Q. I’m worried about my mental health. Basically, every little insignificant thing is upsetting me (ie. the wrong cheese for lunch, a crease in foil). And I don’t feel like I have any control of my emotions. One minute I love my boyfriend/parents/friends, the next minute I absolutely can’t stand them. I’m getting upset easily, and have been crying a lot. It’s got worse over the past year and a half, and I didn’t get good AS levels and got rejected from the universities I wanted to go to (I applied for medicine). I’m also getting more panic attacks than usual, and although I understand why I’ve been worse recently, I don’t know how to make it go away. I took the anxiety and depression quizzes on this site, and scored 27 and 60 respectively. On the bright side, I don’t have any eating disorders, and generally don’t self harm. I’m trying to arrange to see my GP, but keep chickening out of booking the appointment as I don’t know how my parents would react if I was advised to get counseling/take medication. I need to sort myself out or I don’t think I’m going to be able to concentrate on my school work; this would mess up my A Levels, and effectively ruin my chances of the future I want. Please reply.
A. You should see your GP and/ or a mental health professional. It is better to take care of this problem now while it is not debilitating instead of waiting until it becomes a severe problem. At this point its not interfering with your life in a significant way but it might at some point and thus you should not refrain from telling your parents about something so very important to you and them.
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