I don't know if I'm "legit".

kayleealia
Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:45:44 +0000

Not sure where else to put this, but senior year I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. We tried to sort out CBT or something, but I wound up going off to college without any real diagnosis or treatment in line. I started completely falling apart about a month into my first semester. I slept once every three days, stayed in bed having panic attacks and wanting to throw up and missing class, not being able to physically wake up some days and not being able to fall asleep ALL the time. I started seeing my school’s counseling center and she eventually suggested I see their psychiatrist, my general practitioner and somebody back at home. I have always been the kid teachers stressed over because I would catch on faster than anybody else and get higher test scores, but I never finished my work. Senior year homework was like this giant roadblock that I couldn’t get through. Even thinking about it made me sick. Thinking about going to class without something done made me have an anxiety attack, but it always happened. I never finished anything because I curled up in a ball and worried about it all night. I worried I wouldn’t do it right or thought I’d never finish it. I know I picked the wrong college, and I’m applying elsewhere. My question is, do I explain this to them? Is it worth telling the college, or should I leave it out so I don’t sound like I’m making lame excuses?