School

[Violet]

Hello. I'm a 16 year old male in 11th Grade. Anyway, I was wondering if it's fine to skip a day every now and then (without telling your mom, because you can't contact her in the mornings) and unwind a bit? I have bipolar and schizophrenia, and about once a month, I MUST skip a day. I'll either be depressed, tired, or just stressed out. Any ideas? Also, I'm an atheist.

Wear darkened glasses at school... the bright lights are fucking hell with schizo. Crowds are shite, consider having earpiece headphones in without any music playing... possibility it might provide comfort (peeps generally don't allow music, but if you've got it and they cool with it: bring it). It's not about skipping one day a month, and you know that... the comfort it provides is temporary.

... Hi

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Eh.

Since you're in HS truancy laws say no. If you were in college the answer would be who gives a damn. Just make sure you're caught up with your studies. But since you're not this is an issue you need to talk with your parents and doctor about.

How this is related to atheism I do not know.

People can generally opt out of school by 16 (perhaps state dependent?), and I do mean quite legally.

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Depressed, tired and stressed, eh? Welcome to the world. Suck it up and go to school.

Boru

Or kill people, that works too

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I guess you don't know what schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are, and how they affect people.

That would probably be 'Schizoaffective Disorder' (though that depends on whether or not the bipolar affects the schiz... and it's a fucking mess to get into)... but really, it's very hard to nail down WHICH among a subset of personality, mood, and thought disorders a person might have...

And the treatment for each is different >__< It's a great big nightmare to diagnose... and most shrinks are utterly *terrified* of identifying schizo in young persons. Trends in psychologist psychology and the difficulty of discernment of disorder... I can see why everyone is so interested in the subject.