i hate uni!

melancholly

it's worth making use of the uni counselling service to help deal with any issues - not being able to be in crowded places will have a life long impact. the services available as a student are often far easier to access than any talking therapy in the NHS.

you should speak to your tutor about any problems which are interfering with your work. the tutor is not psychic and can only assume you are a slacker!

if it's too much, then drop out as your health is more important. but only go down that road when you are sure, as the financial implications are substantial. try and take some control of the situation. it largely doesn't matter if you're friends with people on your course and often, in jobs, you don't end up working with people you like. working out how you can deal with that is important. (plus one tutor won't see every undergrad on a course, so something about the OP's account doesn't quite ring true - probably just being upset about things, so take a step back, work out what you can do to make the situation better instead of walking away from it before trying to work it out)

Mich973

Hi there - I am at uni and have a mental health condition.

I completely understand the difficulty in attending the lectures. I am twice the age of the other students in my course and really don't fit in with the teenage conversations. But I do get on with all my fellow students and do talk to them and have a good laugh at times. When we are meant to be working on something in class, I do find it difficult to concentrate with the high level of chatter in the background.

So my attendance has been around 50%. In my 3rd year my health got worse and so did my attendance. What helped me was that I was doing I course I was already experienced in - I was doing it to update and consolidate my previous experience. But I ended up having to split my final year into 2 - so now I am in the 4th year of my 3 year course.

My tutors have been very good about it but I did have to supply a lot of medical evidence from my GP and various consultants. And I even got extra support via the DSA because I told them about my condition.

Another thing that helped me was working with the technicians. My course is very practical and I use a lot of specialised equipment. I found talking to the technicians I got more help and they gave me the heads up on the quite times to access the rooms.

My advice as a fellow student is to stick it out. Talk to your tutors and the uni disability adviser. The help is there for you - you just have to ask for it.