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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 607329" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>She is in therapy, right?</p><p></p><p>I'd find out if she even thinks school is important because I didn't think so and nobody could make me. I was happy if I passed. A lot of that had to do with my fight with daily anxiety and depression and I barely had the energy to do the work, let alone do it good or do it twice. I would not call her lazy. I would find out how she feels about school, learning, her future and if she knows something is getting in the way to stop her from doing better. Unfortunately, mental illness can ruin your concentration. Most people don't know that depressed people have a terrible time with concentration. Some can't concentrate at all. The first time that I was in the hospital for depression (I was in three times), most of the patients were also in for depression or bipolar. Nobody could read. We wanted to. We were brought wonderful books from home. We couldn't even understand what we were reading. It was hard just to watch television. Depression/anxiety is terrible for concentration...worse than ADHD.</p><p></p><p>She may have to wait until she is oldern and more stahle to be better able to learn more. I'd explore it more and see what the therapist has found out. Your daughter has more going on than even I did as I didn't have to think about cutting or eating. She is fighting a daily battle to get through each one. School may be unimportant to her because she feels so crummy or she is so laden down with mental health issues.</p><p></p><p>If your daughter was dead tired sick with pneumonia you wouldn't expect her to be able to do as well as if she felt well. This is similar. I mean...I walked in your daughter's shoes in a way (all of us are different a little). Maybe I'm off base and you disagree with me and that's ok, but I wanted to offer my experience. I would have done far better in school if I had not been mentally ill. As it was, I did have mental illness and I did far worse than I should have, even with my learning disabilities. And I had no motivation, which is par for the course with any sort of depression. Hope this helped.</p><p></p><p>Can't hurt to see <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Good luck and keep us updated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 607329, member: 1550"] She is in therapy, right? I'd find out if she even thinks school is important because I didn't think so and nobody could make me. I was happy if I passed. A lot of that had to do with my fight with daily anxiety and depression and I barely had the energy to do the work, let alone do it good or do it twice. I would not call her lazy. I would find out how she feels about school, learning, her future and if she knows something is getting in the way to stop her from doing better. Unfortunately, mental illness can ruin your concentration. Most people don't know that depressed people have a terrible time with concentration. Some can't concentrate at all. The first time that I was in the hospital for depression (I was in three times), most of the patients were also in for depression or bipolar. Nobody could read. We wanted to. We were brought wonderful books from home. We couldn't even understand what we were reading. It was hard just to watch television. Depression/anxiety is terrible for concentration...worse than ADHD. She may have to wait until she is oldern and more stahle to be better able to learn more. I'd explore it more and see what the therapist has found out. Your daughter has more going on than even I did as I didn't have to think about cutting or eating. She is fighting a daily battle to get through each one. School may be unimportant to her because she feels so crummy or she is so laden down with mental health issues. If your daughter was dead tired sick with pneumonia you wouldn't expect her to be able to do as well as if she felt well. This is similar. I mean...I walked in your daughter's shoes in a way (all of us are different a little). Maybe I'm off base and you disagree with me and that's ok, but I wanted to offer my experience. I would have done far better in school if I had not been mentally ill. As it was, I did have mental illness and I did far worse than I should have, even with my learning disabilities. And I had no motivation, which is par for the course with any sort of depression. Hope this helped. Can't hurt to see :) Good luck and keep us updated. [/QUOTE]
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