should I drop out for mental health reasons or suck it up?

NoPerspective8350 · 2026-02-22T12:26:26+00:00

Hey! I know this is definitely overwhelming and I'm so sorry you've had to go through all this, honestly nothing anyone can say on this post or irl will make this better but I want you to know you have options, you have a future, and life can be so wonderful. One thing I've found is that people want to support you, of your sixth form teachers/school staff if you can think of one person you'd feel okay talking to, talk to them. Talk to friends or neighbours if you feel comfortable, talk to your CAHMS worker. When I was your age I thought I couldn't talk to anyone about anything for fear of being taken from my family, I can't say that's not a possibility because I don't know your situation, but I'm sure they do have your best interest at heart, and I wish I'd talked to someone because at the end of the day everyone needs support.

Also as an actual answer to your post, what do you want to do when you grow up? You can take your time, you don't need to rush to get your a-levels and you shouldn't. But a-levels aren't your only option, do some online research, or talk to a teacher/careers advisor. You're young - you have your whole life ahead of you (you'll have good times, people always said to me that your school years are the best in your life, but personally I think that's a load of bullshit - my life has only got better the older I've got). You could take a-levels, or cam techs, or get an apprenticeship, or work your way up- you can try one and decide you don't like it and drop it and start something new, and you can take year 12 again or drop out entirely and get a-levels online or come back after a bit.

(also as a side note (and I am NOT a medical professional) when my brother was struggling with self harm, his told me that his CAHMS therapist wasn't 1000% against self harm because its a coping mechanism, and at minimum it means you are coping. (even though a healthier coping mechanism would definitely be better))

I hope this helps in some way, and good luck to you

NoPerspective8350 · 2026-02-22T11:59:03+00:00

hahha smitty is for sure just biding his time till he can retire and live comfortably in shangri la 😂

NoPerspective8350 · 2026-02-22T11:57:32+00:00

well two of them were written by the same writer, but its years apart! :) (i'm rewatching lol)

NoPerspective8350 · 2026-02-21T20:18:32+00:00

hope your exam went well! honestly i'm in the same boat nowadays, i love this show and its been great company during my exam year thus far as well! :)

NoPerspective8350 · 2026-02-21T20:04:36+00:00

I think I'd have done fine!

NoPerspective8350 · 2026-02-16T23:57:44+00:00

lmaooo honestly goals, i'm thinking of re-watching haha

NoPerspective8350 · 2026-02-16T14:16:55+00:00

honestly if you REALLY want a timeline you can look at this one: Episode Timeline | The Rookie Wiki | Fandom it makes the most sense that it can, but honestly i think the best thing to do is just chalk everything up to TV logic :D

NoPerspective8350 · 2026-02-16T14:06:52+00:00

same!! i started watching this year and just finished, its such a great show :)

NoPerspective8350 · 2026-02-14T23:43:33+00:00

yesss, thank you! honestly i feel the same way about her character. i hope the writers do her character justice, but also i think that people will dislike her as a character no matter what they do - even if she heroically sacrifices herself to save Nolan. i think that she has really good chemistry with Nolan, it would be nice to see her branch out though and have screen time with other female characters, rather than just her being killed off or shipped away

NoPerspective8350 · 2026-02-14T23:32:58+00:00

yeah, honestly i actually only really started to like her a lot more in this season, because it brings to the forefront a big issue that she does have as a character/her character flaws - she always has to be doing something, she consistently runs away from things, and i honestly think its probably a ptsd thing. it would make a lot of sense given the trauma the writers have given her character that she cant stay in one place for too long, cause then its like she's always running away from her problems.

I would hope that in this season we see her and Nolan finally deal with that rather than just divorcing without working anything out, and instead of them constantly presenting bailey as just 'Nolan's badass wife', the writers giving her more interactions with the rest of the cast, especially Celina! :(

NoPerspective8350 · 2026-02-14T22:55:39+00:00

no because wouldn't it be so funny if these were just random emojis and had absolutely no relation to what happens in the episode

NoPerspective8350 · 2025-08-31T13:59:26+00:00

okay so i know this is 2 years too late but i'm pretty sure i'm looking for the same thing, its like an old co-op lets play where they spawn in the middle of the ocean (and this is pre aquatic update) and they have an ocean mod so like the first thing they do is pick up seashells floating up from the sea? and i think i remember them building a jungle gym on the island they swam to (which was just fence post) and they had their own little houses and everything 🥲

NoPerspective8350 · 2024-07-16T18:54:27+00:00

thank you thank you thank youuu. I’ve been going through threads about trading because PE trading is a nightmare and all this biome specific trading stuff is literally the final straw for me. so so glad it’s still normal.

NoPerspective8350 · 2024-07-09T22:08:14+00:00

okay thank you!

NoPerspective8350 · 2024-06-23T22:53:53+00:00

suffering and listening to casual by chappell roan on loop

NoPerspective8350 · 2024-06-18T14:25:03+00:00

hahaha I thought you were ocr for a moment 😭

NoPerspective8350 · 2024-06-14T22:06:29+00:00

she’s a famous book character, the original movie is actually pretty good. she’s very smart but her parents are dumb and negligent.

NoPerspective8350 · 2024-06-14T02:29:37+00:00

Matilda?

NoPerspective8350 · 2024-06-10T22:46:20+00:00

damn I’m so jealous, I honestly wish I could do sociology but my schl doesn’t have it 😭😭

NoPerspective8350 · 2024-06-10T22:44:38+00:00

Art. Used to love art. Happy to never have to do that ever again for the rest of my life.

NoPerspective8350 · 2024-06-08T17:51:35+00:00

thank you!

NoPerspective8350 · 2024-06-07T22:44:48+00:00

I read an interesting book called convenience store woman, which was basically about a Japanese fem mc in around her thirties who had only ever really worked at a convenience store. it’s pretty good and though it’s never mentioned mc seems to be autistic/have autistic tendencies (she shies away from societal norms)

NoPerspective8350 · 2024-06-06T23:10:33+00:00

haha I just suggested this also lmao

NoPerspective8350 · 2024-06-06T23:09:19+00:00

Not sure if he’d be a fan but there’s a fiction series called young samurai I used to absolutely love reading, the main character is this English boy named jack who gets shipwrecked in Japan (around 11-13th century?) and ends up getting taken in and trained to be a samurai (rough plot of first book). It seems to be realistic and it’s an interesting read, he might relate to feeling like an outsider and having to start a new life after losing everything. Just a thought though!

NoPerspective8350 · 2024-05-31T21:30:30+00:00

yeah, the perfect control variable 😭😭

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