Hi girls, high school can be tough, and I’m sure lots of you know that. For me at the moment it is and I just was looking for some advice. I go to a fairly large and competitive high school where I always feel a lot of pressure to be the best and perfect. I do fairly well in my classes and as a result I did get put in the top classes in the last school year. In the last few weeks of school I went through a rough patch. During the weeks leading up to and in exam week I had a lot of trouble with a friend who was treating me terribly. I didn’t confront her because I didn’t want to start trouble. She was in all my classes and i thought it would just be too hard. I did do well enough in exams but I really don’t know. We then went on break and I thought I would feel a bit better. I actually have been feeling really stressed about not being good enough to be in those classes, as well as the other troubles of a year 9 girl, which is where I would like to be and I won’t know for another week or so. I talked through this with my family, especially my mum and they have been really good. I just started on some anti-depressants. I’m just feeling really overwhelmed and down, stressing and having this kind of anxiety is not new to me although it has never been near this bad. Thanks so much for reading this and hearing my story and for any advice u could give it would mean the world