Dear Anita

I still have anxiety but it’s gotten a bit more manageable as I work on connecting to resources. I have an appointment with a gender therapist this upcoming Thursday March 12th. I also have a study group that is at 9am-11am on Wednesday 3/11 to help me work on building better study habits. Unfortunately I had to withdraw from Organic Chemistry because there was so much that I was working on that I couldn’t focus on the work. I likely won’t be able to access the counseling center, nutritionist or psychiatrist at Stockton since I am no longer currently enrolled in classes. I will still be able to partake in the support groups on campus though like the meditation group, anxiety group and the Transcendence group for transgender people because I am still a student and can go to the groups, but since I’m not in any classes I can’t have the other resources. I think that not being in classes will help me have time to work on my mental health because I will be able to spend time looking at resources. I can still spend time in the LGBTQ safe space on campus and go to the tutoring center at times to help me prepare for the fall 2020 semester. I did well in the fall 2019 semester with my classes, but this spring semester there was a lot of stresses and I was falling behind. At first, I was doing okay in my classes then I had to work on some car repairs since my car is my main transportation to campus and I started to fall behind in classes. I reached out to the professors and spent time in the tutoring center and was able to catch up. Then one of my LGBTQ friends attempted suicide and I was struggling so I reached out to the CARE program at Stockton which helped students struggling with mental health and the CARE program helped let my professors know that I was struggling. I also reached out to my mentor in Student Success Services to help me work on keeping up with the school work while also working with the CARE program on mental health. I managed to work through some things but there was still stresses. I decided to withdraw from genetics to give me more time to focus on Organic Chemistry and have a looser schedule and it worked for a while. However, as I was working on catching up, the tension between my parents and me got really intense and there were times when they were yelling at me a lot for the little things and I was feeling quite strained. I just felt like there was so much pressure this semester so that I decided to withdraw from all my classes. I think that I will spend the time talking with my advisors, working with the tutoring center, going to support groups and preparing for the fall 2020 semester. I don’t think that this spring semester was the best semester and I think that it’s time to work on building myself up for the fall 2020 semester. Hoping for advice, thank you.