This Teen Started Experiencing Panic Attacks For The First Time, And She’s Convinced They’ve Been Brought On By One Of Her Teachers
So many teachers in the world are wonderful at what they do and don’t get enough credit for all their hard work. But almost everyone has had at least one teacher that was mean and scary.
One 16-year-old girl started experiencing panic attacks for the first time, and she’s convinced they’ve been brought on by one of her teachers.
She is in the 11th grade at an Australian high school. She recently switched schools to attend one that would offer her the classes she wanted, including drama and dance classes.
When she first arrived, her teachers were very understanding that she was adjusting to a new school, so they were all kind and patient with her.
However, after recently fracturing her ankle, one of her teachers has been treating her terribly.
It’s a teacher from one of her ‘practical’ courses, which requires movement. When she walked into class wearing a medical boot with a note excusing her from participating for 2-3 weeks, her teacher was understanding.
Those weeks eventually ended, but she was still in pain. Instead of being sympathetic, her teacher was furious.
She got another medical excuse note valid for two more weeks. When she reached the end of that period, she was still in too much pain to participate fully in class, and her teacher started saying mean things to her.
Her teacher would threaten to fail her, tell her she wasn’t worth teaching, and that she’d have to restart her entire class assessment.
Pavel Losevsky – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
She started becoming very scared of her teacher and began having panic attacks over her comments. Before now, she had never had panic attacks.
“More comments accrued, which eventually led to me having panic attacks outside of class and sometimes in class,” she said. “It got to the point where they started happening in other [classes].”
Her drama teacher noticed how stressed she was and got her to tell him what was wrong. When she revealed how upset she was over one of her teachers, her drama teacher said he’d look into the situation.
Unfortunately, the mean teacher discovered what she said and snapped at her. After class, she made her stay behind and scolded her. Her teacher angrily told her she had no right to go behind her back and talk about her to another teacher.
“At this point, I had broken out into another panic attack,” she remembered.
That’s when she finally told her teacher, “I wouldn’t be talking about you to other teachers if you weren’t giving me panic attacks.”
Since this meeting, she’s been on bad terms with this teacher. She’s been trying her best to participate in her class, but now she’s being treated as if she doesn’t exist.
What would you do if you were in her situation?
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