Is your teenager starting to feel all depressed and anxious about leaving school?

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DD is doing her GCSEs - last day of school (so official study leave starts) this Friday.

It has only just hit her that this is the last day at school, she has been in tears (she is fraught anyway due to exam panic and worry). She is feeling very down as all her friends are going separate ways - he best friend is going to college in Bristol (some distance away), another one is going to a 6th form in another town, and she knows nobody at the college she has chosen to attend. Which is fine - she really wants to attend that college and is looking forward to making new friends - but she is naturally apprehensive.

She keeps saying 'I can't believe this is it' bless her. She is normally very stoic and glass is half full, it is sad to see her so upset.

That happened to DS1. I think it was because he really did enjoy school do much and was also a bit anxious about uni. Your poor DD sounds quite stressed though! Does she have prom to look forward to? And of course she have to go to Bristol to visit her friend every now and again.

Yes she does love school, she gets on really well there, and also gets on with the teachers. She has only been there for 3 years (moved her at the beginning of year 9 as she was bullied at her last school) and the school was really a saviour - she was a nervous wreck when she started and they (staff and students) really looked after her.

I think she is worried about starting all over again and perhaps not making as good friends/teachers not being as nice.

She has the prom at the beginnig of July so she is looking forward to that.

Sorry about the awful spelling/ grammar btw! She must be so worried, poor soul.

Prom might be weepy too!

Thanks annunziata.

She is going round school at the moment filling up signatures and comments from friends and teachers in a 'leavers book'

Bless her. I really feel for her.

Thanks annunziata.

She is going round school at the moment filling up signatures and comments from friends and teachers in a 'leavers book'

Bless her. I really feel for her.

My ds was like this and still is a bit 2 years on. He has never liked college as much although he has lots of friends and a great social life but he has found it hard. Some of his friends are off to uni/travelling this year but he is a year behind as he re started after yr 1 and so I think we will have this again. But with FB and mobile phones etc they do all keep in touch and see each other so hope it is teh same for your dd x

My 17 year old has 8 days of school left before study leave for her A2s and she's absolutely distraught at the thought of leaving. I think it's her teachers she'll miss the most as she adores them.

She's also quite scared of going to uni 300 miles away, even though she knows she'll have a fabulous time. It's the end of an era and she's feeling it deeply.

Change can be quite difficult, can't it?

Ds 16 doing his gcses just can't wait to get to university. Be would go tomorrow if he could. I did say are you that desperate to leave home, but it doesn't seem to be that.
He is very independent and always very mature even as a toddler. He hasn't even decided which 6th form to go to. He said the induction day will probably be.the decider.