriority complexes Isolation Depersonalization Breakdowns Tiredness Stress Panic attacks Self consciousness So far, at least...

My family had high standards for me, my mother committed to school so much in her life and got a ton of privileges, and my father struggled so hard to get where he is. As such, they have high expectations on what we accomplished. As such, they believe school to be the single most important thing about the world. My mother even said that she KNEW the school system was messed up, but she wanted us to go through with it anyway, because there was no choice. I'm on the autism spectrum, and I never felt like I was good enough for a future, because of the system. School made my social anxieties even worse, and it made me feel as though I was worth nothing. I got pressured for hours a day to answer school questions, even in the middle of the night, and I just shut down. I believed that school was the most important thing, and that the problem was me, that I wasn't good enough if I don't get As. I was so caught up in this belief, that I harassed a ton of kids who thought there was something more important than schoolwork. They hated me. They wanted to bully me so hard from it. Which eventually turned to self loathing, as I believed they were in the wrong. Soon, I believed I was in the wrong. Then I moved away, and I began to see my life outside of that. I began to explore my love of filmmaking, art, fictional writing, how much more alive I feel outdoors, and even finding love, my partner being someone who almost never got to be a part of school. Then that caused me to fail school, and ever since, everyone disapproved of what I want to do with my life, considered it to be a waste of time, and that I was ruining my life. Even when I'm moved out, in college, my parents would pressure me hard to do nothing but study. That I didn't deserve to do what I loved unless I got an A. And I still fail. I try to appeal to school, and I still fail. More times than you think, I've hated myself for a letter. I was told time and time again that I was in the wrong, that I didn't get it, that school was the only thing that could prepare me for a future. I was diagnosed with anxiety almost two years ago, and when it started, I couldn't even go outside without feeling like I didn't deserve to be out there. That I was a bad person for not committing to school. My whole belief of school ever since I was a kid, being thrown in the bin by my own brain, and even trying to put the textbooks down and live my life, gave me anxiety attacks. Didn't help that my family thought my poor grades meant I had no future, and how much they (accidentally, admittedly) rubbed that in my face. They love me, they think that's for the best. I was a fool to ever give into that. To this day, I still question if what I'm doing, and if even rebelling the school system is the right thing to do. But I do know that it's what I need to do. Because school didn't help me find love, I did. School didn't teach me about creativity, I did. School didn't help me find my identity, I did. That's the truth. All school did was disapprove of those three things. And I severely regret EVER telling kids that should commit to that system. The system is cruel, and it's wrong. I get that now. They hated me for my commitment in the first place, and I deserve it. Which is why I'm trying to redeem myself, by addressing this issue and helping people understand that they are good enough for the world the way they are. They don't have to pass any test to live a life. I failed my English final in school, and yet, I was praised by a lot of people for my writing work in so many ways. What does that tell you? What does that tell you about how school defines your success and happiness? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

I always cry whenever I got a low grade, I always have difficulties finding help on schoolwork, it always stresses me out.

I won't take homework with me at my home because home, is a place where your rest mental health care. Not work. That's why, Finland is still the #1 best school system. There secret is "No Homework". I get it, your suppose to learn; let's get reality here. "Schools aren't teaching in meaning of becoming adultery" worst of all, tests are, test can get you into mental health issues. "Too much knowledge all at once, will not be a output" only if you're putting in small investments of knowledge than you can use those useful tools you've learned from school.

I feel like teachers give us homework everyday so we it can be a practise for the exams but because we have to give it right the next day students actually stay up late to complete the homework rather than understanding what they reading actually are so i think homework is too stressful

school and court give me no choice but to go to school what school gave me: social anxiety, depression, hate to everyone, trippled stress, emotional breakdowns, feeling sick lack of sleep and eating, no friends this has been going on for 4 years of untreated and unoticed problems that others make an excuse of saying im lazy

What School Gave Me • Anxiety • Depression • Suicidal Thoughts • Bad Grades • Low Self-Esteem • Trauma From Bullying • Feeling Worthless • A Destroyed Mental Health • Stress • Suffering • Useless Information That I'll Never Use Ever • A Wasted Childhood • Breakdowns • Isolation • Tiredness • Self Hate • Panic Attacks • Loss Of Well Being • Schizophrenia • Negative Thoughts

"I hated going to school... It was torture." ~Elon Musk

School was more about survival than learning. Most of the other kids didn't take education seriously and no-one cared. I didn't really start to sort my education out until I left school.

I hate school because a piece of paper is supposed to decide what you're future is and parents calling their kid stupid because they can't keep up with other students.

Academic stress absolutely contributed to my anxiety during my childhood and adolescence. I am so glad I’m in college.

“a positive place” *yeah if youre a teachers pet* edit; okay, first ty for the likes and funny replies. note! this is a joke, please do not take this comment seriously and take the time to write a whole goddamn book. ‘kay thanks.

1. Well, telling a teacher about being bullied (at least in my school) is even worse than keeping it as a secret. Teachers only make it worse because they don’t know how to talk with students about this stuff and don’t want to learn how to. After the dumb „Don’t bully, it’s bad” talk bullies are even more cruel than before and make sure your school life is a hell. So, I don’t tell teachers about being bullied in school. 2. Teachers in my school expect good students to always get good grades no matter what. I was always quite good at maths but once I got D from a test because I misunderstood the subject. The teacher said something like: „Oh dear, you were such a good student, what happened? I expected more from you.” 3. In my case bullying is on a level where the new students are being turned against me for bullies make sure that I’ll always be alone. _AND YET OTHERS ARE SAYING „YOU’RE OVERREACTING!” WHEN I TRY TO EXPLAIN WHY I ABSOLUTELY HATE SCHOOL_

I hate school sm, teacher keep us 4-8 hours in a building and literally forcing us to study, when i was younger i used to think school would be so fun and i could make so much friends, but now everything is just about those stupid grades. If you get bad grades some parents will most likely get mad at their kids and then force them to study more and more, they don’t even realize that it’s really destroying students.

High school was pure hell. I'm 51, and still dealing with the mental health fallout.

how do i send this to my school without sending it to my school

School: bullying, drugs, cheating, alchohol Also school: gives kid detention for wearing a hat

I think there should be a site where all the students can share their probs with each other and help each other coz school doesn't care about us. We must seek help ourselves before we get messed up more by the school... Or maybe there should be a some sort of community unlike school where we can learn and study whatever we're interested in and surround ourselves with the students having same passion or interest as us. A community where you won't be judged , discriminated or bullied. 😌 it may also be beneficial for those suffering from anxiety n all

School (particularly, middle school.) has made me overwhelmed, made me more depressed, so much more anxious, have lower self-esteem, and a lot. I’ve been through a lot of bullying but middle school has been nothing but hell, its even worse when you have only like 1 friend. I’ve been isolated and everything. And there’s a lot more in that department, but on top of all that, I’m stressed about getting into college and getting good grades enough to pass when I’m really bad at math, and I’ve been trying but with all the bullying it’s honestly dropped my grades. And with the amount of assignments I need to do in a short amount of time it just makes everything SO much worse. I hate middle school so much