School and Mental/Physical Health

I'm so lucky. I get to go to a great magnet school where I learn a lot and get hands on experience with my art. Unfortunately, my physical and mental health cause me to become very ill and I miss a lot of school. This is something I wish I could stop, but undortinarelt, no matter how many diagnoses I get and how hard I try I never really get all the way better. Recently, this has been a very difficult issue and caused me a lot of hardship with keeping up with school.

I really wish that this was something that people understood more in terms of school. My friends think I skip just because I don't want to go. I literally hate being at my house but if i'm exhausted all the time, depressed and scared, and have migraines that make me unable to get through daily life I would hope people would understand.

A lot of teachers don't get this either. They assume that because I'm a senior I'm just skipping. I know it's as hard as them for me to miss as it is for me, so I just wish it was more understood. I wish society understood health issues and such more. It's very debilitating to try to get through the day. After school I always feel very sick and get nothing done, I can only concentrate at school.

I wish that people weren't penalized so much for their absences in a world that claims to be accomadating. The reality is you can be suspended for absences, and that makes no sense. I wish the attitude toward mental and physical illnesses that can't be seen weren't that people are lazy or that they can just deal with it. I wish it was just more understood and maybe it would help mentally ill or physically ill people to do better in school. There just doesn't seem to be much accomidation for people who aren't neurotypical. I really hope this stigma changes.