- Jun 16, 2016
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Hello everyone,
I have a few disorders that effect my daily life and anxiety is one of them. I also have ADHD and OCD, I take natural supplements for them, since I felt God Calling me off of Pharmaceuticals from various sources even directly from Him of the mind. I was also having bad side effects from them as an adult, when they didn't effect me the same way as a kid.
So, I'm going to a Christian university and I have let them know by documentation that I have disabilities. My first semester I was having severe social anxiety, because I was being attacked by the devil attacking my mind with a fear that I wouldn't make any friends simply because I dress differently and that everyone would reject me for it. Though I did get brutally rejected by some, God did bless me with friends on campus and helping me to pass all of my classes. The second semester I had academic anxiety due to my academic advisor not believing me when I told her I have disabilities and can't handle the load that she gave me. She made me feel very forced into taking sixteen units worth of classes. She told me that anyone can tell her that they have disabilities and so did another department that they tried sending me over to, to help me. I went over to one of my disability counslers which I feel that I should only have one, since they are not on the same page with things at times and it makes things unorganized, but it seems that only one of them is available at a time. I tried talking to one of them, we can call him A, since he was the only one available that day. I told him that they are making me take too many units. He acted like he was in a hurry or too busy and told me that I have to take the classes that my academic advisor has given me and walked off. I tried takingthe classes this past semester and I was so overwhelmed, I was paralyzed on some days barely able to move, curled up on my couch. There was so much work to do and I had never been given so many units before. I was terrified, I saw A again and told him that I needed to drop a class, because it was just too much. I told him that I had sixteen units and that I couldn't handle it. He acted shocked when I told him that I was taking sixteen units. I also told him that I tried telling him this before. I ended up talking to the other disability counsler we will call J. I told her what had happened with my academic advisor, the other department, and A. She told me that A must have been busy and that is why he didn't take the time to listen. She said that the reason that the other departments didn't listen to me was, because I didn't give them my accommodations letter showing them that I have disabilities. I didn't know that I had to show them that until she told me, I thought that my accomadtion letters were for instructors only, but I wasn't told about what to do with departments within the school. I told her what happened with my academic advisor and she typed an email to her letting her know that I do have disabilities and that I can take no more than twelve units for the coming semesters. J also told me that I can have her present at my next academic advising appointments. By the time I had dropped a class for that semester, it was too late. Though I was able to get some work done, there was now a huge pile of work that I had to do in my other classes that I tried chipping away at throughout the semester. I still suffered from severe anxiety with how behind I was, also with how much work I had to do. I couldn't get through the whole pile of work and as I chipped away at it, more work would come up. I had also missed too many days of Chapel which is required by the school, but I was either too busy to go due to the giant pile of work that I was chipping away at that just kept regrowing with more work or too anxious to even do anything. Since, I had missed too many the Student Life office told me that I had to pay a fine and do four essays for all the sessions that I had missed. I broke down crying and told them my situation. They waved the essays, but still made me pay the fine. Since, J told me about giving them my accommodation letter I did so. I also typed up a letter to the student life office which included the campus pastor explaining what happened. Student Life told me that this coming semester that I can come in and talk to them, so that we can cut my Chapel time in half, so that I can have more time to concentrate on my work. I got very sick the last two weeks of school which included my finals week. I only left my bed to take the finals which I was barely able to get through and I failed about half of my classes. I also meant to go over my volunteering time which is also required by the school, but I was too sick to go over the packet with them, so I didn't get any credit for the time that I did with a parachurch organization. I'm now being fined $100 and am being put on academic probation. I have now sent an email to A and J letting them know that my dad, who is paying for my schooling, and I would like to have a meeting with them to get clarity amongst other things.
I have a few disorders that effect my daily life and anxiety is one of them. I also have ADHD and OCD, I take natural supplements for them, since I felt God Calling me off of Pharmaceuticals from various sources even directly from Him of the mind. I was also having bad side effects from them as an adult, when they didn't effect me the same way as a kid.
So, I'm going to a Christian university and I have let them know by documentation that I have disabilities. My first semester I was having severe social anxiety, because I was being attacked by the devil attacking my mind with a fear that I wouldn't make any friends simply because I dress differently and that everyone would reject me for it. Though I did get brutally rejected by some, God did bless me with friends on campus and helping me to pass all of my classes. The second semester I had academic anxiety due to my academic advisor not believing me when I told her I have disabilities and can't handle the load that she gave me. She made me feel very forced into taking sixteen units worth of classes. She told me that anyone can tell her that they have disabilities and so did another department that they tried sending me over to, to help me. I went over to one of my disability counslers which I feel that I should only have one, since they are not on the same page with things at times and it makes things unorganized, but it seems that only one of them is available at a time. I tried talking to one of them, we can call him A, since he was the only one available that day. I told him that they are making me take too many units. He acted like he was in a hurry or too busy and told me that I have to take the classes that my academic advisor has given me and walked off. I tried takingthe classes this past semester and I was so overwhelmed, I was paralyzed on some days barely able to move, curled up on my couch. There was so much work to do and I had never been given so many units before. I was terrified, I saw A again and told him that I needed to drop a class, because it was just too much. I told him that I had sixteen units and that I couldn't handle it. He acted shocked when I told him that I was taking sixteen units. I also told him that I tried telling him this before. I ended up talking to the other disability counsler we will call J. I told her what had happened with my academic advisor, the other department, and A. She told me that A must have been busy and that is why he didn't take the time to listen. She said that the reason that the other departments didn't listen to me was, because I didn't give them my accommodations letter showing them that I have disabilities. I didn't know that I had to show them that until she told me, I thought that my accomadtion letters were for instructors only, but I wasn't told about what to do with departments within the school. I told her what happened with my academic advisor and she typed an email to her letting her know that I do have disabilities and that I can take no more than twelve units for the coming semesters. J also told me that I can have her present at my next academic advising appointments. By the time I had dropped a class for that semester, it was too late. Though I was able to get some work done, there was now a huge pile of work that I had to do in my other classes that I tried chipping away at throughout the semester. I still suffered from severe anxiety with how behind I was, also with how much work I had to do. I couldn't get through the whole pile of work and as I chipped away at it, more work would come up. I had also missed too many days of Chapel which is required by the school, but I was either too busy to go due to the giant pile of work that I was chipping away at that just kept regrowing with more work or too anxious to even do anything. Since, I had missed too many the Student Life office told me that I had to pay a fine and do four essays for all the sessions that I had missed. I broke down crying and told them my situation. They waved the essays, but still made me pay the fine. Since, J told me about giving them my accommodation letter I did so. I also typed up a letter to the student life office which included the campus pastor explaining what happened. Student Life told me that this coming semester that I can come in and talk to them, so that we can cut my Chapel time in half, so that I can have more time to concentrate on my work. I got very sick the last two weeks of school which included my finals week. I only left my bed to take the finals which I was barely able to get through and I failed about half of my classes. I also meant to go over my volunteering time which is also required by the school, but I was too sick to go over the packet with them, so I didn't get any credit for the time that I did with a parachurch organization. I'm now being fined $100 and am being put on academic probation. I have now sent an email to A and J letting them know that my dad, who is paying for my schooling, and I would like to have a meeting with them to get clarity amongst other things.