Hi everyone,
I'm not really sure if I'm doing this right or not, it's my first time posting on this site. Basically, I'm a mum of three girls and my eldest is eighteen. She's beautiful, clever, funny and happy, an absolute treasure.
She's having some problems at school with other girls that seem to be quite serious- it seems to be nastier than normal school girl stuff and it's got to the point where the police have been involved. I think the main issue is that my girl and a few of her friends have been blamed for what's gone on and been completely isolated because of it.
About a month ago, she fainted at school in a toilet cubicle on her own- luckily her teacher followed her in and found her- so I made her go to the doctor as she's never fainted before. She'd also told me how she'd woken up through the night a couple of times struggling to breathe. She was prescribed something for anxiety.
She looks absolutely exhausted all of the time (she's described school as being like walking on eggshells all day long) and at the minute her (usually mild) eczema is up with a vengeance, especially on her face. For the last week or so, her eyes have been extremely swollen and puffy, too.
I'm so worried about her, and I just don't know how to help. She's very private and every time I try to speak about it, she bats it off. I can't stand seeing her so exhausted- I'm also worried that she's going to miss her grades for university, especially because she's started taking days off more frequently. The thing I'm most concerned about is her mental health- there are so many awful stories about suicide and self harm that come as a result of things like this, and I just don't know how to help.
Any advice would be hugely appreciated. I hope that this isn't too long and rambly and I've managed to post it in the right area! Thanks for reading,
Kate x
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