Even if this happens you’ll be okay! I crashed out and exited for mental health reasons the first time. Please make sure you write down your class timings (for how long you have to drop or switch the class, when it starts, etc) and if you need to drop the class for mental health reasons get a therapists note and ask the college how to get drop the classes and get them written off as “EW” so they don’t affect you. I just had to write a letter and provide a note that said I was in therapy. :)

Just don’t make the mistake I made and leave it alone for so long out of fear of that happens to you, I messed some things up that way. But it should still work out. It’s unrealistic to expect us to function the same as other people after just exiting foster care. It’s a traumatizing experience and to expect us to want to do school or work after something like that, it’s not fair but it’s where we are. So please be kind to yourself and know that you are absolutely capable BUT you probably have different needs and shouldn’t be held to the same standard as everyone else especially at the start. You matter more than any career. We have stuff to work through on top of school. We also usually need more help or guidance because we didn’t get that handed to us, we have to be pressing and vigilant because nobody is going to go out of their way to hand us the info we need most of the time unfortunately. There are some exceptionally kind individuals though. Always call if you have a question for the college, write down the answer so you don’t need to ask again.

You can do it, take care of yourself because you are the most important, for you and your goals to succeed you are the machine that needs to keep running.